Alison Gowans

A year ago, craft beer lovers could pick up Coralville-based Backpocket Brewing’s Slingshot lager in Davenport or Bettendorf. But across …

Gary Lindsay, 66, hasn’t let retirement slow him down. The former Kennedy High School journalism teacher earned a Lifetime Achievement …

An Eastern Iowa couple is hoping to provide a home for unwanted farm animals that might otherwise be killed. Shawn …

What will we be eating in 2016? If Corridor chefs and the National Restaurant Association are correct, Americans will be …

IOWA CITY – FilmScene is hoping to expand. The non-profit cinema in downtown Iowa City announced plans Dec. 1 for …

I’m dedicating this column to Cedar Rapids resident Hassan Selim. An imam at the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, Selim, …

Kathy Lariviere always has found life funny. Finding a lump in her breast in 2012 was anything but. Yet over …

One hundred years ago, Quaker Oats owner Henry Crowell dreamed up a new way to package oatmeal. Crowell had purchased …

CEDAR RAPIDS — For years, Chris Ciccariello organized an ugly sweater bar crawl to raise money for charities in the …

Ellen G.K. Rubin wants to be clear — the proper title for people who create pop-up books is ‘paper engineer.’ …

Brian Kleis refuses to let life get him down. That’s despite a host of health issues. The Coralville resident, 41, …

IOWA CITY – An effort to plant food in Iowa City’s public spaces is expanding. Backyard Abundance, an Iowa City …

Savanah Schott, 23, has had frequent nose bleeds since she was 6 or 7 years old. But it wasn’t until …

Phoebe Simon, 45, of Coralville, needs nice clothes for the workshops and presentations she leads at her job at Stamats …

Six years ago — as junior high schoolers in Iowa City — Riley Hulsebus and Annie Belding started taking on …