Iowa

Ann Hammond spent years restoring her 12-acre Iowa property with native habitat; years later, a federally endangered bumblebee appeared among her flowers

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Ann Hammond spent years restoring her 12-acre Iowa property with native habitat; years later, a federally endangered bumblebee appeared among her flowers

Representative image Image credits: Wikimedia Commons For years, Ann Hammond worked to transform her 12-acre Iowa property into a welcoming place for native plants and wildlife. The effort eventually brought an extraordinary visitor to her flowers: a rusty patched bumblebee, a species listed as federally endangered in the United States. As reported by Iowa Public … Read more

In 1926, beekeeper Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a small-town story collection that made her nationally known; 100 years later, a Cedar Falls press is reviving the hard-to-find book

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In 1926, beekeeper Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a small-town story collection that made her nationally known; 100 years later, a Cedar Falls press is reviving the hard-to-find book

In 1926, Iowa writer Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a collection of 14 short stories drawn from the lives of people in the state’s farms and small towns. A century later, the book is returning to print in a new centennial edition from Cedar Falls-based Final Thursday Press, with new illustrations by Iowa artist Claudia … Read more

An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home

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An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home

Photo: absolutprop_firehouse_flip/ Instagram Growing up in Iowa, Steven and Ashley Evans knew all about the local fire station in Cedar Rapids because it was right by the high school they both attended. “We always dreamed we’d live here one day. It went up for sale and we thought we’d come check it out,” Steven, 40, … Read more

Ryan Willis McFarland: Muscatine shooting kills 7, including gunman

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Hindustan Times News

Multiple shootings broke out across Muscatine Iowa on Monday. The police department identified the perpetrator as Ryan Willis McFarland. They pointed out, shooting Seven people were killed, including the gunman. Seven people, including gunman Ryan Willis McFarland, were killed in a series of shootings in Muscatine, Iowa, police said. Images used for representational purposes. (no … Read more