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Nov
22
Grand Junction overpass finished
US 30 on the east side of Grand Junction opened a week ago (via Greene County News Online).
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Nov
21
Short life for ’90s country station
Remember how excited I was that I found a radio station playing real country music that isn’t on the airwaves anymore? Well, that was short-lived. The changeover happened while I was on vacation. iHeartMedia has flipped Classic Country 1360 KMJM Cedar … Continue reading
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Nov
20
Des Moines wants a big-city trait
Des Moines doesn’t charge for parking in the ramps or on the streets on weekends, which was a benefit for me. But part of that is going to change. Tonight, the Des Moines City Council will have the first of … Continue reading
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Nov
17
New Sabula bridge opens today
September 27, 2015: My last trip across the Savanna-Sabula Bridge, before any major construction began on its replacement. A ribbon cutting for the new US 52/IA 64 bridge over the Mississippi River, officially known as the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge, … Continue reading
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Nov
16
Two diverging diamond exits proposed for Linn County
The six-lane I-380 through Cedar Rapids begins/ends at the Blairs Ferry Road exit, which is partially integrated into the IA 100 volleyball interchange. However, with growth in Hiawatha, that is not sufficient for the northern part of the metro area. … Continue reading
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Nov
15
Accident report site has a typo
The Iowa State Patrol has a website that includes two weeks’ worth of official crash reports statewide. The site can be searched by date, type of accident, or county. There’s a map on the main page that shows how patrol … Continue reading
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Nov
14
Gravity, and defiance of it
Iowa State dug deep into the depth chart for a quarterback in a game no one outside the locker room thought was winnable. It was 1992, 25 years ago to the day. Iowa State 19, Nebraska 10. But in the big … Continue reading
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Nov
13
Two longform explorations of Iowa locations
FiveThirtyEight looks at Howard County, the county in the nation with the largest presidential election swing, going from an Obama landslide to a Trump landslide. Howard County is on the edge/just outside of the Driftless Area, a region of the … Continue reading
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Nov
10
Non-conference basketball: Why bother?
It’s the first day of basketball season. December 17 will be the sixth time that Iowa State, Iowa, UNI, and Drake will play in Des Moines as part of the Big Four Hy-Vee Classic. (Nope, can’t have anything not corporate … Continue reading
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Nov
09
Is Winnebago still an Iowa company?
October 4, 2016: A 1959 trailer is on display at the Winnebago visitors center in Forest City. The center is where factory tours begin, but not where you’ll find the company’s top management anymore. Last year, as I finished visiting every … Continue reading
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