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Encyclopedia Dubuque

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19 July 2026

  • 20:4120:41, 19 July 2026 CHERBA, Constance "Connie" (hist | edit) [2,123 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "CHERBA, Constance "Connie," (Dubuque, IA, January 4. 1949--July 10, 2026) The first daughter of Charles Richard and Mary Edith (Cox) Schweitzer, Connie graduated from DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 1967, and then attended the University of Iowa, California Lutheran College and LORAS COLLEGE before graduating from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1971 with a degree in psychology. On August 16, 1969, she married Donald Leo Cherba at FIRST CONGREGATIONA...")

17 July 2026

14 July 2026

  • 18:0218:02, 14 July 2026 DATA CENTERS (hist | edit) [17,869 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DATA CENTERS. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 defined a data center as "any facility that primarily contains electronic equipment used to process, store, and transmit digital information." This includes "a free-standing structure" or "a facility within a larger structure, that uses environmental control equipment to maintain the proper conditions for the operation of electronic equipment." According to IBM, data centers date back to the 1940s; the U.S....")

5 July 2026

2 July 2026

  • 19:0519:05, 2 July 2026 MOUNT LORETTO CONVENT (hist | edit) [702 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MOUNT LORETTO CONVENT. Fannie STOUT died on December 28, 1914, with an unsigned will. The property became part of the estate and was purchased by Joseph J. NAGLE who sold the land to the Sisters of Mercy. Fannie's house was replaced with a brick building in 1921. Later this building was purchased by the ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE and the Province of Iowa. A new building was constructed facing the lake. This complex of buildings, kno...")
  • 18:4718:47, 2 July 2026 MOUNT LORETTO (hist | edit) [663 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MOUNT LORETTO. Fannie STOUT died on December 28, 1914, with an unsigned will. The property became part of the estate and was purchased by Joseph J. NAGLE who sold the land to the Sisters of Mercy. Fannie's house was replaced with a brick building in 1921. Later this building was purchased by the ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE and the Province of Iowa. A new building was constructed facing the lake. This complex of buildings, known as MOUNT ST. BERNARD SEM...")

24 June 2026

22 June 2026

  • 20:1720:17, 22 June 2026 Rosie, the Riveter in Dubuque (hist | edit) [2,967 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ROSIE, the Riveter in Dubuque. Rosie, the Riveter was a drawing which symbolized women who kept factories operating during WORLD WAR II. In 1942 "Rosie" did not have a name when she was created by the American artist J. Howard Miller. The poster was called “We Can Do It!” It is thought to be a part of the Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s wartime production campaign to recruit workers. The poster depicted a woman in a red bandanna with her bent arm flexed, rolling...")

19 June 2026

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5 June 2026

4 June 2026

  • 16:5716:57, 4 June 2026 GLEED. Ambrose (hist | edit) [1,706 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77334799/person/48521428023/facts?_phsrc=MOd29008&_phstart=successSource GLEED, Ambrose (Gloucester, England, May 22, 1831--Menlo Park, CA, Apr, 29, 1896) Gleed came to the United States on September 28, 1849 and lived in Buffalo, New York through 1855 when he moved in Dubuque. (1) On May 14, 1873 according to the Quad-City Times a half dozen on his customers from the Quad Cities had their stocks of liquor the...")
  • 03:5103:51, 4 June 2026 ROOT CAPTURE (hist | edit) [599 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ROOT CAPTURE. The seed of a tree may blow into the canopy, the upper levels, of a tree. Given light and water, the seed begins to grow. As the roots extend downward, they eventually touch the soil where growth speeds up. If the seed grows multiple roots, the host tree is eventually "captured" by the roots which broaden. Unable to expand its truck, the host plant eventually dies and rots away. The roots of the parasitic tree can prove capable of holding the tree uprigh...")

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25 May 2026

  • 17:5417:54, 25 May 2026 BICYCLE LANES (hist | edit) [3,050 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph HeraldBICYCLE LANES. The Dubuque City Council during the first week of June, 2024 unanimously approved a bicycle lane pilot program as part of an estimated $250,000 citywide pavement striping project program done regularly to maintain its streets. The bicycle lanes would be sprayed on the pavement in July providing bike riders increased protection and visibility as they maneuver through the downtown area....")

