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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Jan
31
They’re not ‘Basic Skills’ anymore
A longtime component of everybody’s schooling in Iowa changed last year. They’re no longer the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills or the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. They are now the “Iowa Assessments.” The change happened last school year, and … Continue reading
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Jan
14
Factoids about 2013-14 Iowa Legislature
No particular theme here, just some random pieces. All links are to PDF maps and district descriptions are approximations. Big state map (PDF) City insets (PDF) 55 House districts are smaller than the basic “4×4” county (572 square miles). So … Continue reading
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Jan
08
KCCI changed its graphics today
Noted for posterity. This is a timed post.
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Jan
06
Iowa high on Senate seniority chart
Roll Call has published a list of the 113th Congress organized by seniority for both the Senate and House. Chuck Grassley is in sixth place (up from 11th in 2009) and now the only senator left who was originally elected … Continue reading
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Dec
18
Pull out the rabbit ears, again
KCRG and Dish Network have been unable to agree on a retransmission charge. The signal was cut off at noon. The station’s 9.2 subchannel is also an issue. (Yes, I am aware that pulling out rabbit ears doesn’t work anymore. It’s … Continue reading
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Dec
08
A notable change
KLTI-FM (104.1) in Des Moines is a Christmas music station this year. KDAT-FM (104.5) and KCVM (93.5, formerly 96.1) are still “holiday” music. What hasn’t been dialed down, though, is the start date. I had heard all three versions of … Continue reading
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Dec
05
Iowa family* discontinuing print Christmas newsletter
From The Onion. This (fictional) family is behind the times — we (and by we I mean Mom) (unintentionally) did that a decade ago! (h/t Romenesko) (End gratuitous use of parentheses.)
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Nov
29
More changes in Crossroads Mall area
First Waldenbooks closed, now this (Waterloo Courier): Members of the Waterloo Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend a site plan amendment for developers looking to tear down the former Bonanza Steakhouse restaurant at 2027 Crossroads Blvd. … Continue reading
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Nov
24
A sign of redundancies to come
Sept. 3, 2006: This sign’s days may be numbered. New BGSs in both directions on I-80 at Exit 142 include IA 330. They read “West 6/North 65/North 330, Bondurant/Altoona”. In all likelihood, this means that IA 330 is going to be … Continue reading
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Nov
19
Almost.
In 1964, the Iowa Highway Commission made a sort of wish-list for freeways that would be built in addition to the interstates. With some changes to the corridor paths, this has been the root of the state’s operating plan for … Continue reading
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