Under the radar connections to Iowa

Here is one that many people don’t know. The guy that plays the Wiz in Seinfeld, also known for Reno 911, Vegas Vacation, the Adventures of Pete and Pete, and a ton of other stuff is from marshalltown.
Thats interesting his dad was my high school chemistry teacher. I remember him (his dad) complaining to the class about all the chemistry beakers, stoppers, other parts being stolen to make water pipes, as he described it. Told us to knock it off. We called them bongs back then not water pipes.
 
Chrissy Teigan's brother and sister-in-law live in Cedar Falls and she and John Legend have been in town for several holidays.
 
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Tom Arnold is from Ottumwa. His sister is infamous in Central Iowa.
 

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Elvin Bishop was from the SW Iowa town of Elliot and moved at age 10.

Elliott is a city in Sherman Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, United States, along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 338.


 
Tom Arnold is from Ottumwa. His sister is infamous in Central Iowa.
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Tom Arnold’s sister, Lori Arnold, is controversial in Central Iowa because she was the mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar, multi-state methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution empire based in the town of Ottumwa in the 1990s. Often dubbed the "Queen of Meth", she became notorious for the scale of her operation, her lavish lifestyle, and the devastation the drug epidemic brought to the Midwest.