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There’s going to be something big moving on the highways in Washington County today and tomorrow. (Too bad I already have something in the works for Substack this week.)

The Westside Maid-Rite, Cedar Rapids’ oldest restaurant in the same location (1935), closed Jan. 15. I wrote about it on my Substack. It was the feature image in the second new “Flipside” story roundup from the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative that will … Continue reading →

There’s only about a 25-mile segment of US 151 in Iowa that isn’t four lanes, but that segment has raised concerns about its safety. There are no turn lanes, and sometimes the line of sight isn’t great. One possibility is … Continue reading →

The North Tama Redhawks swept Belle Plaine in a regional semifinal volleyball match Monday. Wednesday’s game to go to state will be against River Valley of Correctionville at Webster City. To prevent four ranked Iowa Star Conference teams from devouring … Continue reading →

I’m aware that more things are happening than I’m writing about. I’m also in the middle of a seven-week span where at least one of my days off is occupied by something lasting multiple hours. In the case of last … Continue reading →

Due to sleeping until noon a lot time constraints and events, I didn’t get this Substack story from August in here earlier.

I, as they say, “nothing” the comic book character Deadpool. I’ve never had interest in the gratuitous, uh, everything about him. But movie reviewer Katie Walsh says this about “Deadpool and Wolverine” … It’s a unique script, composed almost exclusively … Continue reading →

The Associated Press needs someone to copy-edit its news alerts, especially on weekends. That should be “formerly incarcerated” not “formally incarcerated.” If anyone is being informally incarcerated something strange is going on. (note: the author’s work schedule has always included … Continue reading →

June 10, 2024: The padding and backboards in the Goldfield gym date to before 2007, based on family video archives. The Goldfield school will be torn down starting next month. I got wind of this through an alumna of Goldfield … Continue reading →

The lovely Loess Hills are the next part of my 2015 circumnavigation of Iowa.