Encyclopedia Dubuque
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IOWA NEWS
IOWA NEWS.
DUBUQUE VISITOR changed names to Iowa News Published from June 1837 to 1840
The first issue of the Iowa News appeared on Saturday, June 3, 1837. Coriell, King and Russell were proprietors. The operation was moved to the east side of Locust Street near Fifth where it remained. The Iowa News came within four votes out of twenty-four of getting the contract to print the territorial laws in 1837-38. In 1838-39 the paper was chosen by the legislature to print the session laws.
Publication was suspended from October 14 to November 15, 1837 due to a lack of paper. Publication was again stopped from June 14, 1840 to May 29, 1841. The newspaper was closed in 1842 and the materials moved to Lancaster, Wisconsin.
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Source:
Oldt, Franklin T. The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880.p. 52, 59, 64, 69