Living

Miccio Foundation provides more support for Dogs Forever to cool its overflow building/kennel with “greener” options and also provide more floor space for dogs with the purchase of an outdoor shed.

Cedar Rapids native Carletta Knox-Seymour holds virtual classes aimed at Black women that teach workplace skills, the impact of disenfranchisement, and how to build self-respect.

These 13 extraordinary women not only inspire and motivate change and action but also serve as role models for future leaders.

Kat Bevins is working to reduce violence in Cedar Rapids through a restorative justice nonprofit, ReSET Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids makeup artist Brent Edgett behind the spooky transformations at Scream Acres in Atkins.

One ghost hunting organization gets anywhere from 30 to 80 clients in a year. While they tend to get a few more requests around October, those cases are often not legitimate according to the organization’s founder.

Using social media activates the brain’s reward center by releasing dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical linked to pleasurable activities, and too much or too little of it has been linked with mental health disorders and challenges.

If you’re looking for chills and thrills beyond Halloween, here are just a few of Iowa’s haunted sites you can visit year-round. Most are close to home, but the most notorious one is in the southwest corner of the state.