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2012

• Iowa Commission for the Blind Board Selects New IDB Director (4/20/12)
• IDB Bids Farewell to Director Keninger (3/15/12)
• Traveling Exhibit Highlights History of Blindness in Iowa (2/20/12)
• Blind Youth Test Braille Skills in Annual Competition (2/17/12)

2011

• Library Braillist receives Perowsky volunteer of the year award (4/25/11)
• Cell phone accessibility addressed during free seminar in Council Bluffs (4/20/11)
• State Reps highlight accessibility during National Library Week (4/6/11)
• Blind youth test Braille skills in annual competiton (2/7/11)
• Seniors with vision loss invited to info sessions in northeast Iowa (2/1/11)
• IDB embarks on history of blindness in Iowa project (1/26/11)
• Informational Session on Living with Vision Loss (1/18/11)

2010

• ISU students explore blindness through poetry (12/1/10)
• Randy Landgrebe named director, Iowa Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (11/29/10)
• Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped turns 50 (11/1/10)
• Blind man who survived Sept. 11 attacks on WTC to speak at IDB (9/13/10)
• Storm Lake hosts IL 30th anniversary celelbration (7/28/10)
• Blind teens learn about giving back during summer camp on volunteerism (7/22/10)
• IDB building lands on national historic registry (7/19/10)
• Tactile artist returns to IDB to teach on art accessibility (6/21/10)
• Iowa library honored for its service (5/20/10)
• Decorah resource fair for those with vision loss on May 18 (5/3/10)
• Siouxland Blindness Works Conference (4/2/10)
• Des Moines mayor to proclaim Braille Awareness Week (1/21/10)
• Vision loss seminars come to Elkader and Waukon (1/14/10)
• Iowa Braille Challenge promotes literacy for blind youth (1/11/10)

2009

• Volunteers donate $10K to Iowa Library for the Blind (12/8/09)
• More than Words: A Tactile and Audible Poetry Experience (11/25/09)
• Public Transportation Forum (10/22/09)
• 50th Anniversary Open House (10/22/09)
• Support Group for Vision Loss Starting in Lee County (10/22/09) 
• Vision Loss Seminars in Northeast Iowa (10/21/09)
• White Cane Safety Day (10/15/09)
• IDB Employment Specialist receives Commissioner's Award (10/9/09)
• IDB Ranks 2nd in Job Placement (10/8/09)