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Dubuque Area History Expo moves to new venue
20+ hour, 44+ 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 â The third annual Dubuque Area History Expo…...
Steeple Square festival draws families to former Dubuque church grounds
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (231+ words) On Sunday, a former Dubuque neighborhood church served as a playground, a backyard barbecue, a showcase for neighborhood resources and even a place where Hayden Neuman and other kids could pet goats, rabbits and puppies. Hayden Neuman, 9, of Dubuque, pets…...
Why Napoleon was truly the boss from hell - and why that might be the REAL reason he lost at Waterloo... argues top historian ANDREW ROBERTS
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…...
Quilt Whisperer to tell of escapes from slavery at October 20 meeting
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (308+ words) River City Quilters Guild will be meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Fulton Presbyterian Church, 311 9th St, Fulton, Illinois. Connie Martin, popular Road Scholar, aka âQuilt Whisperer,â will be the guest speaker. The presentation will be given in the sanctuary....
Forget “Iowa nice.” This book tells horrors of “Iowa Weird”
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1294+ words) “Iowa Weird Vol. 2,” released by Hayseed Press in August, offers a collection of short horror and paranormal stories based in towns and cities across Iowa. “Iowa Weird Vol. 2,” released by Hayseed Press in August 2026, offers a collection of short horror…...
The flood of 2016 reinvigorated plans for permanent flood protection in Cedar Rapids
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…...
Iowa City Senior Center joins downtown gallery walk
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (111+ words) IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City Senior Center is hosting a gallery walk reception featuring local artists and their work centered on connection and memory. The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m. on October 2, at the Historic Post Office Galleries inside…...
2 years post-flooding: Cherokee, Iowa is still recovering
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…...
Today in History: September 22, Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
2+ week, 4+ day ago (104+ words) Today in history On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union. Javascript is…...
Public asked to participate in historic preservation of YMCA
2+ week, 4+ day ago (151+ words) The main building of the former YMCA was constructed on the east end of the property at 480 S. Third St. in 1906. In 1960, an adjacent building was built to the west. Clinton County sold the property to the city in August 2020, after…...