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Travel Iowa Honey Creek Resort State Park’s golf course The Preserve has received national attention in two golf publications. Golf Magazine named the course to its Honorable Mentions list in its “Best Courses of 2009” feature. Golf Digest included The Preserve on its list of the top 10 “Best New Public Courses” opened between May... 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009. Both mentions appear in the January 2010 issues. (http://tinyurl.com/yazh6bj)
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New Iowa Course Gets National Attention
Travel Iowa State Historical Society of Iowa will present the “Duane & Floppy Film Festival” Dec. 29-30, 2009, at the State Historical Building, Admission to the film festival is $5 at the door. http://www.iowahistory.org
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Travel Iowa Trout fishing in northeast Iowa was featured in a New York Times Travel article this past Sunday. http://tinyurl.com/yzljt9r
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Cow pastures and cornfields are the milieu for trout angling in this hidden landscape of limestone valleys and cold-water streams.
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What are your favorite places to take out-of-town guests?
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Travel Iowa The Pappajohn Sculpture Park is featured in a New York Times article today. http://tinyurl.com/yglguxg
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This fall, a 4.4-acre site in downtown Des Moines will become a sculpture park, with works by Willem de Kooning and Louise Bourgeois.
Travel Iowa The Los Angeles Times covered Grant Wood and Cedar Rapids - http://tinyurl.com/yl9d24z
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Trundling along the gravel roads of eastern Iowa, through valleys planted with neat rows of corn and over rolling, wooded hills, you can easily understand how the land inspired artist Grant Wood.
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Looking for some haunted locations to visit this weekend?
Read about the Mason House Inn in Bentonsport http://tinyurl.com/yjuqk5v and http://tinyurl.com/ygtzhmt
Or the Villisca Axe Murder House: http://tinyurl.com/yjy3sgx
What haunted places in Iowa do you know about?
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Upon my arrival at the Mason House Inn in Bentonsport, Iowa, I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. As I put my car into park and exited, I saw a black cat trotting through a small opening ...
Travel Iowa See who took home awards at the 2009 Iowa Tourism Awards Ceremony last week - http://tinyurl.com/itc09awards
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Forbes Traveler named Guttenberg one of America’s Prettiest Towns. http://ow.ly/veRD
What's your pick for Iowa's prettiest town?
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Like all beauty pageants, this is a subjective onebut we've received help from several experts with keen eyes for architecture, aesthetics, and small-town charm. This year's pretty-town pickers include ...
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Elk Horn installing six electric car charging stations. The Danish Windmill will be the first welcome center, museum and attraction to have a EV charging station in Iowa; the AmericInn in Elk Horn will also be the first hotel In Iowa to offer this service. http://www.kcci.com/news/21256597/detail
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ELK HORN, Iowa -- A western Iowa town could soon be a major cross-country stop for anyone in an electric vehicle. Friday, October 9, 2009.