Alison Gowans

Almost every junior high and high school English literature class includes at least one play by William Shakespeare, but without …

I can’t get over Katie Ledecky. It has been a week since the Olympics ended and just over two weeks …

It would take more than a little rain to stop the second Market After Dark event scheduled Saturday in downtown …

CEDAR RAPIDS — At one point during last year’s inaugural Market After Dark — Cedar Rapids’ first attempt at hosting …

A strain of lettuce grown by a Cedar Rapids family for a century. A pepper that can be traced to …

CEDAR RAPIDS — For seven years, Harriet Jacobs lived in a tiny attic garret, a fugitive slave in hiding. While …

Ara Ispentchian estimates he runs 40 to 50 miles a week. The Cedar Rapids ultramarathoner is currently training for the …

IOWA CITY — Max Stancel-Hess got to fulfill a lifelong dream this past weekend. On Saturday, the 11-year-old Marion resident …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival lasts until 7 p.m. Sunday, but don’t get there too late …

IOWA CITY – When Allison Christopher was a little girl, she was obsessed with ballerinas. She loved the ‘Angelina Ballerina” …

When Mark McCallum first saw the stately house at 113 S. Johnson St. in Iowa City where he now runs …

NORTH LIBERTY – After 23 years, owners of the Brown Bottle plan to serve up their last plate of pasta …

On the popular National Public Radio show ‘Prairie Home Companion,’ Garrison Keillor joked more than once that in the small …

When Peggy Fritz was out of work earlier this year, it was hard to keep enough food on the table. …

DECORAH – Jerry Aulwes, 81, has German heritage, but that didn’t stop him from helping plan Decorah’s first Nordic Fest …