The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking information on a suspicious fire at Geode State Park that severely damaged the state’s largest sycamore tree. According to the DNR, the tree, in southeastern Iowa near Danville, was reported burning on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Iowa’s largest sycamore is shown at Geode State Park. (photo/DNR) The […]
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Cedar Rapids neighborhood trees clear-cu...
More than a dozen trees, including an American sycamore estimated to be at least a century old, have been reduced to a pile of wood chips to make way for a new office building in northeast Cedar Rapids. The development, at 2218 First Ave. NE, also included demolition of the historic Ely house, built in […]
Changes coming to Eastern Iowa farmers m...
Note: Find an updated list of more than 50 Eastern Iowa farmers markets all season here at Homegrown Iowan. For a printed copy, order the April 21 edition of the Corridor Business Journal at this link. By Cindy Hadish/For the Corridor Business Journal Danielle Martin and Laura Strabala are hanging up their baking hats after […]