Alison Gowans

A  small girl stands in an apartment building parking lot, clutching a parcel containing a blanket and a card with …

Cindy Staton, 61, has a picture of herself sitting next to a heaping pile of bags of potatoes. They equal …

Background In February 2014, the Cedar Rapids Community School District board approved the sale of the former Lincoln Elementary School …

In a momentary lull in activity during their physical education class on Tuesday, fifth-graders at St. Matthew’s Elementary in Cedar …

CEDAR RAPIDS — An hour spent eating lunch, playing soccer and making dinosaurs from Play-Doh may seem like a simple …

IOWA CITY — Each day, the Iowa City Community School District serves more than 8,000 lunches. When the district wants …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Coralville-based Backpocket Brewing Company is planning to open a second location in downtown Cedar Rapids. Plans call …

OXFORD JUNCTION – The Republican caucus in tiny Oxford Junction in Jones County opened with a prayer and good-natured sibling …

VernAnn Baxter is 101 years old and in a wheelchair, but she doesn’t let either of those things stop her …

Hamburg Inn No. 2, a longtime Iowa City diner known as a must-stop location for presidential hopefuls, is changing hands. …

Sometimes I learn a story that’s already well known to much of the community but is so powerful it’s worth …

When Ted Townsend, president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital, first heard Dr. Percy Harris’ story, he knew he …

Clint Twedt-Ball uses a garden analogy to explain how Matthew 25, an organization he and his brother, Courtney Ball, started …

After Emily Jalinsky, 29, graduated from the University of Kansas with a printmaking degree, she wanted to continue her art. …

In Iowa, 2015 was a great year for beer, and 2016 is looking just as good. About a dozen new …