Author Archives: Jeff

Oct 05

August 2015 photos added to pages

Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 4, 2015: The welcome marker for Elma, in Howard County. First, something I thought I did a while ago (page created 5/2/12!) but apparently never uploaded: I moved all the photos for the I-35/US 18/Business 18/IA 122 interchange to … Continue reading →

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Oct 04

Why DON’T we have Iowa-shaped waffles?

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

January 25, 2012: Texas Ranch Road 1, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site, Stonewall, Texas. The last time I was in Texas, more than one hotel had waffle irons that would give you a waffle in the shape … Continue reading →

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Oct 03

A baby picture of Iowa’s newest highway

Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

August 8, 2016: The north end of Iowa Highway 471, in Early, about two months after it was created. The number, the highest signed in the state, is assigned to what had been US 71 between new US 20 and … Continue reading →

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Sep 30

Collins-Maxwell, Colo-NESCO put out feelers on sports sharing

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

After an emotional plea earlier this month from one Collins-Maxwell teacher/coach to continue sharing sports with Baxter if at all possible, last year’s interim C-M superintendent said “it’s not going to happen.” The Tri-County Times reports that C-M has been … Continue reading →

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Sep 29

North Tama making first football trips to Jasper, Polk counties

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

After North Tama football was demoted to Class A in the early 2000s, the Redhawks bounced around geographically. In many configurations, NT was on the periphery — the northernmost of a southern district, westernmost of an eastern district, southernmost of … Continue reading →

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Sep 28

A tour of Grant Wood country

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 13, 2016: One of four interpretive panels about Grant Wood at the “American Gothic” House in Eldon. Open image in new tab for larger version. A Los Angeles Times reporter dropped in on Anamosa, Stone City, and Eldon, going … Continue reading →

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Sep 27

Pearl Harbor chaplain’s remains coming back to Iowa

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 25, 2016: The St. Lucas Veterans Memorial prominently honors two people: Father Aloysius H. Schmitt, who died at Pearl Harbor, and Pfc. James A. Kruse, an Army medic who died in Vietnam in 1969. The U.S. Department of Defense … Continue reading →

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Sep 26

Game ball unites Adair-Casey, Guthrie Center

Posted on Monday, September 26, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Video story from WHO.

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Sep 23

Wind (turbine) up in Traer

Posted on Friday, September 23, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A wind turbine on the south side of Traer is providing 40 percent of the town utility’s energy usage, the Waterloo Courier reports. (This was the newspaper centerpiece last Sunday.) The turbine, now five years old (and built after the … Continue reading →

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Sep 22

IA 21 to get its fourth stoplight

Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Last Friday, the intersection of IA 21 and Shaulis Road on the south side of Waterloo closed for construction of turning lanes and signals, the Iowa DOT said in a press release. Until a decade ago, IA 21 went all … Continue reading →

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