Old Negs News Today

Unpublished: A spectacular fire destroyed the Rainbo Oil Co. warehouse and office building at 300 South Main St. Saturday, causing damage estimated at $250,000 to $500,000. (Note: Photo taken Feb.

In January of 1969, the owner of this frozen vehicle probably wasn’t too thrilled about a water main break and a 40-degree temperature plunge that occurred overnight in Dubuque.

In 1963, jester Barbara Jo Carroll makes faces at the boar’s head during the Clarke College Christmas dinner. The jester cavorted throughout the dining hall all during the ceremonial event,

Amtrak’s passenger train on its test run from Chicago pulled into Dubuque on Nov. 6, 1973. An Illinois Central Gulf Railroad official said the ride was “unbelievably smooth,” the equipment