CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Visitors returned to the African American Museum of Iowa for the first time in more than a year to celebrate the museum’s grand reopening. Closed for renovations since August 2022, the museum, at 55 12th Ave. SE, offered $1 admission as part of its reopening on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The […]
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Protest of war in Gaza comes to quiet en...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa students celebrated graduation just feet from the final moments of a three-day protest of the war in Gaza. Posing for photos in front of the Old Capitol and next to a Herky statue on the Pentacrest, students seemed oblivious to messages drawn in chalk that called for a […]
Photos: First Freedom FEASTival in Cedar...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sunny skies and mild temperatures welcomed the inaugural Freedom FEASTival in downtown Cedar Rapids. More: Freedom Festival adds new event Customers queued up at a dozen food trucks that lined the perimeter of Greene Square during the free event, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2024. The Freedom […]
Final Four photos: Carver-Hawkeye Watch ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Fans rode a roller coaster of emotions as the University Iowa Women’s basketball team squeaked out a win in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Thousands cheered on the Hawkeyes from Carver-Hawkeye Arena during an April 5 watch party as the team beat the University of Connecticut 71-69 on the […]
Holocaust survivor expresses hope, but u...
Note: Holocaust survivor Erika Schwartz will also be speaking in Ballantyne Auditorium at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2024. By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — One of the youngest Holocaust survivors still living told an audience at Coe College she had long been confident that a similar […]
Parade returns to St. Patrick’s Day in C
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Blustery winds accompanied the return of the SaPaDaPaSo — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — parade on March 17. In 2022, organizers cited a challenge with finding volunteers during the workweek in moving the parade to the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, but returned to the traditional day this year. Even […]
Internal candidate selected as choice fo...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids City Council will vote this Tuesday on the selection of a new police chief. David Dostal, with local roots in Cedar Rapids, was announced Feb. 12, 2024, at the top choice out of four finalists. Dostal grew up in southwest Cedar Rapids, attended LaSalle High School and graduated […]
Freedom Festival adds new food event for...
UPDATE: The site of Freedom FEASTival has been changed to Greene Square Park in downtown Cedar Rapids. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Freedom Festival organizers announced a new food event that will serve as a fundraiser for the popular festival in Cedar Rapids. The event, Freedom FEASTival, is set for 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, […]
Cedar Rapids marks 175 years with time c...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When white settlers first arrived in what is now Cedar Rapids, the Sac and Fox, Winnebago and other indigenous tribes had already long-inhabited the area along the Cedar River. Osgood Shepherd maintained he was the first settler, building a log cabin near the present-day “Tree of Five Seasons” monument, according to […]
After 60 years, Iowa woman continues sea...
Every year she hopes for a Christmas miracle: the chance to meet the girl her sister gave up for adoption. This year, that baby girl would be turning 60. The woman, who does not want to be identified to protect the privacy of her sister — the girl’s mother — said a couple from All […]