GENESEO, ILLINOIS (August 26, 2019) — The 14th Annual Trains, Planes, and Automobiles event will take place Thursday September 5th through Saturday September 7th in Geneseo, Illinois. This year’s event will feature a train engine on display, WWII Stearman Bi-Planes, a guided golf cart tour of the historic Hennepin Canal, and a car show featuring over 300 classic cars.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 26, 2019) — University of Dubuque Heritage Center continues its seventh annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series with Women of the World at 7:30PM, Saturday, October 5, in John and Alice Butler Hall.

President Donald Trump faces an exceedingly-narrow path to re-election in 2020. In order to beat him, the Democratic nominee only needs to pick up 38 electoral votes. With more than 100 electoral votes in play in states that Trump won narrowly in 2016 — especially Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida — all the Democrats have to do is pick a nominee ever so slightly more popular than Hillary Clinton.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (August 22, 2019) — Step back in time and journey through the compelling history of a truly American art form during Country Music, a new eight-part, 16-hour film directed by Ken Burns, and produced alongside his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. The series airs Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, and Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25 at 7PM each evening on statewide Iowa Public Television.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 22, 2019) — "A stop by the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt booth during the Iowa State Fair paid off for many fairgoers," State Treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald stated. "Many people took advantage of our on-site online-claims process. Over 31,000 searches were conducted and 3,685 unclaimed properties were claimed, totaling $343,206.70 in value." Individuals also had the option to share unclaimed property information by e-mail to their family and friends.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out ... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” — HL Mencken

DES MOINES, IA (August 19, 2019) — Sheep breeders brought their best animals to the Columbia Sheep show, judged Friday, at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Isaiah Buck of New York Mills, MN exhibited the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Ewe, as well as the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Ram.

Premier Breeder and Exhibitor also went to Isaiah Buck. Thiesen Family Columbias of Alden were second in both, with Macoy Thiesen of Sauk Centre, MN being third.

In 2004, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry called his ever-shifting position on the war in Iraq "nuanced" as a way of explaining why he was for it before he was against it and why his prescriptions for its future kept changing. "Nuance" pops up frequently in debates on politics and public policy, almost always as an excuse for either non-specificity on a current position or flip-flopping from a past position.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 19, 2019) — Nothing compares to the Iowa State Fair and the 2019 Fair crushed attendance records on individual days and racked up a total of 1,170,375 attendees over the 11-day celebration.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 19, 2019) — Top dairy farms competed for honors in the Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle show judged Friday at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Breezy Ridge Dairy of Epworth received Grand Champion Female honors, and Iow Ayr Farms of Brooklyn showed the Reserve Grand Champion Female.

Lee-Anns Swiss LLC of De Witt claimed the Champion Premier Exhibitor and Champion Premier Breeder titles.

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