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Essential
Iowa's Online Regional Magazine
Iowa
August 2006
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COMING UP:
Aug. 24-26
Albia's Restoration Days Celebrates Town Square
Discover one of Iowa’s most beautiful squares. Events include Crazy Quilters Quilt Show, tractor parade, trolley rides and tours, museum tours, Art in the Park, threshing demonstration, cemetery walk, building tours, book sale and more.
See our Iowa Events page for this week's calendar
NEW UPDATES:
Restaurants close at 10 p.m. Learn to eat when the rest of us do or you're probably going to be hungry.*
Restaurants close at 10 p.m. Learn to eat when the rest of us do or you're probably going to be hungry.*
THERules
A Guide For Newbies and Out-Of-Staters.
IOWALibations
Quick links to more than 30 Iowa
wineries,
breweries, and liquor distilleries. Click here
IOWAEvents
Year round, there's always a great event taking place in Iowa.
IOWAAlmanac
Hitting the road? Our Almanac
includes data on
weather, the best
routes, gas prices, and web cam links. Click here
IOWAB&Bs
Unwind in one of Iowa's quaint Bed and Breakfasts. Enjoy quiet
hospitality and delicious food. Click here
INSIDE:
EATINGIowa
Recipes, stories about
farmers who
sell foods
you love,
plus links to Iowa
wineries. Click here
IOWATravel
From Ackley to Zwingle, your guide to things
to see across
the state.
Iowa's rich history a colorful cast of characters who shaped the state.
IOWAHistory
Explore Iowa's vibrant cultural scene, where the tradition of Grant
IOWAArt
Wood lives. Click here
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Things to see on a tenderloin trip
Updated on Aug. 9, 2006
Our new feature allows readers to send us questions about travel around Iowa. LINK
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Looking for dinner ideas? Start here
Updated on Aug. 22, 2006
Check out our growing recipe archive with new ideas added every week. LINK
In Search of Iowa's Best Tenderloin
Updated on Aug. 15, 2006
We're looking for the best pork tenderloin sandwich in the state. Read about some of our favorites at our Eating Iowa page. LINK
An Artist With The Corps of Discovery
Updated on Aug. 14, 2006
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Learn more in our history section. Click here
We're on the search for Iowa's best pork tenderloin sandwiches. Click here to map our progress.
IOWA'S
TENDERLOIN
TRAIL
An Artist With
Lewis & Clark
A Mason City native spent years recreating the sights that Lewis & Clark encountered on their trip west. Read about the upcoming exhibit in his hometown.
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A River Runs Under It
Folks in eastern Iowa are talking about the new Interstate 74 Bridge that will span the Mississippi between Davenport and Moline. Those of us in land-locked Iowa don’t think about how important a bridge is to everyday life when you life on the river, but folks in the Quad Cities say that it’s been a long time coming.
The new bridge will be a twin arch design, which means it will actually be two bridges instead of one. Iowa and Illinois is splitting the cost for the project (actually much of it will be paid for with federal dollars). The cost: $650 million.
Thousands of cars and trucks cross the Mississippi every day, providing a vital link to people who work in jobs on one side of the river but live on the other. Project Manager Lidia Pilecky says that lanes will remain open going both directions for the duration of the project, which could take five years.
Still, Quad City residents are dubious about the way the construction will disrupt their lives. One wag noted on a message board yesterday: “In our reality it might be done sometime in the next 20 or so years. Then the next year it will start having lane closures for cleaning and painting...”
Filed by Jay P. Wagner on August 23, 2006
Stories, quips and travel tips gathered while traveling the backroads of Iowa
RURALRoutes
Another Chance to Buy Local Products
TThe Downtown Farmers Market in Des Moines announced today plans to extend its season through the end of the year with a Harvest Farmers Market and a Winter Farmers Market. The Downtown Farmers Market has closed for the season in October in previous year.
The November Harvest Farmers Market and the December Winter Farmers Market will be located inside Capital Square and outdoors at Nollen Plaza, 400 Locust St. The markets will from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. and Saturday, Dec. 16.
Products on sale at the November and December markets will include locally raised eggs, beef, pork, duck, turkeys, holiday hams, and late season and greenhouse produce. In addition, the market will offer fresh homemade products including locally produced honey, jams, salsa, wine, cheese, soy nuts, homemade noodles, baked breads, pies and cinnamon rolls and holiday items, including fresh cut Christmas trees.
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