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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Apr
08
An early RAGBRAI LI correction
The RAGBRAI map and pass-through town list was not unveiled until April (a first) and on a weekday (another first). It ran in the Des Moines Register both online and in print on April 4 (and was off the website’s front … Continue reading
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Mar
05
More about College Township
In early 2021 I wrote about “Western College” in southern Linn County and how that connected to the short-lived Leander Clark College in Toledo. Now the Gazette’s “Curious Iowa” series has a feature on College Township with more history about … Continue reading
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Feb
16
You want fat? Let’s get fat
I wrote about food! Specifically, I wrote about the tradition of churches inviting people to come eat a certain type of food at a variable date in February.
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Feb
12
Oh well
The Iowa Newspaper Association awards ceremony Thursday night recognized newspapers for their work between October 2022 and August 2023. The winning entries can be found here. The Cedar Rapids Gazette won 40 awards. Three I had a minor hand in … Continue reading
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Jan
19
Shenandoah, somewhere
Iowa has not one but TWO stories about babies in a blizzard: In western Marshall County, a sheriff’s deputy walked half a mile through the snow to assist with a delivery at a farmhouse. The Marshalltown Times-Republican has a clinical recap … Continue reading
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Jan
17
Caucus reporting from Reinbeck
I reported on a precinct caucus in Grundy County for my Substack (and the Sun-Courier newspaper). This was the first presidential caucus in my adult life where I wasn’t working for an Iowa newspaper. It came 200 days after being … Continue reading
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Jan
15
Politico vs. Pizza Ranch
We were close to getting out of the 2024 caucuses without major broadsides on Iowa for being Iowa, but then the Associated Press went for it: Iowa’s winter blast could make an unrepresentative way of picking presidential nominees even more … Continue reading
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Jan
12
Southern Benton County lost its newspaper
Publication of a newspaper dedicated to the interests of Belle Plaine and southern Benton County ceased at the end of 2023. The Belle Plaine Union had that name for the overwhelming majority of its life. The Blairstown Press and the Benton … Continue reading
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Jan
10
Update on Preston’s Station restoration
Last year, Preston’s Station in Belle Plaine marked its 100th year of existence and 95th year at its current location. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. In the past few years, a concentrated … Continue reading
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Jan
08
Cedar Rapids turns 175
Cedar Rapids is officially the fourth-oldest incorporated community in Iowa, behind Farmington, Burlington, and Keokuk. (Note that incorporation is different from founding.) This week, the city is marking its 175th birthday with a ceremony and a time capsule. The city’s … Continue reading
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