Author Archives: Jeff

Jun 25

Missouri makes clinching US 61 more difficult for me

Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 23, 2014: Facing south, but heading north, on US 61 at I-55, Scott City, Missouri. US 61 in Missouri is two very different highways. North of St. Louis, it is part of the Avenue of the Saints, a project that … Continue reading →

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Jun 24

A note on Hampton-Dumont-CAL

Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I hope the superintendent of the district with the high school in Hampton won’t mind me lifting from the school’s November/December 2018 newsletter (PDF) regarding the status of naming things in light of CAL sending its junior and senior high … Continue reading →

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Jun 21

Whataburger edged closer to Iowa

Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The news last week that famous Texas restaurant chain Whataburger has been sold by the founding family to an investment firm, and associated hand-wringing about what an expansion could do to quality, made me think of a blog post I … Continue reading →

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Jun 20

South Page edges closer to Clarinda

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Clarinda and South Page school boards have approved a sharing agreement that will allow students from the latter to take classes at the former, KMA reports. A story from the Clarinda Herald-Journal says the deal also includes “educational services.” Note that I … Continue reading →

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Jun 19

Arkansas does something quasi-competent for US 63

Posted on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 19, 2016: BGS for the newly christened I-555 in Arkansas, as seen from US 61 where it parallels I-55. This website has complained rather vociferously about the tragedy of US 63 in Arkansas — ever since putting up a … Continue reading →

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Jun 18

Yale round gym added to National Register

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Stories: WHO (above); Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (via Des Moines Register) Yale High School ended in 1961, in a reorganization that created Yale-Jamaica-Bagley. In 1961, those three schools graduated nine, 16, and seven seniors, respectively (Guthrian, May 16, 1961). … Continue reading →

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Jun 17

I-80 plan puts double roundabout at Hoover exit

Posted on Monday, June 17, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Roundabouts are bad enough, but a double roundabout at a diamond interchange is perhaps the stupidest construction “innovation” of the past decade. Wisconsin adores them; the new(ish) US 12 from Baraboo to Wisconsin Dells is infested with such pairs. This … Continue reading →

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Jun 14

License Plate Letters — IAM, IBE, ICP, IDK

Posted on Friday, June 14, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Reader Dan Drackley and I both spotted the “I” series of license plates appearing in the same week of April, but it’s just now that I have an open post spot. As you can see from the combinations above, there’s … Continue reading →

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Jun 13

Galt post office a dead letter

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2019, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

Second of three blog posts related to a May 23 DNR press release. Sometimes I have really had to reach for a photo in a tiny village that gives any sense of place. Sometimes I give up. Other times I … Continue reading →

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Jun 12

When US 52 changes, IA 136 won’t

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

More than two years ago, the city of Dubuque and the Iowa DOT agreed on road swaps in relation to the Southwest Arterial. Six years after serious rumblings began about the city taking the project on for itself, we’re less … Continue reading →

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