Across Iowa, programs are increasingly drawing residents and visitors outdoors at a time of year when temperatures drop and it may be tempting to hibernate indoors. Winter recreational offerings encourage people to get outside year-round, harnessing the Hawkeye state’s natural assets to keep people active despite colder weather.
From dinner and dancing to daytime balloon drops, activities about for all ages
There were 10 stories hungry readers couldn’t get enough of as restaurants opened and closed through the year.
Legendary team dunks serious fun into serious basketball
Mania: The ABBA Tribute is coming to Paramount Theater for a happy new year.
Milestone comes as Cedar Rapids-based show wraps its fourth season
The restaurant from Andres Torres, owner of Villa’s Patio in Cedar Rapids and Marion, offered several novelties in the crowded Mexican food scene, including a Sinaloa focus from the Pacific coast, Mexican-inspired sushi and steak options.
Cedar Rapids officials are exploring options to potentially build a multimillion-dollar dual-use intergenerational center and sports complex. But the effort remains years away from coming to fruition and would require private funding to bring to life. Here’s how the city’s approaching the possible project.
Also, work planned on 35th Street NE in Cedar Rapids
In a world that has become increasingly disconnected in real life, Wyzr Friends hopes to decrease social isolation among those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond.
Kyle Ugarph started KJ Haul Away in 2021
Raging Ryno’s, opened near Coe College in Cedar Rapids, exhibits its managing partner’s personality in a way few restaurants do.
Cedar Rapids mansion mansion offers self-guided explorations during holiday season.
A new restaurant has opened in the brick building previously home to Fong’s Pizza in the New Bohemia neighborhood.
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