While Iowans have basked in summer-like weather for most of this fall, forecasts predict a possible freeze this week. Some parts of the state may have already experienced a light frost, but a freeze — when temperatures dip below 32 degrees — is more damaging to plants. In 2023, parts of Iowa escaped a killing […]
Photos: St. John’s Cemetery Czech histor
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — As part of its sesquicentennial celebration, the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church history committee hosted a walking tour of St. John’s Cemetery that highlighted the site’s Czech roots. More than 30 people attended the free tour on Saturday, Oct. 5, one of the events to mark 150 years since the founding of […]
State denies Cedar Rapids request to con...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The city of Cedar Rapids announced that the Iowa Department of Transportation has denied the city’s application to continue operating its Automated Traffic Enforcement cameras for speeding violations at nine sites, while approving six others. Under House File 2681, signed into law in May, cities had to apply for a permit […]
Cedar Rapids church marks 150 years duri...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — History was on display as St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church celebrated 150 years during its annual Czech Goulash Day on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Founded by Czech immigrants in 1874, the parish retains its connection to that Bohemian history through the festival, with Czech food, music and more. Czech Goulash Day features […]
Photos: Czech and Slovak presidential vi...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Nearly 1,000 people watched Sept. 27, 2024, as the presidents of the Czech Republic and Slovakia dedicated the Buresh Immigration Clock Tower at the entrance to Czech Village. Read more at the Corridor Business Journal The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and […]
Slovak president welcomed to Iowa for ce...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Peter Pellegrini, the president of Slovakia, arrived in Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, as part of a multi-day celebration in Cedar Rapids. Pellegrini participated in a ribbon-cutting for The Slovak Epic exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library with museum President and CEO Cecilia Rokusek and visited […]
What you need to know to attend the Czec...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In a monumental event, presidents of both the Czech Republic and Slovakia will attend the dedication of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library’s renovated clock tower this Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. The event is a reprisal, of sorts, of the landmark visit by three presidents to dedicate the museum […]
Nature Watch: praying mantis, hornworm a...
Late summer tends to bring out larger insects, such as the praying mantis, as well as caterpillars on their way to becoming remarkable butterflies and moths. In Iowa, summer-like weather clung until the first official day of fall with lower temperatures predicted for the autumnal equinox on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. While anecdotally, fewer monarch […]
New Bohemia businesses take hit during r...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Kenyon Thorp describes the road construction barrier in front of her family-owned business as a “metal cage.” Since the 6-foot-tall fencing was installed last week alongside the Ideal Theater & Bar, 213 16th Ave. SE, and other New Bohemia establishments on 16th Avenue SE, sales have plummeted by 80 percent, said […]
Inside the immigrant clock tower transfo...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Visitors to BrewNost will see a sneak peek of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library’s transformed clock tower on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. The Prague-style astronomical clock, or orloj, includes 12 figurines symbolizing immigration that were installed this week, hand-carved by Slovak artist Andrej Haršány, of Borová, a village […]