KCRG-TV aired its first broadcast Oct. 15, 1953, as KCRI, from a studio in the Miller Building at First Avenue …
History Jul. 11, 2019 9:30 am2351d ago
KCRG-TV aired its first broadcast Oct. 15, 1953, as KCRI, from a studio in the Miller Building at First Avenue …
History Jul. 8, 2019 9:00 am2354d ago
In 1927, Cedar Rapids had 22 parks covering 322 acres. The largest were Ellis and Bever, followed by Daniels, Riverside, …
Living Jul. 5, 2019 5:00 pm2357d ago
In 1950, Boy Scouts Commissioner Jack Whitaker from Kansas City, Mo., came up with the idea of creating miniature Statues …
Lee Hermiston News Jul. 3, 2019 8:32 am2359d ago
OXFORD – A party more than 150 years in the making is coming to Oxford this week. On July 4-6, …
History Jun. 22, 2019 10:52 am2370d ago
One of the oldest houses in Iowa is in Fayette in northeast Iowa, where it was home to the Kent …
History Jun. 15, 2019 10:23 am2377d ago
Visitors to the Iowa Masonic Library and Museums at 813 First Ave. SE walk between two large marble lions …
History Jun. 8, 2019 4:28 pm2384d ago
Although Rock Island passenger trains first came through Oelwein in 1877, the company that earned Oelwein its nickname as the …
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Seventy-five years ago today, on June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, …
Community Jun. 2, 2019 10:03 am2390d ago
Did anyone know that David Belgum was a socialist when he was mayor of University Heights, a city of about …
Living May. 18, 2019 11:41 am2405d ago
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the deadly explosion at the Douglas Starch Works in Cedar Rapids, we …
Living May. 11, 2019 9:29 am2412d ago
Four men roamed the Midwest in the late 1890s, thieving in Stanwood and Cedar Rapids, changing their names as often …
History May. 4, 2019 9:30 am2419d ago
When we think of steamboats sailing on Iowa rivers, we automatically think of the Mississippi, the Des Moines, the Big …
History Jan. 6, 2020 12:16 pm2172d ago
For those who like round numbers, this fact is comforting: Iowa once had 100 counties. Actually, twice. But only briefly. …
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