Historic Sites and History

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (193+ words) The free event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 18 at Northeast Iowa Community College’s Peosta campus, 8342 NICC Drive, according to a press release. The event will occur in Room 104A. × This... PEOSTA, Iowa — The third annual Dubuque Area History Expo…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (236+ words) Dubuquers gave Robert F. Kennedy an ecstatic welcome when the U.S. senator from New York visited the city 60 years ago. In October 1966, Dubuque Mayor Walt Pregler greeted U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, D-N.Y., at the airport before Kennedy gave a speech at Dubuque Senior…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (127+ words) Today in history River Flood Warning until MON 5:00 PM CDT Teens arrested after Grand Mound home shot up On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (112+ words) Stacker compiled a ranking of the wettest Octobers in Iowa since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information River Flood Warning until SUN 6:00 AM CDT Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1146+ words) By ANDREW ROBERTS FOR THE DAILY MAIL When I researched my biography Napoleon The Great in 2014, I read an enormous amount of contemporaneous sources and other material. But I didn’t have access to all of the vast, 15-volume compendium of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (102+ words) Stacker compiled a ranking of the hottest Octobers in Iowa since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. - Camanche…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (336+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — "We started hearing after in about 2014, 2015, you did hear folks in the community start saying, well, that was a once in a lifetime in 2008. And I think what 2016 did was show us that it's…...

2+ week, 46+ min ago   (168+ words) Dry conditions remain in northwest Iowa, but they have continued to shrink in the September rains. The area of moderate drought has gone from almost seven percent down to around two percent in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. The majority…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) CHEROKEE, Iowa (KCAU) — Cherokee, Iowa, was hit by its worst flood on record more than two years ago, and despite hard efforts, they're still recovering. Throughout the two years, the town has been working on around 19 projects with the Federal…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (211+ words) Grant Wood's original sketches for the Memorial Window in the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Building were unveiled on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. This marks the third time the drawings have been seen in 98 years. The drawings were assembled in the building's ballroom…...