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May
24
Traer’s Q website restored
I have done my best Indiana Jones impersonation and plumbed the depths of the Internet Archive to bring back a little bit of the 20th century: Traer’s Quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary website. This set of webpages appears to have eluded multiple … Continue reading
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May
19
US 30 intersection by United school to partially close
The second of two intersections on US 30 between the United school and the IA 17 interchange will be converted to a right-in-right-out intersection within a year. The meeting was in April. The diagram is here. The intersection with T … Continue reading
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May
17
IA 141 project has many parts to avoid one intersection
The DOT is having a meeting Thursday at Jester Park in Granger regarding changes to access to IA 141, with new construction. The plan wouldn’t make the highway controlled-access, but it wouldn’t be uncontrolled access either. The project would take … Continue reading
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May
15
An intersection story and a (written) detour on bridges
One note about a minor intersection in Marshall County has led me to investigate the status of an even more minor location. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors approved turning the intersection of E35 (Main Street Road) and T37 (Zeller … Continue reading
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May
12
KMEG ending news broadcasts
Sioux City CBS affiliate KMEG was the last in Iowa markets to come on the air, in 1967. It didn’t have local news broadcasts for 16 years, 1983-99. The entire news operation is being cancelled again. The Sioux City Journal (h/t … Continue reading
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May
11
Solution, meet problem
King Charles wields the Holy Hand Grenade. https://t.co/Ra9RzIb3fn — Matthew D White (@MatthewDWhite2) May 6, 2023 Dangerous rabbit has bitten at least 2 Perry residents https://t.co/wqW0uGA03M — KCCI News (@KCCINews) May 10, 2023
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May
10
New law limits school bond vote dates
The Iowa Legislature’s push to limit yearly growth of property taxes, signed by the governor in the last week of the session, includes a change that affects school bond issues. Until now, a bond referendum could be held at any … Continue reading
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May
08
‘Tama Jim’ featured on ‘Market to Market’
Iowa PBS’s “Market to Market” show did a 6½-minute feature on “Tama Jim” Wilson last week. Wilson, originally from Scotland, came to the Traer area before the Civil War and eventually became Secretary of Agriculture under three presidents. I’m going … Continue reading
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May
05
Clearing up Clearfield
Following a reader’s letter, I dug in on the history of the Clearfield school for the 1982-92 school years. It got so complicated I had to make a spreadsheet. The Clearfield district, on the Taylor/Ringgold county line, dissolved in 2014. … Continue reading
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May
03
Peyton Manning, call your office
The above image comes from an Iowa DOT sign letting contract that is to be let May 16. The contract covers sign trusses and BGS replacement at four key interchanges: Both ends of I-880 and IA 29 at old IA … Continue reading
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