Category: West Burlington
Howard Ray Kilbride, 70, Burlington, died Monday, November 9, 2015
Ruth E. Mertens, 94, Burlington, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015
James Maurice Alexander , 48, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Janine Louise Imthurn, 56, West Burlington, died Friday, November 13, 2015
Raymond Eugene Shoopman, 92, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Janine Louise Imthurn, 56, West Burlington, died Friday, November 13, 2015
Lamonte “Monte” Charles Duke , 85, Burlington, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Marla Kay Moyers, 55, Burlington, died Saturday, November 14, 2015
Lucille Evelyn Ruck, 101, Burlington, IA, died Thursday, November 19, 2015
Deborah “Debbie” Lynn Eckstein, 61, Burlington, died Thursday, November 19, 2015
Percy Hand, 81, Burlington died Monday, November 16, 2015
Paul Eugene Swank, 67, New London died Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Harold Franklin McAlister, 90, West Burlington died Friday, November 20, 2015
Noble Lewis Boyd, 79, Burlington, died Sunday, November 22, 2015
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Burlington ranks 228 of 1,268 Best & Worst Small Cities in America
Click here: 2015’s Best & Worst Small Cities in America
Iowa cities that make the list:
- 9 – Ankeny
- 12 – Urbandale
- 20 – Marion
- 32 – Bettendorf
- 34 – Cedar Falls
- 40 – West Des Moines
- 68 – Dubuque
- 74 – Iowa City
- 79 – Ames
- 151 – Mason City
- 169 – Clinton
- 187 – Marshalltown
- 195 – Sioux City
- 228 – Burlington
- 283 – Council Bluffs
- 315 – Waterloo
What in the world happened to the liberal arts? A degree in the humanities used to transmit the knowledge and wisdom imbued in the works of great Western artists, writers, musicians and thinkers like Shakespeare and Mozart. But today, that same degree stresses Western racism, sexism, imperialism, and other ills and sins that reinforce a sense of victimhood and narcissism. So, what happened? Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute explains.