Todd Dorman

Our Participation Garden has entered its wild, overgrown stage. Sure, it’s not drawing global admiration like the Obama Victory Garden, but …

Maybe you caught some coverage of a  poll commissioned by TheIowaRepublican.com (News for Republicans, by Republicans) showing that 67 percent of Iowans …

Miss a week, miss a lot. There were developments on many fronts during my week away. A few thoughts on …

This op-ed piece arrived in our inbox this afternoon from former state lawmaker/candidate for governor/congressional hopeful Ed Fallon. He says …

The Daily-Herald, which covers Chicago’s northwest suburbs, carries news today that Schaumburg, Ill., is dropping its red light traffic enforcement …

So I’m back from my week-long Iowa staycation. I’d say I feel tan, rested and ready, but I just vacationed …

The way Brian Erbe sees it, good softball is good softball, regardless of class.So when Cedar Rapids Xavier moved up …

North Polk senior Sammy Snygg struck out 12 batters last night in a 9-0 win against Panorama to become Iowa’s …

He wore a T-shirt to baseball practice Tuesday that read “Prairie soccer.” Kind of sums it up perfectly for Scott …

I’ll be on vacation through next week, so the posts will be few and far between, or not at all. …

Sources close to the solstice claim it’s summer. Judging by our recent Octoberish weather, I can’t confirm that.  But apparently …

Sometimes, an e-mail ends up in some unintended in-boxes. On Tuesday, Tim Pugh, a driving force behind a Cedar Rapids Tea Party …

So Christian Fong couldn’t wait. The Republican Cedar Rapids marketing executive kicked off his run for governor with a Twitter …

Shot a little bit of video of Cedar Rapids Xavier pitcher Jon Keller as he spun a two-hit shutout at …

Christian Fong just tweeted that he’s entering the campaign for governor: christianfong Today I announced & filed that I am …