If there’s something you’ve seen or heard around the state and thought, “I wonder what’s that all about?”
That’s what Curious Iowa aims to answer. Curious Iowa stories originate with questions submitted by the public and we investigate. Submit your questions today.
Submit your questions or what you are curious about and we’ll review submissions to investigate. Reader-submitted story topics will be posted here and included in a periodic newsletter. Our investigations can come in the form of videos, long-form articles and podcasts.
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?
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.
Those living in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with the support of their neighbors, can organize to form neighborhood associations. But can any resident start an association within their city and get funding? How are neighborhood boundaries and names determined, anyway?
Iowa has been using cable barriers on its interstates since 2003, but are they really effective in stopping crashes? How do they work?
Asks for tips have gotten more widespread. In this week’s Curious Iowa from The Gazette, a look at why, and what experts say you should be tipping.
The former county home in rural Scotch Grove attracts paranormal investigators and curious Iowans for visits.
The Cedar Rapids water tower along Boyson Road got a makeover this month, with painters adding the city’s name and logo to the white tank for the first time.
The State of Iowa has received more than $11 billion in federal pandemic relief funding. Where has that money been spent, and how much remains unspent?
Fields of opportunity brought Northern and Eastern Europeans to Iowa in the mid-1800s.
A look at Iowa’s most extreme weather and how records are determined and recorded.
How a sandy island was used to unify two sides of Cedar Rapids.
Bloomsbury Farm brings designs to life with precision ag technology
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?
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