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After Linn County lost an estimated 1 million trees in the 2020 derecho, Monarch Research Project of Marion made it its mission to rebuild. The nonprofit has planted 100,000 native trees in Linn County. Monarch Research Project wants to double that total in the next five years.

By some measures, the U.S. remains overwhelmingly spiritual. Many Americans have a supernatural outlook, with 83% believing in God or a universal spirit and 86% believing that people have a soul or spirit. About seven in 10 Americans believe in heaven, hell or both.

Get to Know Gives Back talks to Emma Huntzinger with CommUnity Crisis Services about the services they provide and how to get involved.

Forget basketball, football, or soccer — there’s another sport in Eastern Iowa gaining popularity with young people: cyclocross biking.

Variety - the Children’s Charity of Iowa donates adaptive mobility equipment to Iowa special needs children, along with traditional bicycles to children whose families can’t afford a bicycle.

When sharing the streets with vehicles is a necessary reality, cyclists can take some simple precautions.

The Gazette’s Cycling Guide tells the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor a cycling destination.