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23 July 2008

• 02:1202:12, 23 July 2008 diff hist +164 N KENNEL (first local) New page: KENNEL (first local) The River Bluffs Kennel, the first Dubuque kennel at the DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK, was established by Earl Rettenmeier and Joe Lent in 1988.
• 02:1102:11, 23 July 2008 diff hist +3 KENNEDY MALL No edit summary
• 01:0901:09, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,545 N KENNEDY MALL New page: KENNEDY MALL. Second of the major SHOPPING CENTERS in Dubuque and the first enclosed climate-controlled mall in Iowa. The west-side shopping center formally opened on April 15, 1970. With ...
• 01:0801:08, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,318 N KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Westside Dubuque school opened on November 29,1965. The ceremony at which the cornerstone was laid on September 27,1965, brought an estimated three hundred peopl...
• 01:0701:07, 23 July 2008 diff hist +615 N KENNEDY, John F. New page: KENNEDY, John F. (Brookline, MA, May 29, 1917--Dallas, TX, Nov. 22, 1963). Thirty-fifth President of the United States. While a United States Senator, Kennedy visited LORAS COLLEGE in ...
• 01:0501:05, 23 July 2008 diff hist +547 N KENNEDY, Gene New page: KENNEDY, Gene. (LeMars, IA, Oct. 28, 1927- ). State legislator. Kennedy, a graduate of LORAS COLLEGE, served one term in the Iowa House before his election to the Iowa Senate. Assistan...
• 01:0401:04, 23 July 2008 diff hist +10 KENLINE, Robert No edit summary
• 01:0301:03, 23 July 2008 diff hist +466 N KENLINE, Robert New page: KENLINE, Robert. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA Aug. 27, 1978). Attorney. Kenline was the senior partner of Kenline, Breitbach, McCarthy, Clemens and McKay, the legal firm founded by his father,...
• 01:0201:02, 23 July 2008 diff hist +825 N KENLINE, Karl New page: KENLINE, Karl. (Dubuque, IA- ). Judge. On April 3, 1973, Governor Robert Ray named Kenline judge of the Judicial District. Kenline had been named a municipal court judge by Governor Harold...
• 01:0101:01, 23 July 2008 diff hist +606 N KENLINE, Henry Charles New page: KENLINE, Henry Charles. (Elizabeth, MN, Sept. I5, 1875-Dubuque, IA, July 14, 1962). Attorney. Kenline was a partner in one of Iowa's oldest law firms. Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1897, Ken...
• 01:0001:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 KELLY, Thomas No edit summary
• 01:0001:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,175 N KELLY, Thomas New page: KELLY, Thomas. (King's County, Ireland, 1808--Dubuque, IA, May I5, 1867). Secretive miser. Kelly may have hidden a fortune of GOLD in the bluffs behind SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL. Kelly...
• 00:5900:59, 23 July 2008 diff hist +877 N KELLY, Francis J. New page: KELLY, Francis J. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 16, 1921--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 14, 1992). Dubuque's only National Guard general. Kelly, retired after thirty-six years of military service, served in ever...

