National Farm Toy Museum Opens in Dyersville
The National Farm Toy Museum debuts today beside the Toy Capital Recreation Center in Dyersville, funded by Ertl toy sets and a 10th Annual Farm Toy Show. The complex aims to attract 30,000 visitors annually with phased exhibits, a theater, and interactive displays.
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Dyersville
Toy Capital Recreation Center
Beckman High School
LR. Nebel
Dyersville Inustries Inc
Nebel
Ertl Co
Dave Bell
Ertl
Bell
Dyersville Industries
Dubuque County
America
Emmett Donnelly
Sazene
Cindy Kranz
Fritz” Nebel
Dyersville Industries Inc
Leaders symposium on developing 21st century communities
Grinnell College and the Grinnell 2000 Foundation host a November symposium for community leaders on developing 21st century communities. Sessions include a Scholars' Convocation by Herve Varenne and talks by Benjamin Webb, John Sel, and panelists Paula Michel Jon Morrison and Jackie Schuelein.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Grinnell 2000 Foundation
Grinnell 2000
Herve Varenne
Teachers College
Columbia University
Herrick Chapel
Varenne
Rosenfield
Benjamin Webb
Patti Witt
Community Center
John Sel
Williamsburg Charter Foundation
Grinnell Band
Robert Waller
School of Business
University of Northern Iowa
Paula Michel
Michel Farm Vacations
Harmony
Minn
Jon Morrison
Gothenburg
Neb
Jackie Schuelein
Elk River
Chamber of Commerce
Branstad Plans Capitol for a Day Tour Across Iowa
Gov. Terry Branstad and top state officials will bring government to five Iowa cities this month with a Capitol for a Day tour. Stops include Sergeant Bluff Webster City Red Oak Saint Pleasant and Dubuque with staff from Health Public Safety Elder Affairs Cultural Affairs Transportation Economic Development and Employ.
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Branstad
Des Moines
Terry
Iowa
Ment of Cultural Affairs
Ment of Health
Department of Public Safety
Department of Elder Affairs
Department of Employ
Sergeant Bluff
Webster City
Red Oak
St. Pleasant
Dubuque
Lincoln Defeats Four Candidates for U.S. Presidency in 1960
On this date in 1960 former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates to win the presidency of the United States.
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Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Magicians plan benefit Sunday for Union House fire victims
Four acclaimed magicians from Cedar Rapids Charles City Waterloo and Osage will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Mall in Charles City to aid residents left homeless by Sundays blaze at the Union House Restaurant One death occurred and about a dozen tenants lost almost all belongings An aid account is open at First Security Bank in Charles City with about 700 collected as of Wednesday afternoon according to KCHA.
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Charles City
Oavent
Union House
Mark Nilsen
Cedar Rapids
Bob Brown
Mark Pittman
Waterloo
Jim Kenaga
Osage
Cedar Mall
Magic Vast
First Security Bank
KCHA
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Toy
Doug Schlesier
Clarke College
Janet Zehr
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Community Center Theatre
Minnesota
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John Seel
Grinnell’ 2000 Foundation
Department of Transportation
Department of Economic Development
Ray
Nilsen
Brown
Alving
Gazette
Dale Kueter
the Gazette
Edgewood Road
Jiffy Lube
Senena Rabe
Ayn
Exxon Corporation
Allied Energy Products
Army Post Road
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