CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — As Deb Walser drives through Cedar Rapids, she is struck by the multitude of new apartment buildings springing up, each adorned with small outdoor balconies or decks. Some balconies are diminutive, scarcely a foot wide and spanning the length of a sliding door. Other buildings boast more expansive decks, reaching dimensions […]
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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 […]
Costs for new school to replace Harrison...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Touted costs-savings to replace the structurally sound and architecturally significant Harrison Elementary with a new school have already proven greatly exaggerated. The Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Master Facility Plan Oversight Committee was told at its Dec. 18, 2023, meeting that the estimated cost had grown to $33.8 million, well over […]
Photos: Noelridge Greenhouse Lights and ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hundreds of visitors, young and young at heart, stepped into tropical warmth to enjoy the spirit of the holidays inside the Noelridge Greenhouse. Volunteer Wanda Lunn said Friends of Noelridge hosted the Noelridge Lights & Blooms event one night last year and decided to extend it to two nights in 2023. […]
After nearly a century, jewelry store pr...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ginsberg Jewelers has started a “going out of business” sale, ending four generations of the family-owned jewelry store. Steve Ginsberg, the fourth-generation owner, announced the store’s closure in early November, after 93 years in business. Steve Ginsberg, right, points out jewelry to a customer on the first day of Ginsberg Jewelers’ […]
Illinois man fatally shot while hunting ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported the second death of a hunter in as many months. According to the DNR, the incident happened Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Guthrie County in west-central Iowa. That followed the death of an Iowan who was shot while hunting coyote Oct. 8 in Hardin County in north-central Iowa. […]
Winter farmers markets underway in Iowa
Once the last outdoor Iowa farmers markets end for the season in late October, indoor markets soon begin. Several winter markets are already underway, with others to follow. See a list of Eastern Iowa indoor markets here and follow for updates throughout the season at: HomegrownIowan/farmersmarkets Leave a message if you know of others. — […]
“Fall back” as Daylight Saving Time ends
Iowans can enjoy the dwindling twilight hours before the end of Daylight Saving Time pushes dusk earlier, as far as our clocks go. The switch to standard time begins Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Be sure to “fall back” and set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday, Nov. 4. Daylight […]
Reward offered as Iowa studies plummet i...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has started a research project to determine the reason behind the state’s gray fox population decline. Vince Evelsizer, furbearer biologist with the Iowa DNR, said exact numbers are unknown, due to the secretive nature of the gray fox. “Based on past annual harvest records and a lack of detection […]
Killing freeze expected in Iowa
It might seem like months ago, but just last week, on Oct. 24, Iowa hit record-high temperatures, in the 80s. Now, maybe unsurprisingly, the state is hitting the deep freeze. Hardier flowers, such as zinnias and black-eyed Susan, and even less hardy plants, including tomatoes, may have survived overnight temperatures that dipped into the low […]