The Reason Fireworks Were Banned For Almost 80 Years In Iowa
Those kids were rowdy in Spencer, IA.
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Davenport Man Was The First Iowan To Win A Major Golf Championship
Zach Johnson wasn't the first Iowan to become a major champion.
First Successful Appendectomy In U.S. Was Performed In Eastern Iowa 137 Years Ago
Dr. William West Grant performed the first successful appendectomy in the U.S. on a 22-year-old school teacher. The procedure happened on January 4th, 1885.