Articles Tagged: RAGBRAI

An Iowa state senator was arrested and charged with a simple misdemeanor after refusing to abide by a law enforcement officer, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

On the cusp of RAGBRAI this week, cyclists share benefits and tips.

Eastern Iowa will likely start seeing temperatures surpassing 90 degrees by midweek, even as early as Tuesday. It will likely be the hottest days of the summer so far. Local officials are ready to respond, if needed, with cooling centers.

Iowa law enforcement will be out on the road Wednesday ready to pull over speeding vehicles and motorcycles as part of a multistate traffic safety awareness campaign.

More than 20,000 cyclists will ride through Iowa in late July, and cities have been hard at work recruiting vendors, planning entertainment and finalizing other details. Coralville will need more than 900 volunteers as it preps as for its sixth time as an overnight host.

The wheat pasted murals will celebrate the city’s rich history and bright future -- which is the tagline for the sesquicentennial celebration. The murals will be in visible locations in time for FourthFest and when thousands of RAGBRAI riders stay overnight in Coralville at the end of July.

For its 50th year this summer, RAGBRAI will head back to Coralville as one of its overnight stops on the 500-mile ride.

The city’s new public art master plan encourages more public and private public art projects to celebrate Cedar Rapids’ unique identity and create a more vibrant community. “Public art is the voice of the people,” said Ryan Sarfati, one of the artists who recently worked on the city’s new Five Seasons parking ramp mural.

The 19th HiBRAI (Hiawatha Bike Ride Around Iowa) takes place the weekend of Aug. 20 and 21. Riders will start at Hiawatha City Hall and follow mostly trails all the way down to Riverside

This summer’s RAGBRAI will cut across Northern Iowa, starting in Sergeant Bluff along the Missouri River and ending 430 miles later in Lansing along the Mississippi River.

Day five of RAGBRAI took riders from Waterloo into Linn and Jones counties with stops in Center Point and Central City before a night in Anamosa

Friday night, DeWitt will swell with people and bikes traversing the state for the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa.

A 25-foot statue inspired by Grant Wood will greet riders in the town’s fourth turn as a stop on the bike ride.

The route is out for the 48th edition of RAGBRAI as officials try to turn the page from one of …

The organizer for a new weeklong bike ride that would have gone head-to-head with Iowa’s iconic summer biking tradition called …