Elizabeth Wood

A photographic walk through the second half of July 2025

Members of the Cedar Rapids West Rotary Club dropped thousands of ping pong balls from a lift above the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market this morning as part of a fundraiser.

The Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association hosted an art and music event for all ages at Redmond Park on Sunday

RAGBRAI riders ended their trip across the state Saturday by dipping their front tires in the Mississippi River in Guttenberg.

The splash pad was added as part of an $8.35 million renovation of Central Plaza in Uptown Marion.

The Johnson County Fair continues through Wednesday at the fairgrounds on the south side of Iowa City.

The annual Shellsburg Big Days festival had to delay the start of the parade due to weather, but the events still drew a crowd on Saturday. Events included a duck race, tug-of-war competition and motorcycle show.

STEM Day, a one-day event that highlights games, skills and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), was founded three years ago with 31 vendors. On Thursday, 75 vendors welcomed the kids and families who attended.

A photographic walk through the first half of July 2025

The Coralville Fire Department and other first responders trained Saturday at S.T. Morrison Park for how to secure an area for an emergency medical helicopter landing.

The market in Uptown Marion is held the second Saturday of June, July and August, as well as on the last Saturday of September from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

CR Pride hosted its four festival and parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.

Community members gathered at Marion’s Lowe Park Thursday night for Fireworks and Fireflies, which featured live music, food, a petting zoo, face painting and inflatables

A visual walk through The Gazette’s best photos for the second half of June 2025

The Freedom Festival hosted a ‘Let’s Try DockDogs’ event to give pet owners a chance to try their dogs at the water-jumping event