WOI-TV in Ames had signed on in 1950 as a sister station to WOI radio, and had carried some National Educational Television programming until Des Moines Public Schools signed on KDPS-TV as the educational station for central Iowa.

As part of the state's ambition, it rebranded KDIN as the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network.

Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862.

This early practice lead to Iowa State Agricultural College and Model Farm opening its doors to Iowa students for free in 1869 under the Morrill Act ( or Land-grant Act ) of 1862.

Going into the convention, the two leading candidates for the nomination were former Congressman Bland, who had originated the Bland-Allison Act, and former Iowa Governor Horace Boies, with Bland considered the frontrunner.

The state of Iowa was the first to accept the terms of the Morrill Act which provided the funding boost needed for the fledgling Ames College ( now Iowa State University.

Another group of 80 legislators supported an amendment offered by Steve King of Iowa, seeking to strip provisions from the Act that required that translators or multilingual ballots be provided for U. S. citizens who do not speak English.

In 1896, newlyweds Roy and Ada Goodnough leave Iowa and settle down in northeastern Colorado under the Homestead Act of 1862.

United States Senate | Sen. Phil Gramm ( Republican Party ( United States ) | R, List of United States Senators from Texas | Texas ), United States House of Representatives | Rep. Jim Leach ( Republican Party ( United States ) | R, Iowa's 2nd congressional district | Iowa ), and Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. ( Republican Party ( United States ) | R, Virginia's 7th congressional district | Virginia ), the co-sponsors of the Gramm – Leach – Bliley Act.

The Bland-Allison Act ( named for Richard P. Bland, D – Mo., and William Allison, R – Iowa ) required the U. S. Treasury to buy between $ 2 million to $ 4 million of silver per month at about double the market value, with a ratio of silver to gold at 16: 1.

As a result of the Act of March 3, 1839, the position of Iowa Territory's Delegate to the U. S. House would become vacant on October 27, 1840, and Dodge was elected to fill it.

Upon passage of the federal land-grant law in 1862, Iowa was the first state legislature to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act, on September 11, 1862.

The Iowa Independent reported that the conservative group Crossroads GPS criticized Boswell's vote approving the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

* William Peters Hepburn ( 1833 – 1916 ), American congressman for Iowa, author of the Hepburn Act of 1906

" The “ Iowa idea ,” as stated in the Iowa Republican Party ’ s 1902 platform, favored “ such amendments of the Interstate Commerce Act as will more fully carry out its prohibition of discrimination in ratemaking, and modifications of the tariff schedules may be required to prevent their affording a shelter to monopoly .” The " idea " embodied the principle that tariff rates should accurately measure the difference between the cost of production here and abroad, but not set rates higher than necessary to protect home industries.

His parents, Augustus and Catherine Axline Ellis migrated from southeast Iowa to Kansas following the Homestead and Preemption Act.

Fortenberry introduced the Renewable Fuels for America ’ s Future Act of 2010, " a smart and thoughtful way to reduce subsidies for the production of ethanol " that would result in taxpayer savings of $ 5. 67 billion, according to economists Ernie Goss of Creighton University and Bruce Babcock of Iowa State University.

The bridge is named for Fred Schwengel, a former U. S. Representative from Davenport, Iowa and one of the driving forces behind the Interstate Highway Act.

" Ray cooperated with Pearson, and their work led to the passage of the Iowa Burials Protection Act of 1976, the first legislative act in the U. S. that specifically protected American Indian remains.

The Curtis Act of 1898 dismantled tribal government, but the tribe was able to reorganize under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936, as the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

This design-based analysis was discussed and developed by Francis J. Anscombe at Rothamsted Experimental Station and by Oscar Kempthorne at Iowa State University.

However, its intermediate result storage mechanism, a paper card writer / reader, was unreliable, and when inventor John Vincent Atanasoff left Iowa State College for World War II assignments, work on the machine was discontinued.

The ABC was built by Dr. Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry in the basement of the physics building at Iowa State College during 1939 – 42.

George W. Snedecor, the head of Iowa State's Statistics Department, was very likely the first user of an electronic digital computer to solve real world mathematics problems.

