A Sioux City woman was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after police said she ran into RAGBRAI riders from Wisconsin. Charryse Chavez, 36, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, no insurance, and failure to obey a police officer, said Sioux City Police Sgt. Jim Cunningham. It was a second OWI offense
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Just as each cyclist has a story behind why they RAGBRAI, so does each eccentric team bus. Intertwined with all the bicycles, vendors, tents and beer gardens sit numerous colorful and unique team vessels, many of which are refurnished old school buses. The tale behind Team Postal is a bit of an affair. The previous
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Cathy Rought traveled all the way from Brooklyn to celebrate her 40th birthday with RAGBRAI. Rought has been biking for about 15 years, but this is her first RAGBRAI, and she’s using her first trip to celebrate turning 40 and to raise money for two cancer research organizations. “I call it, ‘paying it forward for
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Riders stop for a slip and slide on the RAGBRAI route Sunday. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1gIAxI9
Tom Blooming from Atlanta blades with Team Google. RAGBRAI, DAY 1 — Within my first five minutes of RAGBRAI I saw a kilted bagpiper serenade bicyclists as they sped out of Sioux City; was passed by a rider covered head to toe in a green and red cosplay-style Grinch/elf Christmas getup; and stood
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Huey Lewis and The News perform Saturday, July 18, 2015, during the RAGBRAI kick-off in Sioux City. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1TKHOW1
Cyclists ride through the first town on this year’s route: Leeds, Iowa. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1Me9Wif
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Luis Rodriguez started his very first RAGBRAI with a flat tire. Rodriguez was one of numerous cyclists whose bike tires were claimed by the railroad tracks on the way out of Leeds, RAGBRAI’s first town stop, Sunday morning. In the town just six or so miles after the traditional tire dip in Sioux City, cyclists
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Many RAGBRAI riders started their days bright and early with the traditional tire dip into the Missouri River. A sunny, 65-degree morning welcomed riders as they dipped their back bicycle tires into the river and then started on their journey. Those who complete all of RAGBRAI will be looking forward to dipping their front
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Check out this sweet drone video shot by a Sioux Citian during Sunday night’s Huey Lewis & the News concert. RAGBRAI Sioux City drone via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1gHWEhK
Here’s a quick look ahead toward Sunday’s 76-mile ride from Sioux City to Storm Lake: MAP: Getting around in Storm Lake WEATHER FROM WHO-HD: It’s time to ride! The first day of RAGBRAI 2015 will start off just the way most riders hoped. Morning temperatures will be in the lower 60s. By noon it will be 80 degrees.
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