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Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
The Iowa Great Lakes, often referred to as Okoboji, [1] is a group of natural lakes in northwestern Iowa in the United States. There are seven lakes in the region totaling 12,687 acres (5,134 ha) [ 2 ] with the three principal lakes of the group being Big Spirit Lake , [ 3 ] West Okoboji Lake , [ 4 ] and East Okoboji Lake .
Norwegian immigration to Iowa began in 1840 [52] with settlement at Sugar Creek [90] in southeastern Iowa, and continued with immigration to northern Iowa in the late 1840s. [91] The Sugar Creek colony in Lee County was the result of a failed Missouri colony, and has its origins in the second Norwegian colony in the United States, that of Fox ...
Ricky Stanzi was the quarterback and Marvin McNutt, who had broken almost every passing record pass reception record in the book at Iowa and still holds most of them, was the great All-American ...
The Jordan Aquifer is the largest source of groundwater, extending from northeast Iowa to south central Iowa, and is ultimately the source of much of Iowa's agricultural and industrial water. In addition to pollution threats, the aquifer is threatened by overuse in well-source irrigation, ethanol production, and the diminishment of resupply ...
Learn how Great Iowa Treasure Hunt can help you too. Can Play received $1,260 in returned unclaimed property thanks to a state program. Learn how Great Iowa Treasure Hunt can help you too.
The Ohio-based Oakmont Education has applied to open the tentatively named Great Oaks High School and Career Center — a dropout recovery school — in Des Moines ahead of the 2024-25 school year.
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.