The success of the ensemble was emulated by other regional conductors, and a rich tradition of a cappella choral music was born in the region at colleges like Concordia College ( Moorhead, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Rock Island, Illinois ), Wartburg College ( Waverly, Iowa ), Luther College ( Decorah, Iowa ), Gustavus Adolphus College ( St. Peter, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), and Augsburg College ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ).

It was published in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the earliest American mathematics journal to be published continuously for more than a year or two.

With his wealth, he indulged in custom suits, cigars, gourmet food and drink ( his preferred liquor was Templeton Rye from Iowa

On May 13, 2007, Bo Diddley was admitted to intensive care in Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, following a stroke after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 12.

However, the element was not isolated in relatively pure form until after the development of ion exchange techniques by Frank Spedding at Iowa State University in the early 1950s.

In October 2007, the Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington, Iowa, notified its staff that the casino was closing and they were going to be laid off.

Eisenhower met and fell in love with Mamie Geneva Doud of Boone, Iowa, six years his junior, while he was stationed in Texas.

In July 2010, Dublin was named as a UNESCO City of Literature, joining Edinburgh, Melbourne and Iowa City with the permanent title.

The Claim House ( Davenport, Iowa ) | Claim House was constructed by George L. Davenport, son of Colonel George Davenport, in 1832 or 1833 and is believed to be the oldest structure in the city.

The city was incorporated as a result of a resolution by Iowa Representative Jonathan W. Parker by special charter in the Iowa Territory on January 25, 1839.

He was educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, where his classmates included five future Democratic senators ( Solomon Downs of Louisiana, Jesse Bright of Indiana, George W. Jones of Iowa, Edward Hannegan of Indiana, and Jefferson Davis of Mississippi ).

The highlight of the campaign was St. Louis ' 31 – 0 win over Iowa.

The 1906 Iowa game was refereed by one of the top football officials in the country, West Point's Lt. Horatio B.

Cleveland was among the leaders in early support, but Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware, Allen G. Thurman of Ohio, Samuel Freeman Miller of Iowa, and Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts also had considerable followings, along with various favorite sons.

In 1939, John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry of Iowa State University developed the Atanasoff – Berry Computer ( ABC ), The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the world's first electronic digital computer.

He signed with the Brewers and began his professional career in Iowa, playing for the Class A Burlington Bees of the Midwest League.

President Martin Van Buren on July 4, 1838, signed the U. S. Congress laws establishing the Territory of Iowa.

U. S. Senator ( Iowa ) James W. Grimes proposed Senate Bill 82, " to promote the efficiency of the Navy " which included a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor which was signed into law ( 12Stat329 ) by President Abraham Lincoln on December 21, 1861.

Molly Bolin, who grew up in Moravia, Iowa, became the first player signed by any team in the WBL when she was signed by the Iowa Cornets.

Terry E. Branstad signed a bill creating the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board on May 16, 1983.

He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1994 after playing college football at Northern Iowa.

With no NFL teams willing to give him a chance, Warner turned to the Arena Football League in 1995, and signed with the Iowa Barnstormers.

He signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs in November 2007, played the 2008 season with the Iowa Cubs where he hit. 285 /. 327 /. 336, and became a free agent at the end of the season.

U. S. 275 is signed north – south in Missouri and Iowa, while in Nebraska, it is signed east – west.

Attorneys general from 32 other states and the District of Columbia signed onto the agreement: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Hawkins then signed a scholarship offer to play at the University of Iowa.

Before being signed they received extensive airplay in Iowa markets alongside other CCM Artists.

" However, he has not signed the discharge petition circulated by Iowa Republican Steve King calling for a complete repeal of the law.

The State Patrol was created in 1935 ( as the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol ), after an act creating the Patrol was passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor.

In September 2008, the Iowa Supreme Court allowed Pierce to leave Iowa to play professionally in France where he signed a $ 120, 000 contract with a team ( Hyères-Toulon Var Basket ), in their top professional league.

He was one of the most sought-after recruits in history and signed on to wrestle for coach Jim Zalesky and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

It started as an all-sports station, predating ESPN by some 14 years ; WKBD signed on at 5PM with its first program — a college basketball game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Iowa State Cyclones.