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'Local news will be our focus': Mississippi Valley Publishing buys Iowa's oldest newspaper
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Mississippi Valley Publishing (MVP) family just got a bit bigger. The Burlington Hawk Eye, which...
'A very fine man': Tracing the Burlington roots of Sterling Lord, literary agent extraordinaire
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSterling Lord was many things to many people — hero to a select few struggling writers and scourge...
Things to do in Southeast Iowa this week: Find fun and yoga at Geode State Park, visit Art Center of...
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Hunchback of Notre Dame The Musical" presented by students from UNI, SCC, Danville, Notre Dame, West Burlington, Illini West, Mount Pleasant, Great River Christian, and select members of Bel ...
July 4th parades, firework shows and things to do in eastern Iowa, like visit Fort Madison gardens
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSunday events Burlington Municipal Band Concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the Crapo Park Bandshell. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Admission is free. Ron Coberley conducts. Fort Madison Garden Tour ...
'Legendary' longtime Burlington Public Library director Rhonda Frevert to leave for Des Moines
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRhonda Frevert is going to be a tough act to follow. For the past 20 years, Frevert has been a calm presence at the Burlington Public Library, where her guidance has empowered staff to expand ...
Around Burlington: How Burlington’s first poet and fledgling street brawler was knocked out of...
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBurlington politics in the mid-19th Century was a rough-and-tumble game and few played the game better than the feisty Irish poet known about town as “Fox.”
Around Burlington: Deadly encounter with mystery steamboat in Fort Madison
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe racial violence and death that would mark America’s descent into the Civil War arrived early in southeast Iowa when the steamboat Saracen made a landing at the Fort Madison levee. It was ...
Plan your week ahead in SE Iowa: Haunted Shop, Itty Bitty Bits of Art, music, more
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSunday, Oct. 30 Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Burlington Trunk or Treat, food, fun and games. Halloween Costume Contest & Free Candy Bag from 2 p.m. to ...
Things to do in SE Iowa this weekend: Last Farmers Market of the season, Oktoberfest, more
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThursday, Sept. 29 Bingo at Moose Lodge #579, 2529 Mount Pleasant St. Doors open at 4 p.m., Early Bird 6:20 p.m., regular games 7 p.m. Yolanda’s food available with carry out. Jefferson Street ...
Local author Curt Swarm to appear at Burlington Farmers Market for book signing
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIs Curt Swarm, a Navy veteran who never saw combat in Vietnam, qualified to write about the war in Iraq and its effects upon the soldiers who served there? He sure is, as witnessed by former ...