116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Bailey Cichon
I write for Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state and how it works. I produce news and feature videos and the On Iowa Politics podcast. Wisconsinite turned Iowan and Hawkeye. When I’m not at The Gazette, I can be found tending my garden, playing piano, crocheting or juggling.
Tips are welcome: bailey.cichon@thegazette.com.
Latest Articles by Bailey Cichon
Dec. 4, 2023 10:18 am747d ago
Quick bites from the latest Gazette headlines
Curious Iowa Dec. 4, 2023 7:44 am747d ago
How is it that two convenience stores across the street from one another can have different gas prices? And why can one town’s gas pumps have consistently higher prices per gallon than another town in the same county?
Curious Iowa Nov. 27, 2023 5:00 am754d ago
How is it that a river’s level can be measured at three feet, but the stream is so shallow, rocks are visible? The Gazette spoke with Quad Cities National Weather Service Hydrologist Matt Wilson to answer one curious Iowan’s question.
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 3, 2023 12:52 pm778d ago
Cedar Rapids City Council candidates at-large talk key issues
Curious Iowa Nov. 4, 2023 8:52 am777d ago
The former county home in rural Scotch Grove attracts paranormal investigators and curious Iowans for visits.
Curious Iowa Oct. 9, 2023 9:12 am803d ago
Fields of opportunity brought Northern and Eastern Europeans to Iowa in the mid-1800s.
Curious Iowa Oct. 2, 2023 8:18 am810d ago
A look at Iowa’s most extreme weather and how records are determined and recorded.
Curious Iowa Sep. 26, 2023 7:11 am816d ago
How a sandy island was used to unify two sides of Cedar Rapids.
Curious Iowa Sep. 18, 2023 5:00 am824d ago
Bloomsbury Farm brings designs to life with precision ag technology
News Sep. 11, 2023 7:59 am831d ago
At 8:45 a.m. on the first Wednesday of every month, the Linn County Emergency Management Agency sets off its outdoor warning sirens for testing. A gravely computer-generated voice lets listeners know that a test is being conducted and they’re free to go about their days. But what does it take to test the sirens that sound during severe weather?
Curious Iowa May. 6, 2024 8:21 am593d ago
The 88-year-old puzzle king lives in Cedar Rapids
Podcasts Sep. 2, 2023 4:00 am840d ago
Listen to The Gazette’s daily news briefing and weather report
Curious Iowa Aug. 28, 2023 5:30 am845d ago
Marketing efforts that led to “The Corridor” branding were a reaction to the Iowa Farm Crisis of the 1980s
Business News Aug. 8, 2023 12:01 am865d ago
Not So Flyover business gets musicians off the tour bus to explore the Midwest
Curious Iowa Mar. 29, 2024 1:50 pm631d ago
The derecho hit three years ago this week, forever changing Iowa’s tree canopy. But what happened to all of those trees after they were removed?

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