Death of a Brewer film eyed for Iowa City release
Producer Doug Alberhasky reveals a historic drama about 1880s Iowa City beer wars. Shooting begins next month in Quincy and Galena Illinois Iowa City and Dubuque with half the scenes at Old Capitol Black Angel monument and local beer caves. The script draws on Steve Sherman’s Beer Money. Mokotsi Rukundo directs and stars as a native filmmaker who moved to LA after growing up in Iowa City.
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Doug Alberhasky
Quincy
Galena
Ill
Dubuque
Alberhasky
Old Capitol
Black Angel Monument
Oakland Cemetery
Coralville
S.C
Steve” Sherman
Mokotsi Rukundo
L.A
Rukundo
California
Iowa
Midwest
Sherman
Steve Sherman
Brewery Square
Iowa sees unusually quiet tornado year so far
Iowa has recorded fewer than a dozen tornadoes in the first six months of 2025, the quietest start since 1961. ISU Professor William Gallus notes this anomaly contrasts with neighboring states and cites jet stream patterns from the Gulf of Mexico as a contributing factor.
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Iowa
William Gallus
Department of the Earth, Atmosphere and Climate
Iowa State University
Gallus
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of America
Trump
Cedar Rapids teacher learns from NASA scientists over summer
Cedar Rapids educator Sara Yedlik joined the LiftOff Summer Institute in Texas, a UT Center for Space Research program with LSU and Wisconsin Space Grant Consortia. June 23 27, the experience brought insights on X-59, ISS research, satellite tech and NASA Artemis, to be shared with PACT students at West Willow and Hiawatha elem.
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Cedar Rapids
Sara Yedlik
NASA
Texas
Yedlik
University of Texas Center For Space Research
Artemis
Mars
PACT
West
the Gazette
Institute
Carson Coleson
Luther Brosseau
West Willow
Jim Slosiarek
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Hiawatha
Johnson Space Center
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