But it’s not for me, and I’m reminded of this as I drive past the predictable sprawl of franchise outlets and architectural felonies along Highway 61 in Southeastern Iowa. I’m a nostalgic ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa – The Iowa State Penitentiary stands like an ancient stone fortress on a bluff over the Mississippi River, ringed by castle-like guard towers and sheathed in chain link and ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa – The Iowa State Penitentiary stands like an ancient stone fortress on a bluff over the Mississippi River, ringed by castle-like guard towers and sheathed in chain link and ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa >> The Iowa State Penitentiary stands like an ancient stone fortress on a bluff over the Mississippi River, ringed by castle-like guard towers and sheathed in chain link and ...

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A barge struck the Fort Madison Bridge in Iowa on Thursday and later sank in ... The boats eventually were pinned to the riverbank or went over a dam downstream. The Associated Press contributed ...