Iowa’s university and college campuses this month are planning a host of lectures, activities, and events to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his National Day of Service — including Iowa State University, featuring a lecture from a civil rights leader arrested for climbing a South Carolina State House pole in 2015 to remove its Confederate flag.
Iowa City, Marion among participating cities
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
Organizers of the annual festival have a mission to turn Iowans into winter lovers and offer a bright spot during the cold winter days.
On June 16, 1945 the plane went on a mission over the Makassar Straits what was then the enemy-occupied Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. The plane strafed and bombed Japanese targets before being hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashing into the bay.
This year, the $80,000 annual grant fund was split among 24 nonprofits
If your preschooler is bouncing off the walls after too much sugar and not enough exercise, welcome to Iowa winter. Check out this list of Corridor indoor play spaces.
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Recognition from School Superintendent’s Association’s Learning 2025 Network, which College Community is the only Iowa school district to be a part of
More than two years after the 2020 derecho destroyed much of the Brucemore historic estate, the attraction’s gates and two statues have been restored — marking a key step in the nonprofit’s recovery from the storm.
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Take the tour and vote for this year’s winner through Dec. 30.
A group of college football fans called the Sickos Committee is raising thousands of dollars for CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City after Iowa football’s “unconventionally appealing” season.
Organizers aim to pack 80,000 bags of food collected for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank’s “BackPack program” serving “chronically hungry children” in its 16-county service area.
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