Elijah Decious

The nonprofit who handles Iowa foster care referrals receives 35% more children than parents to place them with. They need to recruit more than 1,200 foster families to help meet the need.

A longtime food truck has found a more stationary location in New Bohemia.

NewBo City Market’s signature annual celebration is back.

A popular restaurant for fried fare has opened a second location in short order.

Cedar Rapids restaurateurs are expanding to Johnson County with their latest opening.

Sanctuary Pub is coming back to life less than six months after it closed in December 2024.

Big Grove is getting bigger as it sprawls to yet another state.

What stinks? Not this emotional support skunk.

Whose pork tenderloin makes you squeal the most? Now is your time to let the judges know.

After reopening in downtown Cedar Rapids in April 2024, the ghost kitchen popular for its Cuban sandwiches has again closed without notice.

The new kitchen opened earlier this month “in response to the overwhelming demand for custom catering in the Dubuque-Galena area,” said co-owner Jude Villafana.

Two and a half years after his opening at NewBo City Market, a humble brisket smoker turned restaurateur has taken a big step outside of the small business incubator into a freestanding space for CR Midnight Smoker BBQ.

This spring, a few seed packets are sprouting resilience in the Morningside-Glendale neighborhood.

The bakery will be open for carryout only through April, with plans for full tea service after its grand opening in May.

A European-style cafe is getting its start with pop-ups in southeast Cedar Rapids.