Day: July 25, 2013

Laura Baker, the 26-year-old graduate student from Waverly who doesn’t remember riding her first RAGBRAI last year because of a traumatic brain injury she suffered in a bike crash in August in Colorado, ended her comeback ride Wednesday night after struggling into Knoxville. But even a partial RAGBRAI should be considered a triumph for Baker.
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Tom Osran is a lawyer by trade. Before that he spent five years as a journalist, but his true calling is as a comedian. Or maybe not. That probably depends on who you ask. The Chicago native is on his 16th journey across the state cracking jokes and trying to make people laugh. Some days
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For Nate Kaeding, the last Friday of July has typically meant the start of training camp. This year, the former Iowa Hawkeye football star will be winding down his first RAGBRAI, a perk of not having to spend July gearing up to go back to work. It’s the first time in 17 years that Kaeding,
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Thunderstorms expected to form in northwest Iowa this afternoon will probably affect tonight’s overnight stop in Oskaloosa and Friday’s ride to Fairfield, meteorologists said. Tonight, thunderstorms should move through central Iowa during the mid-evening hours, perhaps reaching Oskaloosa around 9 p.m., said meteorologist Frank Boksa with the National Weather Service in Johnston. There is a
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It was a long wait for the zipline but RAGBRAI riders stuck in out in Pella. Insurance issues kept a zipline that took up most of a block in Pella closed for much of the morning. But there were still plenty of cyclists around to form a long line when in opened around 11:30 a.m.
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BUSSEY — Advocates for stricter sentencing guidelines for those who commit crimes against children are taking their campaign on the road. The road along RAGBRAI to be exact. About halfway between Pella and Bussey, a giant purple banner with the words Kathlynn’s Hope greeted riders. At a booth setup outside a farmhouse, cyclists can learn
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Pella, Ia. – It’s the classic first-day-of-school question: What did you do this summer? And when it comes up in room 4B at Crossroads Elementary School in West Des Moines, the new batch of wide-eyed fourth graders in Ms. (Carol) Mahlendorf’s class will hear what each of her 37 previous classes have heard: That their
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Crystal Davis was inspired to go on RAGBRAI by the death of a man she didn’t even know. She was in her first bike race last October, toward the back, when she saw a man lying in the road. A moment later a younger man she had been talking to earlier during the race rolled
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Here’s a quick primer about today’s 52-mile ride from Knoxville to Oskaloosa: WEATHER: The ride will start today with clear skies and temperatures in the mid-60s, WHO-TV forecasts. Expect a high in the mid-80s. There is a chance for storms late tonight. TONIGHT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Main Stage Entertainment: The Nadas & the Fishheads Opening Acts: Oskaloosa Municipal
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Of all the characters I imagined I might meet along Wednesday’s 50-mile rolling route from Des Moines to Knoxville, the “Condom King” of RAGBRAI probably surprised me most. But before I reached him I pedaled out of Des Moines amid a gaggle of confused out-of-staters on the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. A
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Expecting the unexpected is a given for any RAGBRAI cyclist. But even some veterans were caught off  guard by the shouts of merry Christmas and snow flakes falling in Runnells Wednesday. It only seemed fitting that before pedaling through the “Christmas in July” themed streets, riders awoke to an uncharacteristic chill in the air. With
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