Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

May 21

Reinbeck cancels Independence Day weekend

Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 12:10 PM by Jeff

Announced Tuesday. 🙁 It is with heavy heart that the Citizens of Reinbeck 4th of July Committee and Reinbeck City Council have jointly decided not to have this years July 4th festivities. UPDATE: Dysart cancelled last week.

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May 19

Centerville, Knoxville, Pella losing their newspapers

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Centerville Daily Iowegian, Pella Chronicle, and Knoxville News-Sentinel, all of which have been around for about a century and a half, have become victims of the coronavirus. The first, which stopped publishing a Monday paper 14 months ago and stopped … Continue reading →

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May 13

Cronk’s Cafe closing in Denison

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The pandemic has claimed Cronk’s Cafe. The Denison restaurant started in 1929, the WHO-TV story says. That would mean it opened right when US 30 was paved in Crawford County. The cafe is located where the north-south route intersected 30 … Continue reading →

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Apr 22

New Hampton’s Heartland Days cancelled

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The coronavirus is starting to wipe out small-town summer festivals. KCHA Radio reported last week that New Hampton’s summer celebration, Heartland Days, scheduled for June 12-13, will not be held. I’m posting this because it is the first festival of … Continue reading →

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Apr 15

Back-to-back ‘Iowa Almanac’ moments

Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From last week, heard on KXEL, in Jeff Stein’s “Iowa Almanac”. Go to near the top of the April archives to hear more about these two events: On April 9, 1913, the Iowa Highway Commission became a state agency separate … Continue reading →

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Apr 01

Highway Gothic

Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I apologize for nothing.

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Mar 06

Historic downtown Hamburg buildings to be demolished

Posted on Friday, March 6, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

🙁 WOWT: Hamburg’s Main Street set for major demolition

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Mar 05

Iowa Trivia Challenge, you say?

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Challenge accepted. “Learning these facts has been my job for over half my life. Much to my family’s dismay, I never missed a historic marker,” said Rundlett.

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Feb 27

Boxed Out (or, Going Topless)

Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Reminder: Dig up all those Casey’s pizza box tops you can find, because this weekend they’re going away forever. (Story: KCCI.) Here’s my collection, which also shows a clip of the multiple changes in boxes over the past five years … Continue reading →

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Feb 25

A coordinated effort?

Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Look at what WHO’s Erin Kiernan was wearing Monday. Now look at what KCRG’s Beth Malicki was wearing Monday. Unfortunately, I can’t embed this one. No criticism here at all, just noticing an amazing coincidence. (Yes, I routinely watch two different … Continue reading →

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