PHOTOS: Photos of January 2025 by Gazette Photojournalists

DeWolf Center senior director Kathy Good, left, laughs with Mike and Julie Fitzgerald as Mike wears a sent of antlers for a festive ring toss game during a “memory cafe” event at the Chris & Suzy DeWolf Family Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. The memory cafe, which began in October of 2023, occur twice a month and provide a safe space for those dealing with dementia and their caregivers to have fun and share their experiences. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Avery Nguyen, 5, of California concentrates on making the perfect snowball while playing in the snow outside of her family home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Incoming Linn County Supervisor Brandy Zumbach Meisheid takes the oath of office during a swearing in ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Zumbach Meisheid will replace her father, Louis Zumbach, on the board. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Little Village publisher Jordan Sellergren looks over invoices in her office at Little Village’s Iowa City newsroom on Thursday, January 9, 2025. Sellergren purchased the magazine after more than a decade working for it. Her priorities for the magazine moving forwards are arts criticism, environmental reporting, and community news. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Indian Creek Nature Center director of land stewardship Jean Wiedenheft holds a chicken at the Etzel Sugar Grove Farm near Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Naomi Friend of Story City paints details onto a mural at the Lake Iowa Park Nature Center in Iowa County, Iowa on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The mural, just like many of Iowa’s native forrest ecosystems, is centered around a burr oak tree and depicts more than 20 different species. Painting the mural is part of a multi phase plan to add environmental education displays about three different ecosystems, wetland, forrest, and prairie, to the nature center. The displays are funded by the Friends of Iowa County Conservation Foundation. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

McKinley STEAM Academy student Sam Tyler, 13, left, watches as Zoee Snow, 13, talk about the building material they used in their floating future city while answering questions from a panel of judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Lori Neal (left) of Cedar Falls, Iowa, pilots her kayak and that of Joyce Cameron’s to the boat ramp during a New Year’s Day kayak paddle in the Cedar River at George With State Park Waterloo, Iowa, on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The New Year’s Day tradition, now in its 33rd year, was started by Kip Ladage and Darrin Siefken. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Sarah Fried crowns Kate Johnson with a tiara during a costume fitting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Johnson will sing the role of the fairy godmother in the Cedar Rapids Opera’s presentation of “Cinderella” later this month. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Jan Hoag (left) talks to T.J. Davis about his cowboy hat during the 30th birthday party of Bri Huss at Stone City General Store in Stone City, Iowa, on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Built in 1893, the former post office, rail depot and quarry office as well as a meeting spot for artists associated with the Grant Wood Art Colony has new life as an events venue. The building housed a pub which closed in 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Tana Torres looks on during a case management hearing at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, January 10, 2025. Torres, charged with human trafficking a minor and other charges, allegedly picked up a minor and took her to a Quality Inn, where they gave her drugs, including meth, and took sexually explicit photos used to advertise her for sex. She was then trafficked against her will, according criminal complaints. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

John Krumm of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, walks the trails at Indian Creek Nature Center in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Krumm walks four or five times a week. He likes to walk about 12 miles each week. Krumm has been walking regularly for the past six years. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A collector well is silhouetted in the Seminole well field in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Workers with Midwest Demolition Contractors Inc., demolish Hills Elementary School in Hills, Iowa, on Monday, January 13, 2025. The Iowa City Community School District closed the school at the end of the 2023/2024 school year. The school opened in 1965. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Jonah Marcussen of Iowa City rides the ramp while enjoying the unseasonably warm January weather at the Iowa City Skate Park in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mallary Holcomb of Oregon, left, ice skates with her daughter Mimi Holcomb, 6, and her mother Callie Crull of Cedar Rapids at the outdoor skating rink at Hughes Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes forward Payton Sandfort (20) and Iowa Hawkeyes guard Josh Dix (4) react after a foul is called on the Hawkeyes in the second half of the game against Indiana at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Jan Jensen reacts after a foul is called on the Hawkeyes against Maryland in the second quarter of the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa State Cyclones head coach T. J. Otzelberger talks with Iowa State Cyclones forward Joshua Jefferson (2) during a game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Baylor Bears at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, January 4, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Maryland Terrapins guard Shyanne Sellers (0) reacts after a foul is called on her in the fourth quarter of the game against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa State Cyclones forward Brandton Chatfield (33) and Baylor Bears guard Jayden Nunn (2) battle for a loose ball during a game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Baylor Bears at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, January 4, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes center Ava Heiden (5) reaches out to block Indiana Hoosiers guard Sydney Parrish (33) as they both go for the rebound in the fourth quarter of the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Hawkeyes celebrate after scoring over Nebraska in the third quarter of the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ryker Dengler drills with teammate Briggs Collins during a practice at West Liberty High School in West Liberty, Iowa on Monday, January 20, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar’s Divine Akili reacts as she wrestles Western Dubuque’s Carly Knapp in a 190 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's guard Libby Fandel (13) and Xavier's forward Taylor Rexroth (11) reach out to get the rebound against CR Washington's guard Samantha Becker (4) in the first quarter of the game at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's guard Libby Fandel (13) elbows CR Washington's guard Elysionna Westerfield (0) as she runs to get control of the loose ball in the third quarter of the game at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa State students react as they sound the alarm before the start of the Kansas vs. Iowa State game at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The West Delaware wrestling team holds up their trophy after defeating Independence 30-29 during the boys’ wrestling dual at West Delaware High School in West Delaware, Iowa on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Rep. Bobby Kauffmann, Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kauffmann, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, and Rep. Pat Grassley laugh during the first day of the legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, January 13, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

J'Juanna Williams covers her face with a piece of paper during a sentencing hearing at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, January 24, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Instructor Fiona Burns watches as Agnes Peterson, 7, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, practice her ice skating skills during Learn to Skate lessons at ImOn Ice Arena in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, January 6, 2025. The arena celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Jane Nesmith (left) talks with Carin Bringelson (right) during an “Unplugged Evening” at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha, Iowa on Thursday, January 23, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Camp Courageous CEO Charlie Becker (right) gets a hug from board member Mag (cq) Welter after his announcement that he is stepping down as the director of the camp during a news conference at the Durgin Pavilion at the camp in Monticello, Iowa, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Becker has been the CEO since taking the position in 1980. During that time, Becker has led the organization’s growth from five buildings to 35, from 40 acres to 400, and a camp serving a few hundred campers with special needs to nearly 10,000 campers. Becker will continue in a role with the Camp Courageous Foundation. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Pankaj Monga, CEO of Channel Fusion acknowledges the applause from the audience after he spoke speak after being presented the Howard Hall Award at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Annual Meeting at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids Convention Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

An adult bald eagle sits in a tree along the Iowa River south of Burlington St. in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, January 17, 2025. The dam and the swiftly-moving water on the river offers an easier meal source for the raptors. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

The Indigo Fizz cocktail at City Walk in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mike Smith of Bondurant, left, films his son Eamon Smith as he cannonballs into the frigid water during the Hawkeye Wrestling Club Arctic Plunge event at Brown Deer Golf Club in Coralville, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Assistant Linn County Attorney Molly Edwards (second from right) reacts to an argument from defense attorney Austin Luse (second from left) as attorneys have a sidebar with Sixth Judicial District Judge Ian Thornhill (right) during the trial of Jarod Anderson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Anderson, 35, of Hiawatha, is accused of taking a minor from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, giving them drugs and forcing them into prostitution. Anderson is charged with human trafficking of a minor, third-degree sexual abuse, conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, pimping, and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Anderson is the first case tried in Linn County since a new law was passed in 2023 that specifies life in prison without the possibility of parole for those convicted of human trafficking. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)