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Author Archives: Jeff
Jul
22
Where ‘7 million kinds of pie’ is an understatement
July 21, 2015: Please do not lick your screen. The traveling celebration of Iowa on wheels otherwise known as RAGBRAI rolled into Eldora last night, and heads to Cedar Falls via Ackley and Parkersburg today. Pictures from the ride in … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Miscellaneous
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Jul
21
CAL unable to continue football
The tiny Coulter-Alexander-Latimer school district, known as CAL, has played its last football game. The numbers were no longer there to support a varsity team, KLMJ Radio reports. (Thanks to Austin Draude for the report.) The district will be sharing … Continue reading
Jul
20
Design for IA 141, NW 100th Street interchanges selected
May 7, 2006: This loop ramp from eastbound I-80/northbound I-35 to IA 141/Urbandale Avenue will be removed by the end of the 2010s. KCCI reports that the Iowa DOT last week selected Alternative 2 for the IA 141 interchange at … Continue reading
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Jul
18
That time of year already?
On Thursday, Grundy Center beat GMG, 24-17. In GMG’s previous game, the Wolverines beat AGWSR 14-10. In baseball. GC plays Monday today in Traer, but not against North Tama. In an unfortunate twist that mirrored the one that befell the girls’ … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Tama County
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Jul
17
Revisiting “Back to the Future” locations
LA Weekly went to every (or nearly every) shooting location in Back to the Future, and the comparisons of then and now, especially the Universal backlot and Whittier High School, are very interesting. The backlot certainly has changed — kind … Continue reading
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Jul
16
River Road closed near Montrose
The Daily Gate City in Keokuk reported at the beginning of the month that part of River Road near Montrose has collapsed and will be closed until further notice. I assume from context that the road is X28, named Mississippi … Continue reading
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Jul
14
On the Iowa DOT director’s “fewer roads” statement
The director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, Paul Trombino, said recently the state of Iowa is going to have a smaller road system. This potentially explosive statement has been picked up by the Gazette, but before that, the Atlantic’s CityLab was … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous, Iowa Miscellaneous
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Jul
13
A very specific corridor
The DOT has a meeting scheduled for a “corridor preservation plan” at the I-35 interchange with IA 175 at Ellsworth. The map (PDF) shows that there is a very specific corridor to preserve — four of them, actually, one in … Continue reading
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Jul
10
Texas’ ISU license plate mentioned in Supreme Court case
(No, not that one. Or that one, either.) In a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Texas has the right to deny Sons of Confederate Veterans a specialty license plate, Justice Samuel Alito dissented by way of a sports analogy: … Continue reading
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Jul
09
Dows depot still open, just not as welcome center
A month ago I mentioned the new Iowa highway map did not include the Dows welcome center, further confirmed by the removal of signs for it on I-35. Austin Draude of KLMJ Radio in Hampton let me know that while … Continue reading
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