During Memorial Day services across the state, Iowans joined the rest of the nation in honoring service men and women killed during wartime and other loved ones who have died. In Cedar Rapids, events on Monday, May 30, 2022, included a service and free tours of exhibitions at the Veterans Memorial Building downtown, and an […]
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Month: May 2022
Photos: Downtown Farmers Market 2022 ope...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After resorting to a drive-through market in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shortened season last year, the 2022 Downtown Farmers Market kicked off May 28 with crowds of customers and picture-perfect weather. Organizers estimated 15,000 people would attend the opening day of the market, featuring more than 150 […]
Moving on: Cedar Rapids restaurant reloc...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In the five years since opening her dream restaurant at the edge of downtown Cedar Rapids, Jess Johnson has endured the pandemic, Iowa’s hurricane-strength derecho and almost a year of road closures that continue to nearly envelop her business. Even as her restaurant, Runt’s Munchies, has managed to survive, Johnson decided […]
CR City Council allows Country Club prop...
UPDATE June 14, 2022 — Ignoring concerns raised by two residents at the June 14 Cedar Rapids City Council meeting, as well as 117 petition signatures and letters written in opposition to the project, the five council members who did not recuse themselves voted unanimously in favor of both the Country Club’s rezoning and to […]
Why lilacs in Iowa turned a whiter shade...
Numerous Iowa gardeners have noticed a change in the color of their lilacs this spring. Normally purple lilacs, to quote Procol Harum, turned a whiter shade of pale. The perfumed blossoms, a springtime favorite, still carried their fragrant scent, but didn’t look as colorful as in previous years. Linn County Master Gardeners covering the “hortline” […]
Plant sale has connection to history
A plant sale in Iowa City, set for this Friday, May 20, has a connection to the past. P.E.O. Chapter HI will offer a variety of plants at its Second Annual Sale from 1-4 p.m. at 500 St. Thomas Ct., just off Rochester Avenue in Iowa City. The P.E.O. recently received plants with a special […]
Finding morels and photos of Houby Days ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The line to buy morel mushrooms stretched a half-block to Sykora Bakery when the sponge-like delicacies went on sale the Saturday morning of Houby Days. Organizers were scrambling to bring in more morels after 120 pounds of the popular item sold out, and hoped to have the mushrooms for sale again […]
First lob hit in Country Club rezoning r...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids Country Club’s request to rezone property for a new tennis facility is on hold, for now. With only five members voting due to conflicts with four City Council members, the council voted to table the club’s request to rezone more than 184 acres at 27th Street Drive SE, […]
Houby Days set for comeback in Czech Vil...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – After canceling the 2020 event due to the coronavirus pandemic and holding a scaled-back version last year, supporters are eager to see a return of the popular Houby Days festival to Czech Village. Still, the closure of the 16th Avenue Bridge of Lions due to construction, and other work along the […]
Old-fashioned soda fountain evokes bygon...
UPDATE: Beginning the week of Sept. 5, 2022, fall hours will be Sunday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Mary Kay Novak McGrath recalls an era when at least two soda fountains served up sodas and other sweet treats in Czech Village […]