CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Market After Dark, which attracts tens of thousands of people to downtown Cedar Rapids, is scheduled to return on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Related: See photos from the 2021 Market After Dark The event, which includes a variety of food and product vendors interspersed with live entertainment and adult beverages, was […]
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Year: 2022
“Your buddy, Mike” Letters returned to I
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan Monica Morley and her sister, Maria Hamilton, never met their uncle, who was killed in World War II before they were born, but a remarkable coincidence led the Cedar Rapids women to a close friend who had lived near their uncle and corresponded with him during the war. Mike Bisek, 99, […]
Flower fundraiser supports Master Garden...
IOWA CITY — After a successful flower sale last year, the Johnson County Master Gardeners will offer another Flower Fundraiser from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. The group will offer cut flowers for sale to the public in a drive-through format at the fairgrounds, 3109 Old Hwy 218 […]
Hope grows two years after devastating d...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A low-key commemoration of Iowa’s 2020 derecho will take place to mark the two-year anniversary of the devastating windstorm. A Resiliency Day is planned for Aug. 10, 2022, organized on Facebook by Tamara Marcus and Eric Gutschmidt. “Two years ago our lives were upended during the derecho,” the Facebook event notes. […]
Driver charged after protesters hit in C...
A driver who police say struck pedestrians who were peacefully protesting in downtown Cedar Rapids has been charged with two criminal offenses. According to a press release, David Alan Huston, 53, was charged with assault by use or display of a dangerous weapon (vehicle) and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. Related: Cedar […]
Magic lilies make synchronized appearanc...
As perennial flowers start their fall blooms of yellow and orange, one reliable plant blooms pretty in pink. Magic lilies, also known as surprise lilies or naked ladies, tend to bloom in Iowa in late summer in a synchronized manner. If you see them popping up in one part of town, you’ll see them in […]
At age 99, World War II veteran in Iowa ...
UPDATE Nov. 10, 2023: Mike Bisek turned 100 earlier this year, but still has not received the Purple Heart for which his friends have advocated. By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan It was 1944. U.S. Army Air Corps photographer/gunner Mike Bisek and fellow crewmates bailed out over Nazi-occupied France after their B-24 bomber was hit by enemy […]
Time-honored music tradition plans retur...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Tournament of Drums is set to return to Kingston Stadium on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. The competition, featuring seven Open Class drum & bugle corps from throughout the United States and Canada, begins at 7 p.m. Related: History project coincides with Tournament […]
Iowa to reopen beach after deadly amoeba...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will reopen the beach at Lake of Three Fires on Thursday, July 28, 2022, after officials confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that caused a brain infection that killed a Missouri resident who swam in the lake earlier this month. Related: Missouri resident dies after infection with […]
Bridge of Lions ribbon-cutting celebrate...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Fourteen years after unprecedented flooding forever changed the historic Czech Village and New Bohemia neighborhoods, a new flood protection system was celebrated in Cedar Rapids. A ribbon-cutting Friday, July 22, 2022, on the 16th Avenue Bridge of Lions marked the completion of the $12 million roller gate system that can be […]