Steve Gravelle

For 35 years, Hiawatha-based Banacom has evolved to include decals, life-sized cardboard cutouts and vinyl wraps for virtually anything that can carry a message.

Brice Lukasko will recount his experience starting BLX during a 1 Million Cups discussion Dec. 15.

Her talent for the homemade blanket that became an art form led Megan Bracy to build a studio in the basement of her family’s Marion home. There she stitches the finishing touches to others’ work.

Local residents whose sweet tooth puts them at odds with a vegan diet or gluten restrictions can thank a church bake sale for expanding their options.

Beth Livingston, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, is one of a team of investigators that’s among the first to look at how artificial intelligence could affect the future of clerical work.

That will mean some new names alongside traditional mainstays such as Schild Brau and Iowa Pale Ale. Many new styles will be offered in cans, also new for Millstream.

Ice Cube Press lists dozens of titles still in print, including some of its earliest.

Where to go, what to bring, and how to crack them open.

Some of the best geode hunting grounds around are in Southeastern Iowa. Here’s how to find these geological marvels, without trespassing.

From online retail giants to local takeout, last year’s home quarantine period saw a boom in home-delivery services. That wave receded this spring as vaccination numbers grew, but larger Iowa markets are likely to see continued growth in the service.

The market’s late-summer produce stock includes tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers and kale grown on-site, along with dill for pickling and eggs from the family chickens.

A longtime neighborhood landmark with a new identity, the ROC Center was just getting organized last summer when the Aug. 10 derecho boosted the new not-for-profit’s visibility.

Kathryn Miller maintains a space in northwest Cedar Rapids to meet with clients, but the backyard of her home in Central City is where she grows most of the flowers she crafts into bouquets and larger arrangements for weddings and receptions.

After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic emptied public gathering spaces, Cedar Rapids’ NewBo City Market is returning to its pre-pandemic self.

Christopher Krause opened the Men’s Room in Cedar Rapids in September 2015.