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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Aug
03
Second person has visited every town in Iowa
In my search for media coverage of the two Nebraska college students visiting every town in Iowa, I discovered someone else who has matched me in travel. The Fort Dodge Messenger just last week reported that Dave Miglin of Des … Continue reading
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Aug
02
Nebraska pair hitting northeast Iowa hard
July 16, 2020: New Vienna is one of 22 incorporated communities in Dubuque County. It took me 14 years to visit every town in Iowa, the last two after I made it a specific goal. Two college students are attempting … Continue reading
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Jun
30
Iowa history update
One of my 1993 4H projects is now out of date.* Johnson County, Iowa, is now named … Johnson County, Iowa. From NPR: It will still be Johnson County. But henceforth, the county is taking its name from a different … Continue reading
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Jun
23
Early Centerville continues to vex me
Pinning down early highways in places that fall in the “large town” category is often difficult. Records are sparse and, because the state was not in charge of routes within city limits until later, county maps omit detail and city … Continue reading
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Jun
07
Captain Kirk’s birthplace moved
The birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the most famous Iowan who hasn’t been born yet, isn’t where it used to be. Or not where it was supposed to will have been. (“I hate temporal mechanics,” said the Miles O’Briens. Mileses … Continue reading
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May
25
Casualties along the Tenderloin Trail
Iowa Pork dreamed up the Tenderloin Trail, a checklist of Iowa’s establishments serving the classic breaded tenderloin sandwich, in 2017. The checklist needs to be completed by July 1, according to Iowa Pork’s website. But not all the servers on … Continue reading
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May
14
790,150: Not officially a magic number, but a curious one
We have a lot of census-related numbers floating around right now, and each makes one piece of a puzzle, but it will be hard to put them all together until the granular data comes out later this year. Here’s what … Continue reading
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May
07
KSO: A saga in three paragraphs
KSO, Iowa’s other three-letter AM station starting with a K, debuted Nov. 2, 1925. The Berry Seed Co. of Clarinda had specifically applied for the letters: “Keep Serving Others.” The following articles are from the Clarinda Journal in 1932, which … Continue reading
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May
05
License Plate Letters — KMA
KMA 960 AM is one of Iowa’s oldest radio stations. Its call letters, chosen specifically by the May Seed & Nursery Co., mean “Keep Millions Advised.” The May family owned the station from its beginning in 1925 until 2019. Here … Continue reading
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Apr
20
Porker up
The principal at Duncombe Elementary in Fort Dodge (not Duncombe) kissed a pig to make good on a student fundraiser promise. It wasn’t a piglet, either. Come for the fourth-grader’s shocked face, stay for the pigs doing…what pigs do. From the … Continue reading
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