CEDAR RAPIDS – A long-awaited project will be boosted by an upcoming concert in Czech Village. The second Czech Village Blues is slated for Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, to benefit the resurrection of the Riverside Roundhouse, home to farmers markets for decades. Friends of Czech Village, which is spearheading the effort, teamed last year with […]
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Kolache quest at Clutier Czech Day in Io...
CLUTIER, Iowa – There was a time when nearly every Czech American family had someone in the household who could bake kolaches and rohlicky. That can no longer be taken for granted. Even at today’s Czech Day festival in Clutier, kolaches were a cherished rarity. One batch of the cherry, apricot, prune and poppyseed varieties […]
Invasive weed from Asia identified in Io...
Just last week, an invasive earthworm that acts like a snake was identified in Iowa. Today, officials announced that the invasive “mile-a-minute” weed was positively identified in Marion County, in the central part of the state. Related: another invasive species in Iowa, the Japanese beetle Learn more about today’s announcement from the Iowa Department of […]
Surprise! Lilies make early appearance
This year has been one surprise after another, with extremely extended winter weather into April, followed by sweltering summertime heat in May. Many fall bloomers were in full glory by mid-July and already a few days ago, surprise lilies, which reliably come up at the end of July or early August, were making their annual […]
Invasive worm identified in Iowa; acts l...
Two counties in Iowa have confirmed an invasive species of earthworm called a “jumping worm.” Learn more about the confirmation in today’s announcement – Wednesday, July 25, 2018 – from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship: DUBUQUE, Iowa — An invasive species of earthworm was recently confirmed in Dubuque and Muscatine counties by […]
Midwestern native chosen to lead Czech m...
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, named a new president and CEO today. Cecilia Rokusek will succeed Gail Naughton, who retired earlier this summer after 16 years of leading the renowned museum. Related: Gail Naughton’s Memorial Day remarks See other Czech news in Iowa, here, and learn more […]
What the Farm Bureau doesn’t want you to
Fairfield, Iowa, farmer and soil scientist Francis Thicke wrote a response to an editorial on water quality published in the Des Moines Register. Thicke said the June 28 editorial, by Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, contained the “usual misinformation on nitrate put forth by the Farm Bureau and other ag groups.” While the Register […]
Photos: Kolache baking and tour of Bohem...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Czech School students learned how to bake kolaches today, with help from the expert kolache-makers from St. Monica’s Circle at St. Wenceslaus Church. Students rolled balls of the dough, used a glass to form a perfect circle in the center and filled the dough with poppyseed, cherry, apricot and prune filling, […]
Magic in miniature: fairy gardens move i...
By Cindy Hadish/for Lure magazine Josh Spece, co-owner of In the Country Garden & Gifts, was on the cutting edge of a garden trend when his shop in rural Independence opened seven years ago. Fairy gardens were coming in vogue at the time and have since seen their popularity soar, moving into the mainstream with […]
Battling the return of the Japanese beet...
Hopes for a late appearance of the Japanese beetle were dashed when I saw the first cluster of the voracious pests on June 22, a few days to more than a week earlier than I’ve spotted them in the past. The excruciatingly late winter weather in Iowa, which dragged well into April, was followed by […]