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LAJOS “LOUIS” MADARASZ January 31, 1859 or 1860, San Antonio, Texas – December 23. 1910, San Francisco, California 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Louis Madarasz Age in 1870: 11 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Texas Home in 1870: San Antonio...

Beginning today and in the weeks following, we ll share information about many of the state s 438 unsolved homicides. It is our hope that by sharing these stories with a broad audience, justice will come for some of these victims. Victims like Brown...

The city nearly drowned. In the warm days of mid-June, about 160 years after the old river town was incorporated, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was hit with the worst flood in its history. One of those 500-year floods that no one thinks they’ll ever see. The kind...

Watch Video Evacuations and curfews have been enacted in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin as flood threats from swollen rivers and creeks continue to cause panic. The city of Cedar Rapids asked local residents and businesses in affected areas to evacuate...

January 15 In History 588 BCE :  On the secular calendar, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BCE 69: Servius Sulpicius Galba 6th emperor of Rome (68-69) was killed by Praetorian...