The Dodge Light Guard armory, southwest corner of Main Street and Fifth Avenue, is the focus of Iowa National Guard activities in Council Bluffs. The building has been used as an armory since 1902.
This is an artist's sketch of the new Audubon High School building, for which voters in the Audubon Community School District voted $900,000 in bonds last spring. Tallest part of the building is gymnasium and section in foreground houses auditorium.…
Littering the boat ramp . . . are a number of pilings that have been pulled out of the lake by DeSoto Refuge employe[e]s. Refuge officials say the lake has quite a lot of drift that could be dangerous to boaters. Jerry Jauron, an Iowa river official,…
Backyard Lake - George Kabat and his son Bill, found a rowboat was the best method of transportation around their Gifford Road neighborhood Monday. The Missouri River spilled into the area Sunday. Kibat estimated water surrounding his home at 6805…
Rising higher and higher is the new Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network tower eight miles northeast of Oakland. Workmen from a Georgia tower-erecting company, perched here at about the 500-foot level, attach electrical conduit for light hookups.
New street signs . . . have been installed by the city and are the first visual signs of annexation in the Manawa community. Wes Clausen, assistant superintendent of traffic, views on such sign marking Navajo Street and a private (Pickard Lane)…
Part of the improvement program underway on Highway 64 between Council Bluffs and Neola is the relocation of a short section of the highway at the top of Canning Hill. The curve in the present paving will be eliminated and a new, straight section of…
Posting Signs . . . showing the new routing of Highway 92 are Robert Anderson and Frank Aldredge, Iowa Highway Commission employees. This sign is being installed at the junction of Highways 92 and 375.
The Iowa Highway Commission Tuesday released this drawing of the proposed improvement project on Highway 92 east of Council Bluffs. The plan would reduce from 30 to 4 the number of access points along the stretch of highway. It would also provide…
Public Works Director Maurice Pearce . . . views one of the two bridges on Highway 375 which, according to engineers, is in need of repairs. In the distance is the bridge which carries traffic over several sets of railroad tracks and a portion of…