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May 2 – Iowa Rampage, a professional arena football team based in Council Bluffs announce they're discontinuing operations after a single game. [1] May 28 – An apartment building partially collapses in Davenport, killing three people. [2] June 28 – Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches several U.S states, including Iowa. [3]
Human Statue of Liberty, created by Mole and Thomas using 18,000 officers and enlisted men at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, 1918, during World War I. Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves as the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.
Arena: 30,000 square feet (pillar free), 12 luxury suites, 2 party rooms; Convention center: 24,500 square feet (2,280 m 2) exhibition hall, 120-150 exhibit trade show booths, 23,000+ square feet of ballroom/meeting space, 90-112 exhibit trade show booths in ballroom, 8 meeting rooms, 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) in pre-function area
The 2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend was a pair of IndyCar motor races held on July 22, 2023, and July 23, 2023, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. They were the 11th and 12th rounds of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race weekend has been held since 2007, except for a brief hiatus in 2021 after a change of focus by the owner of the track.
Iowa Speedway is a 0.875 mi (1.408 km) oval short track in Newton, Iowa. Since its inaugural season of racing in 2006, the track has hosted a variety of racing events, including events sanctioned by NASCAR and IndyCar .
Camp Courage is located on a 305-acre (1.23 km 2) property near Maple Lake.It consists of two campuses, the Lakeside Campus and the Woodland Campus.The Lakeside Campus caters to individuals with physical disabilities and visual impairments, while the Woodland Campus caters to children with speech, hearing, and language impairments.
The first Championship Car race in Iowa took place on July 9, 1915. AAA held a 100-mile (160 km) race at Tri-State Fair Grounds in Burlington, Iowa, won by Bob Burman. Additional AAA races were held at Des Moines Speedway in Valley Junction, a one-mile (1.6 km) wooden board track, in 1915 and 1916.
Boone Speedway, also known as “Iowa’s Action Track", is a 1/3-mile high-banked dirt oval raceway located in Boone, Iowa. Races are held on Saturday nights sanctioned by the IMCA. Regular events include IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and IMCA Mod Lites. The track's weekly races can be ...