News Quiz: The History of Flight in the Hawkeye State
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the air in the famous Kitty Hawk flight, the first successful flight in a man-powered airplane. Over the next decades, the adventure of...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Iowa’s Governors
Terry Branstad's inauguration for a sixth term as Iowa governor is scheduled for Jan. 16, extending his record as Iowa’s longest-serving governor. Test your knowledge on some of the other chief...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Newspapers in Iowa’s history
For as long as Iowa has existed newspapers have recorded the events and people shaping communities, informing current residents but also leaving a history for future generations. But you might not be...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Presidents’ Day in Iowa
A Monday is set aside each February to note the Feb. 12 birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Feb. 22 birthday of George Washington. While Iowa plays a significant role in the country’s presidential...
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Education Leaders Recommend Closing Rural Schools
“The Rural School Problem” “Rural Schools Ought to Be Abandoned” “What to Do With Small Schools” In some ways news headlines in the 20th century were not much different than those of the 21st century....
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Iowa’s Land Yacht
Forest City, Iowa, home of Winnebago Industries — well-known for bringing modern camping innovations to Iowa in the 1950s. But long before anyone had heard of Winnebago campers, a man in another Iowa...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Newspapers in Iowa’s History
For as long as Iowa has existed newspapers have recorded the events and people shaping communities, informing current residents but also leaving a history for future generations. But you might not be...
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New Market Businessman Missing in 1913
In 1910 New Market, Iowa, was a bustling community of 673 residents. There were three restaurants, two millineries, two hardware stores, two harness shops, and two doctors in town. FM Wiley ran a...
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High School Graduation in 1896
“As usual, this year’s class was the best in history.” The newspaper reporter who covered the Centerville High School class of 1896 must have been a cantankerous, but seasoned writer. And he certainly...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Iowa Flooding
According to a 2014 White House National Climate Assessment report, an analysis of rainfall patterns in Iowa shows that there has been a significant increase in the number of days with heavy rainfall,...
View ArticleNews Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of Iowa Newspaper History
For as long as Iowa has existed newspapers have recorded the events and people shaping communities, informing current residents but also leaving a history for future generations. But you might not be...
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Iowa History: World’s Only Female Boat Captain
“I can’t resist the desire to be on the steamer. It is positively fascinating this life and grows upon me.” The words of Ida Moore Lachmund of Clinton, Iowa, were shocking in 1897. She was talking...
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Stagecoach Robbers In Iowa Didn’t Stop With One Hold-Up 150 Years Ago
F.J. Leach, driver for the Western Stage Company, was making his way from Corydon to Centerville on May 6, 1865, with several U.S. mail bags and six passengers aboard. Some had paid fare to Promise...
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Iowa Businesswoman Identified By Bobbed Hair And Flapper Clothes Managed Big...
“People don’t like to take orders from a kid,” La Blanche Farmer told a newspaper reporter in 1925 when asked about her experiences managing a canning factory. La Blanche was talking about her first...
View ArticleAmerican Hate: A News21 Documentary
American Hate is a short documentary that explores the legacy of hate in America and what it means to the country today. It is part of Carnegie-Knight News21’s 2018 investigative project “Hate in...
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How Well Can You Do On Our Annual Thanksgiving-Football-In-Iowa Quiz?
SUPPORT NON-PROFIT JOURNALISM, DOUBLE YOUR DONATION WITH NEWSMATCH 2018 Once again, the University of Iowa and University of Nebraska football teams play a Black Friday football game in Iowa City on...
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Evans: We benefit from these doses of inspiration
I’m sure we all have been inspired at one time or another by a gifted speaker. Maybe it was a pastor or teacher. Maybe it was a leader who is a skilled orator. Or it might have been someone else who...
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