Savannah Blake

A photographic tour of The Gazette’s best photos of the second half of October 2025

It’s peak season for peeking at autumn leaves

Photos from Iowa women’s wrestling media day in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

Early voting is underway ahead of Tuesday’s city and school elections, including at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids

Gov. Kim Reynolds was among the speakers at the opening of Radix Recovery, a new drug and alcohol addiction treatment center housed in the former Higley Mansion in southeast Cedar Rapids.

Jon and Marcia Kenzenbaw are hosting an open house for their tractor collection auction. The auction features nearly 150 tractors ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s. The open house lasts through Thursday at their property in Williamsburg.

Performers entertained community members as they gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday.

Photos: A mild fall day at University of Iowa

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Photos from Gazette photojournalists for the first half of October 2025

Photos from the Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Erskine Elementary Principal Alexis Pieper spent Monday working from the school’s roof after the students and the PTA met a goal of raising $15,000 for the Walk N’ Rock fundraiser earlier in the month.

The city of Oxford is hosting a costume closet that provides children with free Halloween costumes. This is the first year for the program and costumes are available throughout the month of October. The closet can be found at City Hall Monday through Thursday and at the library Friday through Saturday.

Photos from 1A girls state tennis day 2 at the University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.