Author Archives: Jeff

Aug 24

North Tama the smallest with 11 on the field

Posted on Friday, August 24, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

High school football season starts Friday (for most of us, anyway) and while there are new districts, one thing is the same from 2016: North Tama is the smallest public school playing 11 instead of 8. The BEDS numbers (total … Continue reading →

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Aug 23

IA 346 in Nashua going from four lanes to three

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

IA 346 in Nashua is going to get new pavement markings that turn it from a four-lane road, with two lanes in each direction, to a three-lane road, with one lane in each direction and a center turn lane, from … Continue reading →

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Aug 22

Long-idle southeast Iowa pages get new photos

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 18, 2018: Old IA 79 remains labeled “DMC Hwy 79” but Des Moines County changed it to J20 — while not doing anything to Old US 34, which runs east from here. Middletown prettied up the intersection with a … Continue reading →

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Aug 21

When Thanos comes for your football team

Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The ISU booth in the Varied Industries Building had, as always, football schedule posters for fans. This is the largest version I can find online. A few things about it jumped out. It wasn’t the issue of this year’s upcoming outfits, because … Continue reading →

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Aug 20

US 20 completion ceremony October 19

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The first media outlet I saw reporting it was KSCJ radio. Now, with additional confirmation from the Sioux City Journal and the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune… Iowa’s ultimate US 20 ribbon-cutting will be 3 PM October 19 at Boulders Inn … Continue reading →

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Aug 17

A State Fair scheduling snafu?

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For years now, a hypnotist has performed on the Riley Stage in the evenings during the full week of the Iowa State Fair. I typically try to catch a show, because it is good clean fun. I don’t have any … Continue reading →

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Aug 16

The other mall between two school districts

Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Last month I wrote about how Coral Ridge Mall was divided between two school districts. It turns out it’s not the only one like that in Iowa. Merle Hay Mall is split not just between the Des Moines and Urbandale … Continue reading →

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Aug 15

GR breaks with NT, signs with DNH on wrestling

Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The success of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball program has pinned down its wrestling participation. According to this story from the Parkersburg Eclipse/News-Review, GR will be sending its wrestlers to Dike-New Hartford next year. That will end a very long time … Continue reading →

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Aug 14

I-29 supersedes exit numbers in Council Bluffs

Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 2, 2016: These exits for IA 192 and 24th Street are becoming Exits 49 and 50, respectively, heading north on I-29, as the dual divided freeway project advances in Council Bluffs. The two exits on the shared I-29/80 segment … Continue reading →

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Aug 13

464 MB of John Kasich

Posted on Monday, August 13, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 18, 2015: Are you sure you want to run away and join the media circus? Today is Day 1403 of the 2016 presidential campaign, dating back to the Des Moines Register‘s first Iowa Poll on the election. (If you … Continue reading →

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