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* ... that '''[[KTIV|an Iowa TV station]]''' paid [[Tom Brokaw]], a future anchor of ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', $75 a week to work as a staff announcer and part-time newscaster?
* ... that during the [[1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1984 Democratic presidential primaries]], [[Alan Cranston]] scheduled his advertisements '''[[1984 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses|in Iowa]]''' around airings of ''[[The Day After]]''{{-?}}
* ... that years after it closed, the studios of an Iowa TV station became the headquarters for the state police radio network?
* ... that years after it closed, the studios of '''[[KGTV (Iowa)|an Iowa TV station]]''' became the headquarters for the state police radio network?
* ... that an Iowa TV station operates from a former McDonald's restaurant?
* ... that '''[[KYOU-TV|an Iowa TV station]]''' operates from a former McDonald's restaurant?
* ... that '''[[Alice Ilgenfritz Jones]]''' was one of "Two Women of the West" from Iowa who wrote the 1893 feminist utopian novel ''[[Unveiling a Parallel]]''{{-?}}
:At least five people are killed and 35 are injured as a [[Tornadoes of 2024#May 21 (United States)|strong tornado]] devastates the town of [[Greenfield, Iowa|Greenfield]], [[Iowa]], [[United States]]. A [[Doppler on Wheels]] unit records a wind gust of between {{convert|250|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} and {{convert|290|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} over Greenfield, the strongest winds recorded inside a tornado by a mobile weather radar since the [[2013 El Reno tornado]], equivalent to EF5 intensity on the [[Enhanced Fujita scale]]. [https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-26c73e14ab481ef77a1b0606a2b10adc (AP)] [https://x.com/dowfacility/status/1793317945294094337 (University of Illinois)]
:A [[tornado outbreak]] in areas near [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], [[United States]], leads to the issuance of multiple [[Tornado emergency|tornado emergencies]] across the states of [[Nebraska]] and [[Iowa]]. [https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/tornado-emergency-warning-issued-for-omaha-nebraska-missouri-valley-iowa-what-it-means-article-109634024 (Times Now)] [https://twitter.com/NWSOmaha/status/1783990734812790788 (National Weather Service)]
:A [[Doppler on Wheels]] unit records wind speeds of 224 miles / 360 kilometers per hour in a tornado near [[Harlan, Iowa]], the strongest recorded by a mobile [[Weather radar|weather radar]] since the [[2013 El Reno tornado]], equivalent to EF-5 intensity on the [[Enhanced Fujita scale]]. [https://twitter.com/DOWFacility/status/1784622447116869742 (University of Illinois)]
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