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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Jun
24
Plucked Peacocks and other TV station notes
While doing Lincoln Highway research for Nebraska, I discovered that Elm Creek, a town along US 30, replaced its 100-year old school in 2022-23… …and had an amazingly well-preserved time capsule*… …and then I looked into what “NTV” was — … Continue reading
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Jun
09
On the LightLine Bridge
My Substack column for May 3 questions the utility of the Alliant Energy LightLine bridge south of downtown Cedar Rapids once its original goal, using part of the abandoned Rock Island Railroad bridge, turned out to be infeasible.
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May
08
Circumnavigation detour: State lines
In my circumnavigation report I split off a story dedicated to oddities in Iowa’s state borders. Did I put “Day 5 1/2” on here? If not, despite being 11 months old, it’s new to you!
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May
02
Who wants chili and cinnamon rolls?
Iowa schoolkids, and former schoolkids, want chili and cinnamon rolls. I even looked up old lunch menus for a story about this Marion Historical Society fundraiser.
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Apr
30
An unusual problem in the news business
There are times when newspapers aren’t delivered because of a blizzard, but at least we know where they are? I admit loving that the description on Seymour Herald’s Facebook page is “A weekly OFFICIAL WAYNE COUNTY NEWSPAPER, with hometown local … Continue reading
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Apr
28
Really delayed spring cleaning
OK, so some of the info from this month-old post is outdated, but the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative additions list is important, and it’s another picture from Pi Day in Springville. (Me? A procrastinating mess? Never.)
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Apr
21
Swan to disincorporate
September 30, 2014: Swan, in far northwest Marion County, was bypassed by the state highway system when what today is IA 5 was realigned in 1928. The IA 316 bridge over the Des Moines River at Runnells was decades in … Continue reading
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Apr
14
Pi Day, delayed
Pie is always in season, not just March 14! Pi Day in Springville is a local holiday.
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Apr
14
Colona-oscopy
In Sunday’s print Des Moines Register, on the “Around the State” page, there was this curious item: In a page that is about stories from the state of Iowa, the Register ran a brief from a city in ILLINOIS — … Continue reading
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Apr
01
Windsor Heights got a Casey’s
You might think that news about a Des Moines suburb getting another gas station isn’t too notable, but in this case, I found something. Land was cleared last fall for a Casey’s at the northeast corner of University Avenue and … Continue reading
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