Alison Gowans

CEDAR RAPIDS – Chris Shaheen, owner of new downtown Cedar Rapids restaurant Food Factory, has been in the restaurant world …

Cooking a Thanksgiving meal is a big production. If you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen, there are …

IOWA CITY — When she was a little girl growing up in Mexico, Miriam Alarcon Avila loved watching Mexican professional …

Not much goes together better than coffee and donuts. We have updates on both in this week’s Chew on This. …

  NORTH LIBERTY — When Tina Whitney and Brandon Crane parked their boats next to each other at the Coralville …

Ellie Desautels remembers the first time they saw a transgender person on television. It was a moment of awakening of …

Peyton Meyers doesn’t think anyone should be out in the cold without a way to stay warm this winter, and …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Marcello Florio remembers waking up on Sunday mornings in his hometown of Pescara, Italy, to the sounds …

A new taboo nightclub to open in town, although it’s unclear what they will declare to be taboo. This and …

IOWA CITY – School district voters picked incumbents Tuesday, re-electing Paul Roesler and Shawn Eyestone and adding Lisa Williams and …

AMANA – When Colleen Koss walks through the 100 acres of property she and her husband Duane Koss own on …

When my parents walked into my 100-year-old house on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids for the first time, my …

ELY — When Iowa State University graduate Cal Corrin started dating Hawkeye sports fan Lisa, neither one was going to …

Juice, coffee, and Eden has new ownership this week in Chew on This. Smash Juice Bar & Eatery North Liberty …