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Summary: This cassette tape gives the major broadcasts of WHO radio during the floods of 1993, including the complete interview with President Bill Clinton.
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Summary: Comprised of 12 stories by World War II veterans. These detailed and compelling stories bring a critical time in our history back to life. Editor Jane Cox helps these veterans tell their stories in...
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Summary: The true test of a community is how well it responds during a time of crisis. In the summer of 1993, the people of central Iowa worked together to fight back against the worst flood ever recorded....
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Summary: An affectionate look, combining historic photographs and recent footage, at the people and places of Iowa, past and present. Produced to commemorate the state's sesquicentennial.
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Summary: "The City of Johnston has grown over the last 30 years to a population of 6,000 residents. The next 20 years could see the population increase as much as three times to 18,000 residents. The demand...
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Summary: Draft for public review prior to a public hearing slated to be held in 1999. The document summarizes the background of the project, the alternatives which were considered, and the environmental impacts of the recommended alignment
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Summary: "Polk 2030 is Polk County's Comprehensive Plan, intended to provide the citizens of Polk County with a vision of the future of their County and their neighborhoods. Based on this vision, the plan...
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Summary: "Polk County in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is proposing to replace Kempton Bridge over the Des Moines River, reconstruct and widen NW 66th Avenue from NW Beaver Drive...
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Summary: "The Iowa DOT, in partnership with the Cities of Urbandale, Grimes, and Johnston, Iowa, located in the Des Moines Metropolitan Area, is proposing to construct improvements in the Interstate 35...
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Summary: March of 1990 will be remembered by central Iowans as one of the most bizarre months of extreme weather on record. Within one week, the state experienced a devastating ice storm, flooding, severe...
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Jodi Chapman
Summary: Contains 150 "moments" originally aired on WHO Radio in celebration of Iowa's 150th anniversary as a state.
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Mary L Jones
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Summary: Using images from Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, depicts history and content encompassing a century at Camp Dodge and its immediate vicinity.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Summary: Maudie, one of a large family growing up in Iowa in the early 1900s, seems to attract nothing but trouble when all she wants is to be noticed for herself; and when a crisis hits the family she finally accomplishes this in the best way possible.
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Ashley Rullestad
Summary: A brief history of Johnston, Iowa from the 1846 Beaver Creek Settlement to the present.
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Duane A Schmidt
Summary: You've heard of Norman Borlaug, Simon Estes, Ann Landers, Dan Gable, and Fred Maytag -- exceptional Iowans who have done exceptional things. But what about Mildred Wirt Benson, Sam Blanc, Beulah...
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Mary Kay Shanley
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Summary: The box, fashioned from wood salvaged from the house where her father grew up, held treasures. A lion penny bank, an old wooden spoon, a dog collar. Memories that define who you are. The Memory Box...
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Kathryn Snyder
Summary: Article from August 18, 1970 issue of the Des Moines Tribune reports on the Polk County Board of Supervisors decision to dicsontinue providing the City of Johnston with free road maintenance and...
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Doug Stewart
Summary: Article from January 1996 issue of Smithsonian. In the patriotic fervor of World War I, Arthur Mole commanded thousands of troops to produce "living symbols" from his unique perspective. Includes a...
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