Alison Gowans

CEDAR RAPIDS – Bridgette Williams-Robinson and her husband, Jovountae Robinson, didn’t intend to start a nonprofit. Then the Aug. 10 …

  CEDAR RAPIDS — Terriana Harris didn’t call Rosie and Jerry Morrow grandma and grandpa. She called them mom and …

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s the season for tinsel and twinkly lights, presents and peppermint, stockings and Santa, Christmas trees and …

Here’s what’s new in this week’s restaurant news: Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is making …

CENTER POINT – Apple Creek Coffee Co. in Center Point is a coffee shop. And a lunch spot. And an …

  Anna Rosko moved around a lot growing up. Her mom, Jan Rosko, was in the Air Force and so …

  CEDAR RAPIDS — A Christmas wreath and an evergreen arrangement adorn the gravesite of Judith and Gary Stevens at …

CEDAR RAPIDS – In 1939, a Jewish man living in Prague named Paul Strnad sent letters to family in the …

Nonprofit restaurant Foxhole ‘Charlie” Bar & Grill has reopened. The restaurant, which is run by the Freedom Foundation, shut temporarily …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Holly Ervin always loved baking. But it wasn’t until she befriended Melanie Abu-Nameh that she considered pursuing …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Anouse Mitial grew up cooking, learning from her aunt and mother, both in her original home in …

In this week’s Chew on This, popular pizzeria Zoey’s is back in Marion and a new North Liberty restaurant, Table, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – After almost 30 years, the African American Museum of Iowa has a new logo. ‘We really just …

New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones doesn’t take things at face value. As a journalist, she digs deeper into the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – During the derecho that pummeled Cedar Rapids, the hurricane-force winds ripped siding and gutters off Holly Hartkemeyer’s …