In all but approximately a dozen places in the country, four losses year in and year out is likely to result in a building named after you, because it means 9 or 10 wins every season. But in an entry regarding one of those places, “has never lost fewer than four games in any season” is a negative for Bo Pelini.
Paul Rhoads is 38th on that list, and the highest with a losing record who has more than one season at his present job. Kirk Ferentz is 60th.
US 52’s future may be in a short-lived piece of its past. (1965 state map)
It took half a century, but the most significant portions of Iowa’s 1968 freeway/expressway plan have been realized or put perceptibly on track. There are still parts of US 20 and US 61 that are not four lanes, and same for US 30 east of Ogden, but for the first two the remainders will be on or near existing roads, and partially included in five-year plans.
Dubuque’s Southwest Arterial is not.
For decades, Dubuque has desired a route to the west connecting the northern and southern routes out of the city. Two lanes or four was less important than its existence in the first place. Part of that dream today is IA 32, a road the state took over and extended in 2002.
But while in much of Iowa it would be geographically and topographically (if not politically or environmentally) easy to shoot out a short connection, the Upper Mississippi River is not one of those places. The Driftless Area is great for mining lead, bird-watching, and reminding 19th-century immigrants of Switzerland. It’s not as great for building four-lane highways. Much more after the jump. Continue reading
Much of Tama County has now been upgraded to “abnormally dry” while farther east, the drought is “over” inasmuch as there are “normal conditions.” This week’s rain will shrink the red and orange areas even more.
…and only five Melissas and five Jeffreys were born in Iowa in 2011. A bunch of other names in the Class of 2000 were also in single digits.
ESPN picked the 63 best NCAA games organized by seed matchup/round-of-X and each Iowa team is represented. ISU’s win over Miami of Ohio in 1986 is the surprise guest here, an 81-79 overtime win on Jeff Hornacek’s last-second shot. UNI’s upset of Kansas in 2010 is here as well. The three losses, of course, are Iowa State’s, Iowa’s, and Drake’s worst first-round appearances of all time.
As one of now seven 15-over-2 games, Hampton keeps on haunting: “This game embodied the David vs. Goliath theme that attracts so many sports fans to college basketball in March.” Because when you hear about a basketball Goliath, you think about a team that has been to the Sweet 16 three times in its entire history.
(The best part of the Ultimate Bracket? Kansas loses three times.)
At 6 PM Tuesday, Remsen was simultaneously under a severe thunderstorm warning, ice storm warning, and winter storm watch. The Register has more coverage of the weird weather. Thursday’s forecast has shifted to that most unpleasant of conditions, “wintry mix”.
Since 1990, the Morning Sun school district has sent junior high and high school students to three surrounding districts: Mediapolis, Winfield-Mount Union, and Wapello.
Now Wapello, at least, is interested in making the relationship exclusive. Wapello’s certified enrollment has fallen by 100 students in five years.
Looking at nearby district maps and county lines (PDF), Morning Sun-Wapello is a good fit. The former probably wouldn’t have enough pull to get a name change for a unified district (South Louisa), given that Wapello’s superintendent phrased the proposal in a way that implied the Morning Sun building would be closed eventually if a full merger took place. (Although perhaps Morning Sun should try to make that part of the deal.)
Perfect sense.
Remember, winter isn’t over until the second weekend of April.
Nov. 30, 2012: The ramp seen here will be closing.
There’s going to be another visible sign of change for the Hubbell Avenue exit. The US 65 ramp to I-80 just to the west is going to close for six weeks. The bridge over the interstate between the two US 65 exits has already been torn down.
This week appears to be the unofficial start of construction season. The DOT has a long list of upcoming detours and closures. Also of note, I-35’s southbound lanes in West Des Moines are on the newly built concrete in the median so the old ones can be torn up and rebuilt.
