The team brought home their fourth national title since 2015 this month. But they’re doing more than winning.
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The team brought home their fourth national title since 2015 this month. But they’re doing more than winning.
A new royal has been bestowed with the highest crown in one of the Midwest’s prominent agricultural industries. But make no mistake -- the Dairy Princess doesn’t stay on her throne.
“The Last American Gay Bar,” an Iowa-made documentary on The Blazing Saddle, explores how lightning rod events made national news from Des Moines, how the AIDS epidemic formed new community enclaves in Iowa, the impact of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on gay veterans and how Iowans survived a time when the LGBTQ community lived deeply in the margins.
For the first time in five years, former patients from St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids have the chance to thank the neonatal intensive care unit staff who gave them a chance to get to grow up at a NICU reunion.
Cricket, with some similarities to baseball, is taking off locally thanks to a new youth league started by members of the local Indian-American community.
After guiding the district through its most formative years, Brooke Prouty is ready to help cities across Iowa with the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
After losing his wife and stepson to addiction, a Cedar Rapids app developer wants to make mental wellness a matter of empowerment.
This traveling Iowa blogger isn’t running for office. But the foodie and small town tourist is pressing the flesh with restaurant owners and locals in every county as he seeks his favorite pork tenderloin.
After reading the harrowing story of a Cedar Rapids veteran who survived a crash in Nazi-occupied France, one Czech historian was drawn to Iowa to document the stories of World War II veterans for the future.
From casual to cut-throat, here’s what handlers do to win the international competition held in Cedar Rapids each year.
These spinning tops, inspired by traditional Mexican toy artisans, will bring out the child in you.
The new Calyx Creek, opened in June, hopes to make lavender an experience to remember.
Marion couple Lucas Howes and Lexi Thumann have completed a 6,000 square foot renovation, turning what was a crumbling 1866 structure into a place where tenants can have their own slice of a restored mansion.
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