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StationCityFrequencyWOI-AMAmes640WOI-FMAmes90.1KWOI-FMCarroll90.7KUNI-FMCedar Falls90.9KCCK-FMCedar Rapids88.3KLCD-FMDecorah89.5KLNI-FMDecorah88.7KTPR-FMFort Dodge91.1WSUI-AMIowa City910WSUI-…

Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus

(Encyclopedia) Heckewelder, John Gottlieb ErnestusHeckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestushĕkˈəvĕldər [key], 1743–1823, Moravian missionary in the United States, b. Bedford, England. Settling (1754) in…

Hoopa

(Encyclopedia) HoopaHoopah&oomacr;ˈpə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the 19th…

Lansing

(Encyclopedia) Lansing. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,086), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago, near the Ind. line; inc. 1893. Among the city's industries are meatpacking, food processing, and the…

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss

(Encyclopedia) Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816–94, American politician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Waltham, Mass. After serving in the Massachusetts legislature (1849–53), Banks entered…

taiga

(Encyclopedia) taigataigatīˈgə [key], northern coniferous-forest belt of Eurasia, bordered on the north by the treeless tundra and on the south by the steppe. This vast belt, comprising about one…

Grand River, rivers, United States

(Encyclopedia) Grand River. 1 River, 260 mi (418 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing N to Lansing, then NW to Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. It is the longest river in the state and is navigable…