In the early 1900s, Cedar Rapids was connected to Marion, Iowa City, Waterloo and Mount Vernon via an electric streetcar system.

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The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th century. The task force is made up of state lawmakers and historians. One ...

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A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...

Plus, Victor Thoman’s car caught fire a century ago, Art Fauss announces plans for a new neighborhood south of town, and ...

Iowa is located where the great eastern forests and the prairies of the western United States met. There’s not a straight line where trees stop and grass takes over, but it was in Iowa where trees ...

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The new government wants to give Metro Mayors and their Combined Authorities more powers and a bigger say in how local rail services are run.