Wildcat Den State Park is located just a few miles from the Mississippi River between Davenport and Muscatine. The modern history of the park starts in the year 1848, when a settler by the name of Benjamin Nye — who established Muscatine County’s first store and post office a decade earlier — built the Pine […]
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Vandals deface two Muscatine restaurants with swastikas; owners stand firm: ‘We do not know fear’
Buildings in Muscatine were vandalized on Sunday, with swastikas spray-painted onto their exterior walls, according to the Muscatine Police Department (MPD). Two restaurants — Jibaro, which specializes in authentic Puerto Rican cuisine, and Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant — were targeted by the vandals. In addition to defacing both buildings with swastikas, the vandals also wrote “We […]
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Sharon DeGraw withdraws from Iowa City special election, leaving two candidates for council
Sharon DeGraw announced on Friday afternoon that she was dropping out of the race for the open Iowa City Council seat in District C. DeGraw attributed her decision to “a personal matter,” and said she was “requesting privacy from the press and the public.” DeGraw’s unexpected last-minute entry in the race brought the number of […]
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Peak Iowa: Poet John Berryman’s brief, troubled time in Iowa City
Content warning: Suicide The poet John Berryman’s chance to have a quiet, uneventful life ended early one morning in 1926 when he was 11. It ended when his father walked into the backyard with a gun and committed suicide. John was in his bedroom when it happened. The bedroom’s windows faced the backyard. It wasn’t […]
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Letter to the editor: Oliver Weilein will push back against corporate developers as part of the Iowa City Council
By I. Alexakis, Iowa City Due to the recent resignation of an Iowa City Council member, it means that the folks of this community have been granted an opportunity to continue forth on a new trajectory of leadership. The people of Iowa City can continue to alter the narrative of what it means to live […]
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Letter to the editor: Ross Nusser will bring strong experience and connectivity to the Iowa City Council
By Quentin Misiag, Chicago resident & Iowa City native The recent resignation of Andrew Dunn, the Iowa City Council member for District C, means Iowa Citians have an opportunity to elect a new generational voice at City Hall. During the upcoming Feb. 4 primary election, I encourage District C residents living downtown and in the […]
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Review: A fading celebrity challenges a criminal president in ICCT’s finely tuned ‘Frost/Nixon’
Iowa City Community Theater (ICCT) premiered its production of Frost/Nixon on Friday night at The James Theater. The play by Peter Morgan – a British playwright probably best-known to Americans as the creator of The Crown – was first staged in London in 2006.
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New program will help an Iowa City-Cedar Rapids area nonprofit produce a video telling its story
It’s easy to focus on the grim at the moment with the new session of the legislature starting in Des Moines, a new (yet old) administration looming in Washington D.C. and the weather preparing to turn frigid again, but there are still good things happening in Iowa. The state has numerous nonprofits doing important work […]
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Peak Iowa: A Hollywood legend lost in Davenport
On Nov. 29, 1986, Cary Grant died in the city of Davenport at the age of 82. Grant was a star of stage, screen and that one image of him running away from a crop duster that shows up in every #menswear blog at one point or another. He was preparing a one-man show at […]
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Artists deck out dozens of skateboards for a rad exhibition at Dubuque’s Smokestack
A live and local example of the creative partnership between art and skate culture is realized in “The Skate Deck Art Show,” a collaborative exhibit brought to life by the Dubuque Area Arts Collective and Olliewood Action Sports. Over 100 artists, skaters and non-skaters alike, across all ages, channeled their energy into creating original works of art on skate decks.
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Three candidates are vying for Iowa City Council, prompting a Feb. 4 primary ahead of the special election
The ballot is now set for the special election to fill the vacancy on the Iowa City Council left by the resignation of Andrew Dunn, the councilmember for District C. Three residents of the district — Sharon DeGraw, Ross Nusser and Oliver Weilein — filed the necessary candidate paperwork for the election before the deadline […]
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Letter to the editor: Here we go again, Cedar Rapids.
By Chad Cooper, Cedar Rapids Ever known someone who just wouldn’t let something go? A friend with a cause. A family member with an opinion. A city with an inferiority complex. That level of conviction can range from admirable to aggravating to annihilating. Have you heard Cedar Rapids wants a casino? Well, a lot of city […]
