Alison Gowans

Between the pandemic and derecho, 2020 doesn’t feel like a year with a lot to be thankful for. Yet when …

In a more normal year, Kristy Staker and her husband would gather with extended family – her husband’s five siblings …

The derecho that took out trees across Iowa mostly spared the Christmas trees at Hoffman Tree Farm in Marion. ‘Any …

Jacob Cowger has donned a red Santa suit and fluffy white beard since he was a teenager, but this is …

In 1620, a group of 102 passengers on the Mayflower landed in what would later become the United States. Four …

When Emily Robinson started baking and decorating sugar cookies on a whim, she didn’t realize she was actually starting down …

Two downtown Cedar Rapids restaurants are closing. Read more in this week’s Chew on This: Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan’s Bar …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For every civil rights milestone we celebrate, there is a history of oppression that made it necessary. …

CORALVILLE – The team that opened 30hop in Coralville and Cedar Rapids has a new restaurant, just across the street …

When Starr Wheeler, 21, walks into her new apartment on Cedar Rapids’ southwest side, she smiles. She and her two …

For months, the Map Room restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids has relied on outdoor seating to carry it through the …

In this edition of Chew on This, two popular restaurants are opening new locations, and a food truck opens a …

I was at the grocery store last weekend and saw something that in more normal years would have irritated me …

Gideon Kidd has a lot of experience petting dogs. The Cedar Falls 12-year-old gained internet fame with his ‘I’ve Pet …

Ana McClain was confused when a customer came into her restaurant, Lion Bridge Brewing Company in Cedar Rapids, in March …