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Nearly 6,000 memorials added to online archives such as www.findagrave.com and The IAGenWeb Project. Death is something all humans eventually accomplish. But on the way, many get to be mothers, [...]
Read More →Nearly 6,000 memorials added to online archives such as www.findagrave.com and The IAGenWeb Project. Death is something all humans eventually accomplish. But on the way, many get to be mothers, [...]
Read More →Toastmasters is Chad Hauge’s hobby. “My speech was, ‘I’m nobody special,’ ” says Chad Hauge. Years ago, as a Christmas gift, one of Hauge’s seven daughters gave him a book [...]
Read More →You want answers? UFO investigator is working for the truth. “Iowa is known as a hotbed for triangles, although we have other shapes as well.” — Beverly Trout, Iowa MUFON’s [...]
Read More →Behold. 100-plus antique lanterns are a sight to see. Power outages are perfect. That’s how Cain Kremitzki sees it. Stints without electricity might seem like an odd thing to root [...]
Read More →South Des Moines Sculpture Park Art Festival is Sept. 15 The outhouse doesn’t work, at least not as originally designed. Instead, the worn and weathered wooden box hides the smoke [...]
Read More →Gloom Balloon frontman shows off his favorite albums. For any fan of Iowa music, Patrick Tape Fleming should be an instantly recognizable name. If you don’t know him as a founding [...]
Read More →Altoona engine expert saves a rusted-out relic from going postal It looked like a cannon, and assuming the old engine wouldn’t run again, the man’s plan was to transform it into a [...]
Read More →Graham Steffes-Clayton loves lifting heavy stuff Strongman Graham Steffes-Clayton likes calculus, his hometown of Pleasant Hill, being a college student, playing tennis and eating food. But most of all, Steffes-Clayton [...]
Read More →One small step for man and one man’s mission to touch history Most people know Paul Revere for his famous late-night horse ride while proclaiming, “The British are coming! The [...]
Read More →Mushroom bats, sawdust baseballs, Spiderman masks and a passion for America’s game During the summer of 1968, Mark Mahoney fell victim to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. The Iowa [...]
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