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Thousands Of Ancient Indian Artifacts Are Hidden Away In This Tiny Iowa Museum (onlyinyourstate.com)
The Indian Artifact Museum is filled to the brim with exactly what it advertises - Indian artifacts, all dating back 8,000 to 13,000 years. Each of these artifacts has been framed in hand-made custom displays crafted with all local wood specifically to showcase these historical treasures. All of these artifacts are from a 60-mile radius of the museum. They include several extra unique tools and charms, and the entire collection of thousands of artifacts is in pristine condition. To learn...
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History Left An Unfortunate Mark At This One Notable Spot In Iowa, Red Rock Line (onlyinyourstate.com/iowa)
Did you know there was once a life-changing line running up the center of Iowa? Many people don’t. This line ran north from the Painted Rocks bluffs of what is now Lake Red Rock into Hardin County by Steamboat Rock. The line may not have created a physical barrier, but it did leave an unfortunate mark on American history, effectively dividing Iowa’s inhabitants in the mid-1800s into two separate groups: Native Americans and pioneers. Iowa’s pioneer settlers were not the original inhabitants...
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Through a historic storm and a global pandemic, this nurse embraces the true meaning of “Iowa nice” (upworthy.com)
From the time she was a little girl, Abby Recker loved helping people. Her parents kept her stocked up with first-aid supplies so she could spend hours playing with her dolls, making up stories of ballet injuries and carefully wrapping “broken” arms and legs. Recker fondly describes her hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as a simple place where people are kind to one another. There’s even a term for it—“Iowa nice”—describing an overall sense of agreeableness and emotional trust shown by people...
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Iowa WWII veteran receives heroes welcome in Washington, D.C. (kwqc.com)
WWII veteran, Cotton Harold Henderson (DC Bureau) Author: To read Molly Martinez' article, please click here. WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - 89 Iowa veterans took the trip of a lifetime Tuesday, as part of the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight. Veterans who fought in Korea, Vietnam, and one lone survivor of WWII came to visit the memorials erected in their honor. Sadly, covid put a halt on these flights for almost two years, meaning some of these older veterans never got the chance to see them. Now that the...
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California Bacon Law takes Effect but Pork from Farms Using Cages Will Still be on Shelves (abc.7)
Image - Center for Food Safety To read more of the Associated Press article, please click here. DES MOINES, Iowa -- A California law approved by voters that promises to get breeding pigs out of narrow cages that prevent them from standing or turning will finally take effect Saturday, after years of delays and warnings that the rules could lead to price spikes and pork shortages. But it will be six months before California grocery shoppers can be sure that pork chops they buy under the new...
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How Rural Mental Health Respites Fit into the Health Care Puzzle (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Todd Noack is the founder and executive director of Rhonda’s House, a rural peer respite program in Iowa. Credit: Lisa Bartels To read more of Cheryl Platzman Weinstock's article, please click here. Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises — including suicidal thoughts — since she was 11. The 40-year-old resident of Le Mars, Iowa, has bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders. “Some...
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Batterer intervention programs that take a healing approach drastically cut re-arrest rates
In the world of family violence, the focus is on healing victims (survivors). This includes funding for domestic violence shelters, thousands of research projects, state and federal legislation, and changing the criminal justice response. But that’s providing help for only half the people involved in the problem.
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Students in Iowa are organizing to circumvent state’s anti-LGBTQ laws (lgbtqnation.com)
Photo: Shutterstock To read more of Bill Browning's article, please click here. Students around the nation are pushing back on Republican attacks on LGBTQ+ rights. They’ve stood up for teachers and coaches , walked out en masse, and this week, a Missouri university reopened a student resource center after students protested. But high schoolers in Iowa are taking a different approach to defy the state’s laws. They’ve heckled the state’s anti-LGBTQ+ governor , and instead of relying on...