Author Archives: Jeff

Jul 05

Look back at Traer’s Big Birthday Bash

Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Here’s coverage from the North Tama Telegraph, along with lots of photos, of Traer’s Big Birthday Bash on June 3. Naturally, with Tama County being in a moderate drought, the event was plagued by rain showers.

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Jul 03

Will proofread for food

Posted on Monday, July 3, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

On June 29, I was laid off. I am looking for something in the editing, proofreading, or journalism fields.

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Jun 30

Dysart sesquicentennial celebration next week

Posted on Friday, June 30, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The town of Dysart will celebrate its 150th birthday July 2-4. Events begin with a community church service Sunday morning at 10 and end with the Independence Day parade Tuesday morning at 11. Here’s a detailed rundown in the North … Continue reading →

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Jun 28

I-74 bridge towers go boom

Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Do you want to see 3½ minutes of the controlled demolition of the old Illinois-bound I-74 bridge towers? Of course you do. Do you want to see a news story about the demolition, which interviews a resident who remembers when … Continue reading →

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Jun 26

Dike’s role in Nebraska highway history

Posted on Monday, June 26, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The 1953 state highway map has a crudely drawn line for what was to become IA 370 and the designation still attached to the town of Dike. That would change. It turns out a remark I made on one route … Continue reading →

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Jun 23

Ingersoll ‘road diet’ gives businesses indigestion

Posted on Friday, June 23, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A streetscape project on Ingersoll Avenue, just west of downtown Des Moines, has been a long time in the making. Now that part of it has been completed, the results are less than hoped for. The Des Moines Register reports … Continue reading →

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Jun 21

Lu Verne school closes in consolidation

Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s not ABCWLT, but it could have been. Algona-Burt-Corwith-Wesley-Lu Verne-Titonka, but officially just Algona Community, becomes Iowa’s largest consolidated single-high-school district on July 1. Western Dubuque remains larger, barely, and MVAOCOU is two separate districts, for now. A district that … Continue reading →

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Jun 19

More Iowa papers reducing print days

Posted on Monday, June 19, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 21, 2023: The fifth-to-last Sunday Mason City Globe Gazette carries an editor’s note about the paper eliminating three of its six print publication days. I bought this at the Lake Mills Casey’s for $4. Four of Iowa’s 11 newspapers that … Continue reading →

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Jun 16

Central command

Posted on Friday, June 16, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Let’s go rollin’ on the Turkey and Wapsipinicon rivers. Due to it name(s), the reorganization history of the school district headquartered in Elkader was elusive. First, Elkader and Littleport voted to form the Consolidated Center School District (Clayton County Register, … Continue reading →

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Jun 14

Mid-century Corridor school history

Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Information on schools in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area covers enough time and space that it was best to pull them out into their own post. Dates are from Cedar Rapids Gazette articles. Toddville merged with Alburnett in 1954 (1/24/54), … Continue reading →

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