Gazette photographers pick their favorite news photos of February 2019

Kenny Petet of Stephenville, Tex., pets his border collie, Boogie, who performs with Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey, a white-throated capuchin, in the arena where the World's Toughest Rodeo will take place at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. The rodeo features specialty entertainers and livestock alongside a team of rodeo athletes on Feb. 8—9. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

A man is framed by lights wrapped around trees as he walks along the sidewalk near the intersection of S. Linn St. and Iowa Avenue in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A dense fog hangs over Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids late in the afternoon on Sunday, February 3, 2019. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

Laura Seelau (from left), attorney for appellees Jerime and Bracken Mitchell, answers a question as Justice Susan Christensen, Justice Thomas Waterman, Justice David Wiggins, Chief Justice Mark Cady, Justice Brent Appel, and Justice Edward Mansfield look on during oral arguments in Jerime Mitchell and Bracken Mitchell v. City of Cedar Rapids and Officer Lucas Jones before the Supreme Court of Iowa in Des Moines on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)

Michael Lewis celebrates after fishing his hand at Uno with staff members Merrill Coleman (left) and Nate Volk at The Village Community in West Branch on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. The day habilitation facility in West Branch cares for about 15 disabled individuals, all on Medicaid. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley Middle School eighth grader Ella Mensen (right) reacts after a prosthetic arm assembled with her classmates, including Emilee Supple (left) and Anna Deutmeyer, tested successfully during Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day' at Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Nine-year-old Isabella Godbolt of North Liberty, Iowa, skates on the skating rink during the Beat the Bitter Fire and Ice Friday free family fun night at Penn Meadows Park in North Liberty on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Gary Greiner cleans snow off of his truck while Ken Burnside of Cedar Rapids uses a snowblower to help dig the truck out, after he helped clear snow for a friend nearby in southeast Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Six to eight inches of snow fell overnight and into Tuesday morning. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Vehicles drive past potholes on Gilbert Street in Iowa City on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)

Snow and ice cover the Mississippi River as seen from pikes Peak State Park in McGregor on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Gusty wind blows snow across a road in Squaw Creek Park in Marion on Sunday, February 24, 2019. (Cliff Jette /The Gazette)

Maple sap drips from a spile inserted by volunteers at Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. The sap collected from taps placed today will be used to make the syrup for the center's upcoming Maple Syrup Festival, March 23-24. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

The frozen Bridal Veil Falls can be seen along Bridal Veil Trail at Pike's Peak State Park in McGregor on on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Kevin McIntyre, lead streets worker, plows snow on G Avenue NW in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)

Pig and Porter owner Matt Melone sends a text as he stands in the kitchen during lunch hour at the restaurant in the New Bo neighborhood of Cedar Rapids on Friday, February 15, 2019. (Cliff Jette /The Gazette)

A bull rests its head on a fence in the arena where the World's Toughest Rodeo will take place at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. The rodeo features specialty entertainers and livestock alongside a team of rodeo athletes on Feb. 8—9. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Jen Moen (left) of Cedar Rapids participates in a trauma-informed yoga class led by Exhale Project creator and director Julie Jack (right) held at Waypoint Services in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. The class is offered for free to survivers of trauma as part of The Exhale Project. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Mega (Megan Costello of Cedar Rapids) ties ropes around Jordan Weir of Coralville for a suspension photo shoot in the Mega Good Vibes Art studio at Nexus Entertainment Arts in Hiawatha on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The studio is Mega's first permanent space, and offers room for her to teach classes as well as explore paint pouring and rope suspension. The space offers artists' studios, rehearsal space and a dance studio, and will be expanding their offerings to include a drop-in schedule for non-members. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Brittney Marine with the Circus Collective spits fire during one of the group's performances at the Beat the Bitter Fire and Ice Friday free family fun night at Penn Meadows Park in North Liberty, Iowa, on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Gabriella McDermott works with a student in an English language learners class room at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. The temporary wall in the background is for all intents and purposes a permanent wall as it divides a former team meeting room into two small classrooms to accommodate the expanding number of students. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

David Markuson (left) of Minneapolis, Minn., reacts as Zach Zeman of Columbia, MO., makes a move as they play My Little Scythe during the 28th Gamicon game convention at the Cedar Rapids Marriott on Collins Rd. NE in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Organizers are expecting around 500 attendees during the three-day event has 300 tables scheduled featuring scheduled board, card and role-playing games to a live game auction and a huge game library with over 350 games for attendees to checkout. Gamicon will host an official Catan U.S. Nationals Qualifier Tournament with the winner winning a guaranteed spot in the 2019 Catan U.S. National Championship at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) answers a question during the Cedar Rapids Organizing Event with Elizabeth Warren at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker takes a selfie photo with Samantha Gist of Oxford, Iowa, during a stop on his Iowa Rise Tour of the state at the African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Avenue SE, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Astrid Gale from Costa Rica waves the Stars and Stripes during a naturalization ceremony at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Seventy-five people, ranging in age from about 20 to 78, from 35 countries took the oath of citizenship during the ceremony. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)