Brian Gongol
FEMA warned Cedar Rapids to upgrade flood protections last September
Visions from the East German age of American architecture
Brutalism had its day, especially at places like the concrete-loving Iowa State University. (ISU has blown up some of its heavy concrete buildings already.)
As Iowa makes the national news again, just wait for the mispronunciations
Iowa has a lot of towns with names that are pronounced contrary to the standard -- like Nevada (nuh-VAY-dah) and Madrid (MAD-rid). Even Iowa natives trip on some of them occasionally; outsiders, like national reporters and politicians, often bulldoze right through them
World of World of Warcraft
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