Growing plants native to Iowa support birds, bees and butterflies. Experts say you don’t need a large yard to make a difference.
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Growing plants native to Iowa support birds, bees and butterflies. Experts say you don’t need a large yard to make a difference.
Maestro Tim Hankewich is pretty excited about the upcoming season for Orchestra Iowa. There’s a lot of great music planned, but it’s also Hankewich’s 20th year with the symphony: an important milestone and a cause for both celebration and reflection.
Get to Know Gives Back talks to Rachel Cohen from Catherine McAuley Center about the services they provide and how to get involved.
May is Celiac Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about this autoimmune condition that affects millions. So, whether you’re living gluten-free, know someone who is, or just wonder why your friend quizzes the waiter about cross-contamination, let’s uncover the wheat-free truth!
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
What stinks? Not this emotional support skunk.
Today’s Jens Jensen is stewarding the relatively new Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park, named for his ancestor. It’s nestled into the grounds of the Museum of Danish America. Located in the tiny town of Elk Horn, about 200 miles west of Cedar Rapids, the museum is emerging as a fascinating place for people of all ethnic backgrounds to visit.
Get to Know Gives Back talks to Tobi Luetkemeier from Camp Courageous about the camp experience and how to get involved.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
People rely on restaurants and grocery stores to be clean and safe. How often are facilities that serve food inspected? And where can you read the reports?
World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes to be remembered as a simple pastor.
This spring, a few seed packets are sprouting resilience in the Morningside-Glendale neighborhood.
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