Mario Minnaert, 31, of North Liberty, will run the 4x4x48 Goggins Challenge, in which the goal is to run four miles every four hours for 48 hours. Created by retired U.S. Navy seal, ultramarathoner, public speaker and author David Goggins, the challenge unites people around the world running the same distance, often at the exact same time.
For four years, Frank the cat has been the best sales clerk at Next Page Books bookstore in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo neighborhood. “He’s become the face of the bookstore,” store owner Bart Carithers says.
Application portal is open for interested local students; informational meeting next week
Just as you take time to “spring clean” your home, these six weeks provide a wonderful opportunity for a little spring cleaning of your mind, body and soul.
Settle down in one of 30 new theater-style seats that tilt you back just enough to gaze at the silvery white dome overhead. And then hold on for a magical ride through the cosmos at Waterloo’s Norris Corson Family Planetarium.
The Iowa House went two different directions Monday as it extended more local control to cities to deal with public nuisances, but took away local control from public and private schools, day care centers and colleges by prohibiting them from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations.
It may be warming up outside a bit, but winter still is here and workouts need to get done. Here are some suggestions:
For many Black restaurant owners, Black history isn’t just something celebrated during the shortest month of the year — it’s a lived experience practiced by hand every single day.
Buzz is a 2-year-old male dog available for adoption at the Cedar Valley Humane Society. He has a special $14 adoption fee.
Too often we use the term trauma gratuitously in the same vein as we assign the phrase PTSD to our facetiously nostalgic feelings toward something. In reality, trauma is a highly complex, multilayered subject and PTSD is one possible disorder that can occur as a result of experiencing trauma
Need your Girl Scout cookie fix at the touch of a button? A new partnership between DoorDash and Troop 1949 has you covered in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa State University studies why people in certain ‘declining’ cities love their city, their quality of life
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