Living

If the fireplace is the focal point, what’s above it should complement it and not compete.

With fewer of them since the pandemic began, hospice volunteers in Eastern Iowa listen to the stories that many don’t hear in the final stages of people’s lives.

Iowa music man Bob Dorr reflects on turning 70, spending 50 years on Iowa Public Radio and 45 years leading bands.

For most of us, making resolutions doesn’t result in much changing. Instead of change, I want the people I work with in therapy to focus on adaptability.

LISBON — Fur Fun Rescue has received a grant of $800 from the Miccio Foundation for a special group of …

A 60-year-old ski and sledding attraction in western Iowa has been sold to Pottawattamie County for $3.5 million. The county plans to explore making the spot it a year-round destination.

The U.S. figure skating championship pair Ashley Cain-Gribble and Cedar Rapids native Timothy LeDuc are going to the Beijing Olympics. That means LeDuc, who identifies as nonbinary, will become the first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian.

Cinderella is an adult female cat available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control. There also is a cat adoption special for the month of January.