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Nov
08
50-50, plus one, for 2020
While there will be many women voting the democratic ticket, there is no question that that in the northern states the republican party will be largely the gainer and if there was any hope of the sporting candidate, “Wet Jim”, … Continue reading
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Nov
07
Why the US 30-US 151 trumpet is backwards
In the southeast corner of the Cedar Rapids metro area, the US 30 expressway comes to an end (for another year, anyway) while US 151 heads north. This is not the original routing for 151; it was rerouted away from … Continue reading
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Nov
06
A thought for any election
In light of the last time we went through this, a thought: As an Iowa State fan, I have seen defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in more ways than I care to think about. The game is never … Continue reading
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Nov
05
I-80 has a new max lane count in Iowa
The Iowa DOT reports that I-80 is open to five eastbound lanes on the Missouri River bridge. (The press release said Oct. 26, weather permitting; the weather did not permit, and a tweet moved it to the night of Oct. 28-29.) That was … Continue reading
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Nov
02
Iowa State-Kansas preview
Good news! Iowa State isn’t at risk of being Kansas’ first conference win since the Jayhawks beat Texas for the first time ever.
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Nov
01
I-380 construction at least a decade away
The final meeting of the preliminary studies for expanding I-380 to six lanes between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids was last month. Unfortunately, construction is a long ways off. This was just identifying needs and possibilities. First, nothing will happen … Continue reading
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Oct
31
Evil has come to Fort Dodge
October 20, 2018: …but when the roadgeek turned around from this view on 2nd Avenue South in Fort Dodge, the street had vanished! It was a ghost sign, disembodied from the route it once served! While doing an online scouting … Continue reading
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Oct
30
IA 38 exit proposals and the ULTIMATE LANE
October 16, 2012: Until the Avenue of the Saints was designated IA 27, IA 38 was the only state highway to have a portion duplexed with an interstate highway — and get a rest area to boot. The Iowa DOT … Continue reading
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Oct
29
One stop short, one step short
Mason City, Iowa, October 26 — Well, [expletive deleted]. For dispassionate coverage of North Tama’s lost 21-0 lead redeemed by a straight-outta-seventh-grade I-formation under-center ground-and-pound touchdown drive, only to be countered by a Mason City Newman two-minute-drill that included a … Continue reading
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