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Iowans looking to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks can take a walk around Gray’s Lake in Des Moines. In the fourth year of the…
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Hilda Rupp lived a tough life. She lost her own mother when she was only 17 and helped raised her 10 brothers and sisters through the Great Depression…
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Iowa lost many notable citizens and natives in 2014. As we wrap up the year, we remember a few as a tribute to all.James Bowman blazed through racial…
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Not many of us are aware of an event that occurred in 1840 in Bellevue, Iowa, a town along the Mississippi River in Jackson County, south of Dubuque. It…
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Caring for a loved one who is suffering at the end of life can be an ordeal, and many feel more options are needed.Peg Sandeen, native Iowan and Executive…
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Today we listen back to a show, part of Iowa Public Radio's corrections series last summer, about what it is like to grow old and die in prison.We hear…
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Death can be scary, difficult and painful, but it can also be a healing and beautiful process. How does one have a "good death?"Host Charity Nebbe looks…
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Musician Jason Molina influenced many of his peers and sold tens of thousands of records for a small independent label from Indiana. Molina died at age 39…
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We lost many Iowa newsmakers in 2013. Host Ben Kieffer remembers them in our annual obituary show.
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Legendary Cyclone basketball coach Johnny Orr passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. Today on Talk of Iowa, we remember Coach Orr.Host Charity Nebbe…