Fri Sep 13, 2019
In Iowa free land giveaways can be imperfect fix for rural housing shortage
A significant number of homes across Iowa have seen better days....
Mon Aug 26, 2019
University of Iowa partnership helps small-town Iowa with murals, strategic plans and everything in between
By Lee Hermiston, The Gazette...
Tue Aug 27, 2019
How Iowa can use its cultural vibrancy to lure tourists, residents
Iowans' Ideas: Guest columns featuring the views of different Iowans in each edition of Iowa Ideas magazine. ...
Sat Aug 24, 2019
In downtown Decorah, historic preservation is often too expensive for building owners
DECORAH - When the mid-19th century J.C. Penney building in downtown Decorah came up for sale about six years ago, Stan Fulle...
Fri Aug 23, 2019
Cedar River puts Charles City on the map as a destination for kayakers, tubers
CHARLES CITY - The waves here are wide, making an ideal playground for a sport kayaker, such as Dave Messer, of Morton, Ill. ...
Mon Jul 15, 2019
Why rural Iowa needs empowering
Editor's note: Iowans' Ideas is a guest column featuring the views of different Iowans in each edition of The Gazette's Iowa ...
Fri May 3, 2019
This small Iowa town of 700 has seen $39 million in investments
STANTON - Small, rural communities in Iowa have faced challenges for decades as the urban shift has sapped financial resource...
Sat Mar 9, 2019
Cedar Rapids forgivable home improvement loan program issues first loans
CEDAR RAPIDS - The fledgling Neighborhood Finance Corporation of Cedar Rapids has closed on eight loans in the two months sin...
Sat Mar 9, 2019
$50K scholarships fuel wave of development in this Wisconsin town, and Cedar Rapids has similar goals
LA CROSSE, WIS. - When the Lyons family was looking to move off French Island, a neighborhood on the outskirts of La Crosse t...