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Uncovering Iowa’s German legacy of language, gymnastics and beer

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 by H. Glenn Penny

German Iowa and Global Midwest Symposium CSPS Hall — Wednesday, Oct. 5 through Saturday, Oct. 8, view full schedule As administrators at the University of Iowa continue their efforts this semester to curb the consumption of alcohol in Iowa City, they may not realize they are participating in debates that are as old as the […]

100 years later, new audiences discover legendary outsider

Posted on Jan 7, 2016 by Genevieve Trainor

In 1981, then-junior high history teacher Michael Zahs lucked into a treasure trove of relics from a Washington, Iowa basement. He took a chance on what might have been so many boxes of junk, because of their source — they had originally been owned by W. Frank Brinton, a man who had been known locally […]