Nick Rohlman

See photos as Hawkeye athletes and community members competed in the annual Solon Beef Days hay-bale toss.

Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy advanced to the state baseball tournament with a 5-1 win over North Scott in a Class 4A substate final Wednesday night in Cedar Rapids.

Photos from Friday night’s races at Hawkeye Downs.

Center Point-Urbana beat Monticello 4-3 in a Class 3A Iowa high school softball regional quarterfinal game Thursday night in Center Point.

The Fourth of July holiday got an early start with a July 3 fireworks show at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids.

The National Weather Service was reporting Tuesday evening that several funnel clouds were spotted in Eastern Iowa, and there may have been several touchdowns.

Class 4A eighth-ranked Iowa City Liberty and No. 3 Iowa City High split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night in North Liberty. The host Lightning won the opener, 5-0, then the Little Hawks took the nightcap, 10-0.

Iowa City Liberty and Linn-Mar split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night in Marion. The Lightning won the opener, 8-5. The host Lions took the nightcap, 10-3.

Greencastle Avenue NW in Johnson County is one of the more interesting roads in The Gazette’s coverage area.

Golfers competed for spots in the Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ golf state tournament in a regional tournament Wednesday at Gardner Golf Course in Cedar Rapids.

Coe beat Buena Vista 4-3 in an American Rivers Conference baseball tournament game Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids to advance to Saturday’s final round.

Volunteers spend Thursday helping others

Volunteers from area businesses donated their time and skills to complete tasks for area United Way organizations

Eighteen months and $5 million later, the museum is reopening to the public with a celebration that will showcase the museum’s exhibits, both new and returning.