The project to restore a historic Iowa train depot will include new exhibits to show the influence of railroads on population growth and tourism. The 140-year-old depot in Spirit Lake has been home to the Dickinson County Historical Museum for five decades. Mary Drier, the museum’s curator, says the first rail line to reach the […]
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach has died
Jim Leach, a Davenport native who represented Iowa in congress for 30 years, has died at the age of 82. Leach