Iowa State University recently got a three-year, $727,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study mung bean varieties to see which ones are most resistant to drought, disease and pests while packing a protein punch sought for growing interest in vegetarian diets.
This year, people entering the corn maze at Bloomsbury Farm may have to take a trip around the sun to get out.
Wellington Heights Community Church has been known as a “church without walls” since it began in March 2020. With renovations complete on the former Paul Engle Center, the group now has a physical space to serve the southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood.
The City Manager’s 1-Bag Challenge has inspired residents to pick up more than 23,000 bags of litter in the last 10 years. To celebrate, the city is holding a litter pick-up event from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at McGrath Ampitheatre.
The program launches this fall to get residents involved in planting and taking care of right-of-way trees
Dwight Hughes Jr. dreamed of a city park where Hughes Nursery originally stood for all Cedar Rapids to enjoy. Now, the new park will serve as a conservation area that honors Hughes family history.
A new mobile training program for first responders came to Cedar Rapids last week to help firefighters prepare for emergency medical situations.
Aquatics director and lifeguard Connor Ironside and lifeguard Evalyn James recognized for their heroism at Marion City Council meeting earlier this month
Touching on issues past and present, Coe College’s 30-plus year forum series for this academic year kicks off in September and runs through April with 23 installments covering eight topics — from “critical race theory” to evolution to “The History of Sport in the United States.”
For more than 20 years, volunteer Corinnie Ketelsen found joy in doing the little things for the smallest patients in Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids artist will open her home gallery to showcase and celebrate art by Black artists around the state.
The Kids Market will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 24. This is the 11th year of the event hosted alongside the Saturday Farmers Market.
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