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    North Ankeny Blvd Construction

    For that to happen, the area to be built on would have to be rezoned as Ankeny 2040 plan has it In low to high density. Hopefully, all current residents, mostly low density, would fight like hell to keep it residential.
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    (Update: Bill Self?) The State.......of Oklahoma State basketball

    He bolted because Okie Sate wouldn't pay him. Bad mistake, they should have tapped into the T. Boone Foundation.
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    Dan Winters leaving WHO

    He is.
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    Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch (and maybe big Northern Lights show)

    I head there Thursday for the walleye opener. Couldn't it have waited a week?
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    2024 Iowa's Best Burger announced

    Hope they make it. Ankeny needs some choices on the north side but that location hasn't screamed success to any of the previous tenants (Tavern 180, Tanners).
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    Cytown Update

    It would be helpful for new development if the city manager wasn't 90 frickin' years old.
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    Bigs for next year?

    This is a very accurate description of the Terry Woods point guard experience.
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    Coach K gushes about TJ and ISU in interview

    Interviewed but took the Duke job, then we hired a guy named Johnny...
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    49ers - Brock Purdy - Still and Always #1

    Heard on ESPN radio regarding Purdy's play in the second half: "Sometimes you have to rock out with your Brock out". Love it.
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    Kansas State fans are madder than I have ever seen

    Sorry if this has already been posted and I'm too lazy to look, but it is worth repeating. EMAW = Every Man A Whiner.
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    *** Official #7 Kansas vs #23 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

    I just want to say that in my 45 years of attending Iowa State Men's basketball games, today, I sat through and saw the greatest time out in ISU history. That is all.
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    VIDEO: Otz goes off on Kansas State

    But allows his assistant coach to call managers "cheatin' MFers". Yea, he's fake, and a real tough guy like Juwan Howard.
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    Here comes the doomsday thread, sorry

    I found this article by writer Jason Gay in the Wall Street Journal this morning on comments made by Charlie Baker of the NCAA and thought it was extremely interesting and terrifying (for Iowa State Athletics). Baker comments about a subdivision of schools who can afford to pay players which is...
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    Ash tree replacement

    A magnificent tree I've seen around central Iowa. On the recommendation of an arborist friend, I planted one this summer to replace a green ash. https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/trees-and-plants/tuliptree/