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Sep 15

Lee County seat consolidation halted

Posted on Monday, September 15, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Lee County residents packed the gym in Donnellson earlier this month to hear a county supervisor’s proposal to move all services to Fort Madison. However, just before the meeting began, it was withdrawn. WGEM and KHQA both have stories; the … Continue reading →

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Sep 13

Cyclone. State.

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2014, at 7:41 PM by Jeff

In Kinnick, again. 😀 I have no idea how that happened.

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Sep 12

DOT revamps county, city map webpage

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2014, at 9:59 AM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT has incorporated the former iowadotmaps.com site (the URL still redirects) into the main iowadot.gov site, and that includes conforming to the (old) layout. The pages with links to individual city, county, and traffic maps have been redesigned … Continue reading →

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Sep 11

Still waiting on US 20

Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

“We were promised that the whole four-lane corridor would be completed by 2018. That’s not going to happen,” Shirley Phillips told KTIV. The Moville-to-Correctionville segment will become four lanes in the near future, but there is nothing else scheduled in … Continue reading →

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Sep 10

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura is a go

Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 10:55 AM by Jeff

The school district that Iowa girls’ basketball phenom Lynne Lorenzen led to a state six-on-six title in 1987, Ventura, will expire next year. The Garner-Hayfield and Ventura school districts voted overwhelmingly for consolidation after three years of whole-grade sharing. This … Continue reading →

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Sep 09

Old US 30 motel in Toledo could be torn down

Posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 10:57 AM by Jeff

Both old as in “Old Highway 30”, and as in “old motel”. The Budget Inn, itself built on the 1954 realignment of 30 from Tama to Montour, was a victim of the bypass opening in 2010. A company is interested … Continue reading →

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Sep 08

I’m sensing a pattern here

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 11:02 AM by Jeff

Lakeside Hotel & Casino, formerly Terrible’s Lakeside Hotel & Casino: 777 Casino Drive, Osceola Isle Casino Hotel, 777 Isle of Capri Blvd., Waterloo Diamond Jo Worth, 777 Diamond Jo Lane, Northwood (on I-35) Wild Rose Casino & Resort Hotel, 777 Wild Rose … Continue reading →

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Sep 08

Corwith-Wesley dissolution vote Tuesday

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 8:06 AM by Jeff

On Tuesday, residents of the Corwith-Wesley school district in northern Iowa will vote on whether it should cease to exist. There’s not much of a choice, really. It’s a merger with Lu Verne in all but name, but it’s a likely … Continue reading →

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Sep 06

The difference a coach makes

Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 9:36 PM by Jeff

Through 1988, the year before Bill Snyder became the head coach at Kansas State, Iowa State had a 20-win margin in the all-time series, 44-24-4. Today, after the 98th meeting between the teams, that margin is down to four. Kansas State … Continue reading →

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Sep 05

TV map and county listings update

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The post I made a month ago about Gov. Branstad buying ads for the Keokuk-Hannibal-Quincy market served as an impetus/inspiration to update my Iowa TV station county-by-county list and station-by-station maps, which hadn’t had a good hard look for a … Continue reading →

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