Alison Gowans

NORTH LIBERTY – About 25 years ago, Nile Dusdieker bought an orchid for his wife Lois’s birthday. ‘From there, everything …

Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has Iowa connections. Senator Tom Harkin and University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Julius Cavira’s mission in Iraq is over, but the U.S. Army veteran has a new mission now. …

Four Corridor bartenders – ahem, mixologists – agree: Prohibition killed the art of bartending, and they are part of a …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Five years ago, Joan Becker’s son Mark shot and killed Aplington-Parkersburg head coach Ed Thomas. It’s a …

IOWA CITY – Courtenay Bouvier is looking forward to the day she can say, ‘Hi, I’m Dr. Bouvier, and I’ll …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When the first shots of the Civil War were fired, photography was still a fairly new art …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Features writer Alison Gowans began visited the newly opened Fresh Market, 180 Collins Rd. NE. The specialty …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Human trafficking is a local problem, and there are things people can do in Eastern Iowa to …

IOWA CITY – From Celtic music and culture clubs to how the town of Waverly got its name, Iowa has …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Before the United States even entered World War I, the Iowa Masonic Library and Museums started collecting …

IOWA CITY – When Kelsey Andresen’s weight dropped dangerously low, first as a teenager and then again in college, she …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids School District has come far in addressing the needs of students of color, district …

LOUISA COUNTY, Iowa – When the six Littleton brothers of tiny Toolesboro set off for war, their sisters had no …

IOWA CITY – If you need your garden weeded, a pesky perennial bed reworked or want help setting up a …