22 July 2008

• 23:3723:37, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,397 N KELLY, Charlotte Ragatz New page: KELLY, Charlotte Ragatz. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 9, 1921- ). "Woman of the Year," 1970. Kelly served the interests of the Republican Party in Dubuque County for over twenty-eight years as a pr...
• 23:3323:33, 22 July 2008 diff hist +3,240 N KEHL, Robert New page: KEHL, Robert (Dubuque, IA,- ). Entrepreneur. Named, with his wife Ruth, as the 1984 National Small Business Persons of the Year, Kehl operated a popular river cruise and cruise/dinner oper...
• 23:3123:31, 22 July 2008 diff hist +293 N KEGLER CANCER CLINIC New page: KEGLER CANCER CLINIC. Clinic formed by a Chicago company that leased the HAM HOUSE in 1905. Sarah Ham, in need of money at the time, later claimed to have been drugged at the time of s...
• 23:3023:30, 22 July 2008 diff hist −9 KEENAN, John No edit summary
• 23:2923:29, 22 July 2008 diff hist +545 N KEENAN, John New page: KEENAN, John. Oreland, May 16, 1824-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 8, 1909). Builder. One of Dubuque's first contractors, Keenan came to America at the age of eighteen and learned his trade in Philadel...
• 23:2723:27, 22 July 2008 diff hist +4 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2623:26, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2523:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2523:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,495 N KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") New page: KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 8, 1858-Feb. 24, 1929). One of the first actors to portray the mythical character Rip Van Winkle. Keenan, once described as the "best ac...
• 23:2223:22, 22 July 2008 diff hist +621 N KEAS, Edward New page: KEAS, Edward. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 2, 1863--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 12, 1940). Baseball player. Keas took his mastery of the spitball, learned from Charles RADBOURNE while pl...
• 23:2123:21, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEARNEY, Stephen Watts No edit summary
• 23:2123:21, 22 July 2008 diff hist +813 N KEARNEY, Stephen Watts New page: KEARNEY, Stephen Watts. (Newark, NJ, Aug. 30, 1794-St. Louis, MO, Oct. 31, 1848). Soldier. In his notebook entitled ''An Expedition Across Iowa in 1820'', Kearney wrote under the date of A...
• 23:1923:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEANE, James J. No edit summary
• 23:1923:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +26 KEANE, James J. No edit summary
• 23:1723:17, 22 July 2008 diff hist +766 N KEANE, John J. New page: KEANE, John J. (Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, Sept. 12, 1839-Dubuque, IA, June 22,1918). Second ARCHBISHOP of Dubuque. Rev. Keane was named to succeed Archbishop [[HENNESSY, ...
• 23:1223:12, 22 July 2008 diff hist +254 KEANE, James J. No edit summary
• 23:1123:11, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,193 N KEANE, James J. New page: KEANE, James J. (Joliet, IL, Aug. 25, 1857--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 2, 1929). ARCHBISHOP. Keane came to Dubuque in 1911 as the successor to Archbishop John J. KEANE and wa...
• 23:0923:09, 22 July 2008 diff hist +392 N KEAN, James J. New page: KEAN, James J. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 20, 1979). MAYOR. Kean, a city councilman from 1960 to 1965, served as mayor of Dubuque in 1963. He was remembered for the Mayor's Committ...
• 23:0823:08, 22 July 2008 diff hist 0 KAUFMANN, Nicholas No edit summary
• 23:0823:08, 22 July 2008 diff hist +312 N KAUFMANN, Nicholas New page: KAUFMANN, Nicholas. (Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Aug. 13, 1836-Dubuque, IA, May 5, 1908). Builder. Kaufmann was an organizer and founder of the ''Luxemburger Gazette'', a pioneering German C...
• 23:0523:05, 22 July 2008 diff hist +19 GERMANS No edit summary
• 23:0423:04, 22 July 2008 diff hist +373 N KATZENJAMMERS New page: KATZENJAMMERS. German band of the 1890s. Remembered for their merrily spontaneous parades down many of Dubuque's major STREETS, the band also performed at the Saegerbund Auditorium. Oc...
• 23:0323:03, 22 July 2008 diff hist +259 N KARIGAN, Andrew New page: KARIGAN, Andrew. (Messenia, Greece-Dubuque, IA, May 16, 1980). Restaurant owner. Karigan, in the restaurant business for forty years and founder of the popular Karigan's Restaurant, was on...
• 23:0223:02, 22 July 2008 diff hist +685 N KARBERG, Peter Kiesel New page: KARBERG, Peter Kiesel. (Lincoln, NB, Nov. 21, 1882-Unknown). Vice-President, H. B. GLOVER COMPANY. Karberg, son of Peter KARBERG, began employment with the Glover Co...
• 23:0023:00, 22 July 2008 diff hist −15 KARBERG, Peter No edit summary
• 22:5622:56, 22 July 2008 diff hist +319 N KARBERG, Peter New page: KARBERG, Peter. (Germany, Aug. 27, 1840-Lincoln, NB, July 2, 1884). Publisher of the ''Nord Iowa Post''''Italic text''. Karberg purchased the printing equipment of the ''Dubuque Staats Zei...
• 21:3621:36, 22 July 2008 diff hist +423 N KAPP, Milton L. New page: KAPP, Milton L. (Galena, KS-Dubuque, IA, June 20,1981). Retired chairman, INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY. Kapp was a director of AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, [[A. Y. MCDONALD MANUFAC...
• 21:3421:34, 22 July 2008 diff hist +311 N KAPP, John New page: KAPP, John. (Rhine Province, Germany, Sept. 15, 1845-Unknown). Co-founder, DUBUQUE MATTRESS COMPANY. Kapp and his father formed the firm of Kapp and Son in 1876. In 1877 they changed t...
• 21:3321:33, 22 July 2008 diff hist +579 N KANE, Mark R. New page: KANE, Mark R. (Dubuque County, IA, July 22, 1883-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 11, 1964). MAYOR. Kane served as a member of the Dubuque City Council for six years and held the position of mayor fr...
• 21:3221:32, 22 July 2008 diff hist +274 N KAMMER, John "Doc" New page: KAMMER, John "Doc" (Bern, Switzerland--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 1, 1985). Athletic trainer. Kammer held the position of athletic trainer at LORAS COLLEGE for forty-one years. A member of the...
• 21:3121:31, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,958 N KALTENBACH, Frederick Wilhelm New page: KALTENBACH, Frederick Wilhelm. (Dubuque, IA, 1895-Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1945). "Lord Hee Haw." During World War II, Kaltenbach, a teacher of economics, business law and debate at [[DUBUQU...
• 21:3021:30, 22 July 2008 diff hist +998 N KALHORN, Carolyn New page: KALHORN, Carolyn. (Dubuque, IA- ). Violinist. Growing up in Dubuque, Kalhorn gave her first solo recital at the age of seven. While a student for eleven years of Doris Preucil of the Preuc...
• 21:2921:29, 22 July 2008 diff hist −1 KAEP, Louis J. No edit summary
• 21:2821:28, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,014 N KAEP, Louis J. New page: KAEP, Louis J. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 19, 1903-Greenwich, CT, Oct. 5, 1991). Artist. Kaep, a graduate of LORAS COLLEGE, has been among those listed in both ''Who's Who in American Art'' an...
• 21:2721:27, 22 July 2008 diff hist +615 N KADESKY, Max New page: KADESKY, Max. (Vinstead, CN-Dubuque, IA, Aug.14, 1970). Dentist. Kadesky became active in sports at DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL and played end on the University of Iowa's first unbeaten, untie...
• 21:2621:26, 22 July 2008 diff hist +8 KABAT, Joseph H. No edit summary
• 21:2621:26, 22 July 2008 diff hist +552 N KABAT, Joseph H. New page: KABAT, Joseph H. (Dubuque, IA, June 12, 1866--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 12, 1940). Clothing designer. Kabat, the son of one of Dubuque's premier clothing designers, was nationally acclaimed as a d...