Diane Fannon-Langton

Family built landmark home in North Liberty in 1908

The Shakespeare Garden in Ellis Park in Northwest Cedar Rapids has been home to two different busts of the famous Bard for which the garden was named.

Cedar Rapids theater building sported 42-foot sign, 1928 to 1965

It’s been repaired, reimagined several times since 1896

After Howard Hall died in ’71, his widow secured the mansion’s future

Flight over Iowa in 1929 was not part of original flight plan

Olympic medalist promoted ethics over dusty trophies in C.R. visit

It was ‘a foul blot, an insult, a monument to greed,’ Gazette decreed

2 Cedar Rapids men knew what to do in 1897

Blue signs first appeared on Cedar Rapids buildings in 1970s

Bucky O’Connor twice guided Iowa’s ‘Fabulous Five’ men’s basketball team to the Final Four in the 1950s.

Iowan was one of the first to play women’s professional basketball

Terry Wilson jumped for joy, then had a pro golfer as a caddy

Montezuma couple were suspects in bank theft ... until their bodies were found

Race car driver Gus Schrader broke speed records, earned his nickname, died on the track