IOWA CITY, Iowa — Project GREEN’s free annual Open Gardens Weekend will feature more than 20 residential gardens for 2025, scheduled a few weeks earlier this year to highlight plants that bloom at this time of the season. Open Gardens Weekend 2025 will be held Saturday, June 28, from 4-8 p.m., and Sunday, June 29, […]
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Downtown Farmers Market kicks off 20th s...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Downtown Farmers Market opened its 20th season June 7, 2025, with thousands of customers navigating the streets of downtown Cedar Rapids. See photos from opening day of the 2024 season. With temperatures at the start of the market in the 60s, vendors and patrons were spared the rain or heat […]
Cedar Rapids celebrates 50 years of St. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The 50th anniversary of the annual SaPaDaPaSo — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — parade was celebrated on a blustery day in downtown Cedar Rapids. With temperatures starting in the 50s and winds gusting to 40 mph, about 70 entries made their way downtown on Monday, March 17, 2025, the traditional […]
Prepare to spring ahead for Daylight Sav...
Iowa’s recent smack of winter weather belies the calendar’s march toward spring, and with it, the coming of Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2025, the second Sunday of March. If you have a clock that doesn’t automatically adjust, be sure to set them forward one […]