NOTE: A GoFundMe has been started for the owner of the Lighthouse Inn, with a goal of $30,000. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A landmark supper club, said to be the oldest in Iowa, has been destroyed by fire. The Lighthouse Inn, on the edge of Cedar Rapids at 6905 Mount Vernon Rd. SE, opened in […]
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Iowa’s largest sycamore tree severely da
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 […]
One person, 2 cats dead in Cedar Rapids ...
UPDATE Dec. 6: Cedar Rapids Police have identified the person who died as 71-year-old Wasifia Elshennawy. Three others suffered smoke and fire-related injuries in the Dec. 5 fire. Police noted that several residents unable to escape their apartments on the second and third floors due to smoke in the hallways were rescued through exterior windows […]
Brush fire takes life of homegrown busin...
“How is your mother?” The question was an odd way for an interview to start, as I’m usually on the other end of the queries. A photojournalist and I had traveled to the small community of Oneida in northeast Iowa to talk to Genny Bennett about her business, Oneida Nameplate Co., which makes medical alert […]