Alison Gowans

The night the Paris attack happened, I had dinner with my sister. Ava isn’t my biological sister, and we weren’t …

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’ hit theaters Friday, the culmination of a four-part franchise based on the wildly popular …

Curator Daniela Sneppova’s favorite item in the newest exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is a …

Ray Young Bear has been writing poetry for over 45 years and publishing it for nearly as long, but the …

IOWA CITY – At the beginning of the day Friday, simple swathes of color covered three canvases set up at …

When Koretta Sykes was just 14, her father TJ Mayfield was murdered in Cedar Rapids. On January 13, 1981, her …

Kristi Cervantez was just six days away from running her first half-marathon when she had a heart attack. At age …

Hiawatha voters failed to approve funding for a new fire and ambulance station Tuesday. The vote on $2,2250,000 in bonds …

HIAWATHA – William Bennett has unseated Hiawatha mayor Tom Theis. Bennett, 53, is owner of A-1 Storage and 5 Seasons …

CORALVILLE – On an October night with no visible moon, a group of six women gathered around a dining room …

Summer farmers market season is winding down, with a few markets continuing through Halloween. The last downtown Iowa City market …

I am an unrepentant bookworm and have been for as long as I can remember. My sister and I read …

CEDAR RAPIDS — As Iowa becomes fully immersed in presidential election politics, a Cedar Rapids group is getting involved in …

IOWA CITY — Two University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates are 2015 National Book Award finalists. ‘Refund,’ by Karen Bender …