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1000 vehicles rally in place of Iola Car Show

IOLA, Wis. _ Old car hobbyists in Wisconsin and the Midwest may have found a silver lining in the COVID-19 clouds that have hovered over the hobby this spring and summer. Like so many other events, the Iola Car Show and Swap Meet, a large and long-running event and a fixture on the calendar for thousands of Midwest hobbyists, became a victim of the coronavirus pandemic this year.

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