by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Any city changes in 16 years, but the developments in downtown Des Moines since 1997 — the last time the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa spent the night in town — are especially pronounced. Public and private entities have spent hundreds of millions...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Leo Landis In 1973 many Iowans marked their calendars by the time for detasseling seed corn, walking soybeans to clear weeds and attending the Iowa State Fair. On July 22 of that year, during the peak of summer farm work, John Karras announced in the Des Moines...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
What has he been doing? In a televised confession with Oprah Winfrey in January, Armstrong admitted using banned drugs and blood transfusions to win races — and bullying those who questioned him in order to preserve his image. Since then he has mostly kept out of the...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
After three days of riding across Iowa, bicyclists may have the week’s routine down. Iowa State Historical Museum curator Leo Landis stands in the entrance of its newest exhibit, “Riding Through History”, a historical look at RAGBRAI, complete with...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
While reporting a column in tiny Searsboro I happened to spot Bob Saar’s signature on the side of a building downtown. This would have seemed odd — he’s a musician, writer, journalist and Renaissance man who hails from Burlington in the southeast corner of the state —...
by Mark | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
There are 10 days to go until RAGBRAI. Ten days to get familiar with RAGBRAI’s just-released app for iOS devices, stuffed with features to aid cyclists along their way — whether or not they have Internet access. The free app is available for download from the iTunes...
