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America’s Largest Truckstop Opens In Illinois Next Month
I hate to break it to the state of Iowa, but your days of sitting on top of the mountain by having the world's largest truck stop located in your state are going to be over in a little over one week from today. Walcott, Iowa has been the home...
Iowa and Illinois High Schools Hit by P.Diddy Prank, Inappropriate Names Appear on Google Maps
Schools across Iowa and Illinois are facing a bizarre prank: their names on Google Maps have been altered to inappropriate yet humorous titles. And, strangely enough, Sean "P.Diddy" Combs seems to be at the center of the joke. Local High Schools Targeted in Google Maps Prank, With Sean "P.Diddy" Combs...
The Best School for Athletics in Iowa is in Cedar Rapids
Another school year is underway. We're already nearing the halfway point of the first semester. Crazy isn't it? One of the best ways to keep high schoolers engaged is sports. It's important for students to learn team building and build up their physical skills, even if a future in sports isn't in the cards.
Alleman working on development as co-op employees leave town
ALLEMAN, Iowa — The Heartland Co-op has decided to not staff the grain elevator after this harvest season. The West Des Moines based organization will use employees based at a new Heartland facility in Cambridge. Heartland Co-op has facilities all over the Midwest, this change is only about Alleman. The elevator will still be used […]
Locals plan to restore a dried-up "ancestral lake" in Polk County
In Saylor Township, there are dried-up remnants of a former lake hidden away from the fast-moving traffic alongside Northwest 66th Avenue and Northwest 26th Street.Why it matters: Property owner Steve Klein and several local agencies want to restore the wetland to its former vibrancy and conserve it for wildlife.Flashback: More than 100 years ago, Fisher Lake in northern Polk County was a popular spot for duck hunters and anglers to find game early each morning."Fisher's Lake, north of Des Moines, is known to every nimrod in this city," notes a 1919 Des Moines Register article. (Back then, "nimrod" referred to...
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