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Sep 14

Pizza Hut closed in Grundy Center, Vinton, other towns

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Benton County is out of Pizza Huts. The restaurant in Vinton closed the day after Labor Day. It and 14 others in Iowa were shuttered as one of Pizza Hut’s largest franchisees filed for bankruptcy and announced it would close … Continue reading →

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Sep 02

Nevada city council favors west interchange

Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

The ongoing issue of making US 30 a full freeway between Ames and Nevada took another step last month. The Nevada City Council voted in favor of an interchange at Airport Road/W 18th Street/610th Avenue on the west side of … Continue reading →

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Aug 31

Ankeny diverging diamond delayed

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A full opening of the rebuilt interchange of I-35 and 1st Street in Ankeny has been delayed, KCCI reports. It was supposed to be this week. The news story in the second link has a guide through the interchange, which … Continue reading →

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Aug 24

Iowa’s 1920 highway system: Small connectors

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Some of this batch of routes seem superfluous, but there was usually some sort of rationale for their existence. IA 53: Nora Springs to Charles City via Rockford instead of Rudd, out of a request from the Floyd County supervisors. … Continue reading →

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Aug 18

The edge of suffrage

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, August 14, 1920: Women go after House votes in Tennessee for a final show down Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 14 — “I do not believe that men of Tennessee will surrender honest convictions for political expediency or … Continue reading →

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Aug 13

Zearing school being demolished

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Due to circumstances extremely beyond our control, blog posts will be limited to those previously scheduled for a while. — The Management Zearing school demolition. Photo credit: Laurie Yocumk The three-story Zearing school building is being torn down this summer, … Continue reading →

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Aug 10

IA 141 flyover nearly complete

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2020, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

The flyover ramp from northbound I-35/80 to IA 141 in Urbandale should be open by the end of this month, KCCI reported recently. (Like too many TV stations nowadays, unfortunately, I am unable to embed the video.) Lanes will be … Continue reading →

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Aug 06

I-74 bridge update: Illinois bridge begins

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Story from WQAD.

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Jul 27

The ‘last’ of the astronaut wives

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Rene Carpenter, the wife of Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter during the Space Age, died Friday (obit: Washington Post). (She was born in Iowa, hence the very tenuous hook for this blog post.) I say “during the Space Age” because, … Continue reading →

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Jul 06

Requiem for an iMac

Posted on Monday, July 6, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I have in the past rambled about my late 2009 desktop iMac and how I was going to ride it until it died. Well, at 11:53 PM on June 15, it did. Specifically, the hard drive woke from sleep but … Continue reading →

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