In the 1800s Iowa law restricted women from taking the bar exam. Mansfield, after scoring high on the exam, successfully challenged the law, resulting in the Iowa Legislature amending its ...

This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Why is Iowa State called the Cyclones? How a newspaper coined program's nickname in the 1800s ...

Ken Leo chairs the joint cemetery board which includes representatives from Penn Township and the City of North Liberty. He notes that the south half of the one-acre cemetery property is overgrown ...

BRISTOW, Iowa, June 16. -- Because he had the courage ... has been re-employed with an increase of salary of $1,800 a year. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Strong winds and dry conditions caused a grass fire to spread rapidly across a vacant clearing in the 1800 block of Rockford Road on Tuesday afternoon.The Cedar ...