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Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye

By: Kerry Byrne β€” May 17th 2024 at 03:00
Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, created the invention by which all others are judged β€” sliced bread β€” in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.

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House committee demands Biden agency staff reveal travel history amid electioneering claims

By: Charles Creitz β€” May 16th 2024 at 09:15
The committees tasked with overseeing small business and the SBA sent a letter demanding travel schedules of agency officials amid allegations relating to voter registration in their official capacities.

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Coast Guard studying if other bridges at risk following Baltimore bridge disaster

By: Michael Dorgan β€” May 16th 2024 at 06:43
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is studying if other bridges across the nation are at risk after Baltimore collapse in March which resulted in the deaths of six people..

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Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston struck by barge, causing portion to collapse: officials

By: Michael Dorgan β€” May 15th 2024 at 14:05
A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday morning, causing a section of the bridge to fall onto the barge, Fox 7 Austin reports.

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Large barge crashes into historic Fort Madision Bridge in Iowa, later sinks

By: Michael Dorgan β€” May 10th 2024 at 12:16
A near 100-year-old bridge in Iowa was struck by a loose barge on Thursday prompting its temporary closure before later reopening without any significant damage or injuries.

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Iowa sued over hardline immigration law; rights groups claim it's unconstitutional

By: Michael Dorgan β€” May 9th 2024 at 19:14
A newly passed law making it a crime for an illegal immigrant to be in Iowa is being challenged in court as unconstitutional by civil rights and immigration groups.

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Leaders in creation of Arctic vault that protects millions of seeds win World Food Prize

β€” May 9th 2024 at 13:23
Two men who led the charge in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which protects and preserves millions of seeds, will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates.

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The cicada invasion has begun! Find out where the flying insects are emerging

By: Michael Dorgan β€” May 9th 2024 at 10:57
The cicada invasion of 2024 has kicked off where billions of the flying insects will appear in 17 states in a rare natural phenomenonΒ not seen since 1803

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Iowa facility where intellectually disabled residents were mistreated to close next month

β€” May 8th 2024 at 15:32
The Glenwood Resource Center in Glenwood, Iowa, is set to permanently close after investigators determined intellectually disabled patients were mistreated at the facility.

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Court clears way for high-voltage power line set to cross Mississippi River refuge

β€” May 7th 2024 at 18:47
A federal appeals court has approved the construction of a controversial, high-voltage power line that is set to cross a Mississippi River refuge.

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Justice Department warns it plans to sue Iowa over new state immigration law

β€” May 3rd 2024 at 15:00
The U.S. Department of Justice has said that it intends to sue Iowa over a law that makes it a crime for a person to be in the state if they were previously denied admission to the U.S.

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Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the world

By: Kerry Byrne β€” April 26th 2024 at 03:00
John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.

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Body found in northwest Iowa field believed to be trucker missing since November

β€” April 25th 2024 at 14:57
A body discovered Wednesday in an Iowa field is believed to be that of 53-year-old Wall Lake resident David Schultz, a truck driver who went missing just before Thanksgiving.

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