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Even though the Lyon County Fair started this week in a new location, participants are still enjoying showcasing their animals during the livestock show.
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Tourism officials and businesses in the Iowa Great Lakes region are seeing lower crowds and revenues this season due to flooding that hit the area at end of June and into early July.
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Principal oboist Jeffrey Paul received a commission to create his own concerto. His vision included creating a brand-new instrument. But reaching his goal proved harder than imagined.
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The largest pencil collection in the world belongs to a man in Iowa. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax recently learned his collection of 69,255 pencils set a Guinness World Record.
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The exhibition traces the routes taken by over six million African Americans during the Great Migration.
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The University of Okoboji Winter Games gives the Iowa Great Lakes area a much-needed economic boost for the winter.
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Two members of a vulnerable mountain zebra species, Duke and Duchess, have joined Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. On this segment of Talk of Iowa, host…
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When Danish immigrants settled in Western Iowa in the 19th century, they created two very different towns three miles apart: Kimballton and Elk Horn.…
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A state lawmaker from Cedar Rapids today grilled the director of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission over a proposed license for a smoke-free casino in…
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My hometown is Des Moines, an underrated city with cheap rent, cheaper booze and a trippy sculpture garden. I like Des Moines, though it’s a place that’s…