Allamakee County Iowa

Dynamic message signs along Highway 76 South part of public alert system

According to Dena Gray-Fisher, director, Office of Multimedia Services of the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), the two large signs on Highway 76 are actually part of a set of six dynamic message signs (DMS) installed as part of a warning/information system along Iowa 76 and U.S. Highway 18 in Allamakee and Clayton Counties. The signs are meant to alert travelers about potential rock slides, and road closures due to rock slides, maintenance or construction activities or snow-blocked roads. Gray-Fisher says there are many DMS locations throughout Iowa where there is a specific need. The Iowa DOT says the plan for statewide location of DMS has been developed to provide information to the traveling public. The system is being designed for both “traffic management (primarily congestion mitigation) and for public safety (emergency operations, homeland security, AMBER alert, weather emergencies, etc.).

Former Allamakee County Courthouse (Waukon, Iowa) | Iowa ...

An 1867 Supreme Court ruling designated Waukon as the seat of Allamakee County, officially ending a fifteen year county seat controversy. In 1851, voters selected now-deserted Columbus as the county seat; two years later, voters changed course and designated Waukon as the seat, and confirmed this decision in a 1859 vote. While a new courthouse was constructed in Waukon in 1861, residents voted to assign county seat status to Lansing the following year. In 1864, the county sheriff and his Waukon-based posse attempted to steal the county records, but the effort was intercepted and the records were returned.

Following the Supreme Court decision, the 1861 building served as the county courthouse until 1940, when a new, larger facility was constructed. The historic building now serves as the Allamakee County Historical Museum, which has a number of local artifacts. The original second-floor courtroom is intact and open to the public during museum hours.

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