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In this episode of the Gazette Gives Back  Podcast, Shannon Hanson from the United Way of East Central Iowa talks about the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When she learned her fifth-grade class would be making blankets to donate to a downtown shelter, 11-year-old …

Kelly Lamb joined Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity as its new executive director Monday. Lamb’s previous work with not-for-profit organizations …

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital volunteer sewers have been making special blankets that soothe agitation and provide comfort for some of …

  SWISHER — On a Wednesday evening earlier this month, Mayor Christopher Taylor was busy fixing Swisher City Hall’s wedged …

Marion Home School’s ‘Ethos” mock trial team won the 37th annual Iowa High School Mock Trial Tournament earlier this month …

The LGBTQ Youth Center in Cedar Rapids hosted an LGBTQ Prom Saturday. More than 100 individuals attended from Lisbon, Benton …

For three decades, Fred Rogers slipped into a cardigan and slipped into our hearts. The gentle philosopher invited generations of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A horrible crash early in his career changed Joe Schmitz’s perspective as a police officer from ‘getting …

  Cedar Rapids police Officer Drew Tran has an open-door policy in his office — a converted storage closet between …

CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s been roughly two weeks since Cedar Rapids saw a weekend with five shots-fired reports, and Brandon …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Local health care providers say they often struggle to address an individual’s needs outside the clinic, such …