Casey Peck Peck started out at Kalona Cooperative Technology as an accountant and worked her way into being controller. From there she moved on to being CFO and in 2013 stepped into her current role of both CFO and general manager.
The Wild Game Feast at Faith Bible Church in Cedar Rapids isn’t your average church potluck, though it started out as one.
Mount Vernon-based meal subscription service, Plantiful Pantry, offers online meal planning and cooking courses. And this month they are launching a local, ready-to-eat meal service.
John Heim of Marion battles back after 2018 freak accident left him partially paralyzed.
Before it starts a new chapter, patrons reflect on decades of memories made at Basix as they hope future generations make the same memories in Cedar Rapids’ only remaining LGBTQ bar.
Since the pandemic, libraries have seen an increase in the number of donated books that are not usable for resale purposes. Here are some guidelines to consider before you donate.
Institutions across Eastern Iowa are evolving their definition of inclusivity with new and established programming that brings sensory needs to the forefront.
The Buy Nothing Project, described as the world’s largest gift economy, allows neighbors in communities around the world to share things they no longer need or have in surplus. Items are given freely with no money, no bartering and no strings attached.
Marion’s Mary Komisar completed an 18-year journey to visit every stadium in the NFL in 2021.
Two white Cedar Rapids parents have earned love and responded to criticism in the adoption of their Black child as their TikTok following climbed. Now, they have a book deal and run social media as a full-time job.
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.
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.
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