21 May 2026

11 May 2026

  • 17:3617:36, 11 May 2026 VISION TO LEARN (hist | edit) [1,353 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "VISION TO LEARN. A nonprofit founded in 2012 by Austin Beutner and the Beutner Family Foundation came to Dubuque through the efforts of the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF DUBUQUE led by VAN MILLIGEN, Nancy|Nancy VAN MILLIGEN. The project provided vision screenings, eye exams, and glasses to children in low-income communities at no cost to the children or their parents through a mobile unit that visited schools. Originally visiting several schools in Dubuque and Jackson co...")
  • 03:1803:18, 11 May 2026 WELU, Edmund J. (hist | edit) [1,618 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "WELU, Emund. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 9, 1939--Dubuque, IA, February 25, 2024) The son of Edmund and Louise (Schueller) Welu Edmund graduated from LORAS ACADEMY]] in 1957. On February 27, 1960, Ed married Elaine Fah at SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. Early in his career, Ed was manager of the livestock office at the Dubuque Packing Co. He left there to begin his long career with Holy Ghost Credit Union serving as President and CEO. Throughout his 55 years at Holy Ghost Cr...")

4 May 2026

  • 03:4203:42, 4 May 2026 KUNNERT, Patrick (hist | edit) [907 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "KUNNERT, Patrick. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 29, 1949--Dubuque, IA, May 1, 2026) Pat was the son of Arnold “Jake” and Melita “Letty” (May) Kunnert. He married Diane Brimeyer on November 24, 1984, at HOLY GHOST CHURCH. Pat proudly served his country in the United States Army during the VIETNAM WAR and was honorably discharged in 1969. He served as co-owner and retail manager of KUNNERT'S SPORTS for 38 years. Pat was deeply involved in his Nativity parish c...")
  • 03:3103:31, 4 May 2026 BIRKETT, Michael J. (hist | edit) [2,418 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BIRKETT, Michael J. (Dubuque, IA, June 7, 1956--Dubuque, IA, April 25, 2026) Michael was the son of Joan Zwack and Paul Birkett. He grew up alongside his brothers, David, Greg, and later Cris (Purcell). He attended St. Anthony’s and graduated from STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL. Mike proudly enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. As a member of the 2nd Armored Division—nicknamed “Hell on Wheels”—he served as a Military Polic...")

1 May 2026

  • 17:5717:57, 1 May 2026 KIMBALL MUSIC COMPANY (hist | edit) [1,549 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "KIMBALL MUSIC COMPANY. The 1878-79 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 1086 Main as the Dubuque representative of the W. W. Kimball music company of Chicago. (1) William W. Kimball, a native of Maine, moved from Iowa to Chicago in 1857, when he was 29 years old. Kimball made a living by renting pianos and selling sheet music. By the 1870s, his music store reported annual sales of nearly $1 million. At the beginning of the 1880s, Kimball opened his first factory, which...")

30 April 2026

  • 13:3613:36, 30 April 2026 STABENOW, David L. (hist | edit) [1,775 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "STABENOW, David L. (Sioux Falls, SD, Oct. 22, 1942--Iowa City, IA, April22, 2026). The son of Lee Delmar Stabenow and Daisy Wright Stabenow, David spent his childhood n McConnell before moving to the St. Louis area for high school. He had a love for scouting and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout when he was young.He graduated from Ferguson High School, Ferguson, Missouri in 1960. David attended Georgia Tech for two years before graduating from the University of Georgia...")

28 April 2026

  • 23:0423:04, 28 April 2026 BERGESON, Richard "Dick" H. (hist | edit) [1,925 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BERGESON, Richard "Dick" H. (Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 23, 1942--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 20, 2026) The son of Harold and Jeanette (Hoehn) Bergeson, Dick graduated from Princeton High School, Princeton, Minnesota, in 1960. He later attended the University of Minnesota where he received his BSB in 1965. On January 12, 1963, he married Leone Schoolmeesters in Clontarf, Minnesota. He worked in purchasing and was also an entrepreneur of several other businesses with his family includ...")

23 April 2026

20 April 2026

  • 18:3818:38, 20 April 2026 RIVER WALK (hist | edit) [7,766 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "RIVER WALK. In April, 2026 two Iowa landmarks recently made '''USA TODAY'S''' 10 BEST Readers' Choice Awards list as some of the best riverwalks and recreational trails in the country. The Mississippi Riverwalk in Dubuque (#10 on the list) and the High Trestle Trail in central Iowa were named the best community spaces in the United States. (1) --- Source: 1. Worth, Cooper, "These 2 Iowa Landmarks Rank among Best Community Spaces in the US," Des Moines Register, April...")
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