Alison Gowans

  CEDAR RAPIDS — One hundred years ago, just after the night shift started at the Douglas Starch Works plant …

Rachel Goldman Miller was just a child when her life became upended in the horrors of the Holocaust. Born in …

  Growing up on a North Dakota farm, ice cream was the center of many happy memories for Shelia Happel. …

  When National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library curator Stefanie Kohn first saw Slovak photographer Monika Kluciarova’s photos of …

  CEDAR RAPIDS — Sara Gotch loved classic diner dishes like chicken and tuna salad sandwiches. What she didn’t love …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When a newborn baby starts crying in the nursery at UnityPoint Health’s Nassif Center for Women’s & …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sandrine Wallace started baking when her children, now ages 20 and 21, were small. But she never …

CEDAR RAPIDS – On the first day of spring, volunteers and supporters gathered in the Feed Iowa First workshop in …

  RIVERSIDE — Duke the baby goat had trouble walking when he was born on Christmas Eve. He has cerebellar …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When Charlie Sanders, 42, walked into Willis Dady Homeless Services early in the winter, he was just …

  CEDAR RAPIDS — When customers walk into Paradise Bar & Grill, a new restaurant in The Fountains, co-owner Sam …

Marion restaurant Mandarin Spice Asian Grill announced it will open a second location, set for downtown Cedar Rapids. The restaurant’s …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kelly Glynn has been participating in the SaPaDaPaSo parade each St. Patrick’s Day his whole life. But …

MARION – Almost 74 years since he flew a bombing mission over Belmont, France, on April 14, 1945, Leon Mehring, …

  CEDAR RAPIDS — On a recent cold winter’s evening, sisters Annabelle and Eleanor Spangler, with their mom, Heather Spangler, …