2014 in Iowa

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The following is a list of events of the year 2014 in Iowa .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Terry Branstad (R)

Events

• March 16 - Iowa State Cyclones wrestling wins the Big 12 Conference championship. ^[1]
• April 27 - An EF1 tornado touched down near Highland Center, traveling 46 miles from Wapello to Johnson Counties, killing two. ^[2]
• September 10 - A man in Newton was trapped and rescued from a grain bin. ^[3]
• September 26 - Police found the deceased body of Shao Tong in the trunk of a car in Iowa City, murdered by Li Xiangnan. ^[4]
• November 4 - Joni Ernst wins the Iowa Senate seat and becomes the first woman senator from Iowa. ^[5]
• November 14- Facebook opens a new data center in Altoona. ^[6]

See also

2014 in the United States

References

1. KnowDan (March 16, 2014). "Iowa State Wins Big 12 Championship". Wide Right & Natty Lite. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
2. US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "2014 Iowa Tornadoes". www.weather.gov. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
3. "Crews free man trapped in grain bin". Newton Daily News. September 10, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
4. Hunt, Shen Lu,Katie (June 23, 2016). "Boyfriend in Iowa student killing gets life sentence". CNN. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
5. Jacobs, Jennifer. "Joni Ernst wins Iowa U.S. Senate seat". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
6. Lardinois, Frederic (November 14, 2014). "Facebook's Newest Data Center Is Now Online In Altoona, Iowa". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 23, 2024.