CEDAR RAPIDS – The Indian Creek Nature Center today announced its strategic vision for the 190-acre Etzel Sugar Grove Farm, as well as the lead gift of $150,000 from local organic products manufacturer, Frontier Co-op, to the project’s seed funding campaign. The farm, located about four miles northwest of the Tuma Soccer Complex in rural […]
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Month: February 2018
Inner-city haven grows in Cedar Rapids, ...
By Cindy Hadish/for Iowa Gardener Dreams of an acreage were put on hold when Doug and Gale Koch moved to a home in a core neighborhood of Cedar Rapids, but that didn’t stop the couple from growing their own inner-city haven. The two have lived in their 1920’s house for more than 22 years and […]
Photos: Bernie Sanders returns to Iowa
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – An adoring crowd greeted Sen. Bernie Sanders back to Cedar Rapids, during a “Repeal the TrumpTax” tour of the Midwest. Sounding much like his presidential campaign rallies of 2016, Sanders (I-Vt.) spoke to hundreds of supporters Friday, Feb. 23, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. “Now is not the time for […]
Rain garden giveaway offered in Cedar Ra...
Cedar Rapids residents can apply for free design and installation of a rain garden, a landscaping feature that captures rain water runoff on your property and can help improve water quality downstream. Rain gardens not only provide a functional value, but can add beauty to your yard, as well. AmeriCorps is partnering with the city […]
Unconventional Czech tradition kept aliv...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Czechs in Cedar Rapids are carrying on the longtime Mardi Gras-style costume ball tradition known as Šibřinky. Hosted by Sokol Cedar Rapids, the event has been celebrated the past several years at the St. Wenceslaus Church gym – including one on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 – after decades at the former Sokol […]
Photos: Demonstrators call for end to gu...
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – Advocates in favor of common-sense legislation to help end gun violence staged a peaceful vigil Sunday, Feb. 18, in Greene Square Park. About 300 people braved raw winds that made it difficult to keep candles lit in memory of victims of mass shootings, including last week’s school shooting that […]
Photos: DACA supporters march in Cedar R...
By Cindy Hadish Advocates showed their love for the nation’s “Dreamers” during a Valentine’s Day march and rally in Cedar Rapids. More than 60 people walked from Coe College to the Linn County Courthouse on a relatively balmy winter day, with temperatures in the low 40s. Chanting “education not deportation” and more, the supporters made […]
Lineup announced as Czech Village Blues ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Friends of Czech Village has been hard at work to resurrect the Riverside Roundhouse, home to farmers markets for decades. Last year, the group teamed with the Linn County Blues Society to host Czech Village Blues as a fundraiser to bring back the Roundhouse, which was dismantled following the 2008 flood that […]
Is Trump’s plan for a display of strengt
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan Donald Trump’s plan to stage a parade to display our nation’s military strength reminded me of the veterans I met during an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., several years ago. Most of the men and women on the one-day trip were in their 80s or 90s and were among the last […]
Rebirth of an environmental movement in ...
HIAWATHA – A “green” coalition that sparked EcoFest, a popular Earth Day celebration, is being revitalized to face watershed and water quality concerns, climate change, infill development and other environmental issues. Thirty representatives of environmental groups, students, businesses and county and city staff met last week at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha for the […]