“If you strip away the noise and the admittedly high stakes, this is ultimately a narrow question of statutory interpretation,” Assistant Solicitor General Sam Langholz said at the beginning of oral arguments before the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon. “Does a signature on a nominating petition missing a date get to be counted?” The […]
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LV Recommends: Four new eastern Iowa breweries, off the beaten path
Though many things ground to a halt during COVID, the opening of local breweries was not one of them. Despite opening shortly before, or in the midst of, the pandemic, these four breweries managed to gain a footing and expand Eastern Iowa’s craft beer scene to new communities. Don’t forget your designated driver! BIT Brewery […]
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Photo Gallery: Mission Creek Festival 2022
After two years of COVID-19 disruptions, Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival returned to an in-person format this year. Thirty-five separate bands and musicians performed across three days, and 12 authors, as well as many other writers and poets, held readings, Q&As and conversations. The weekend saw packed performances by Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy and Arooj […]
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Performers announced for the Iowa Arts Festival’s 40th year
The Summer of the Arts’ Iowa Arts Festival is back for its 40th year and will take place the first weekend in June in downtown Iowa City. Yesterday, festival organizers announced that they’re hosting roughly 90 visual artists and bringing in many national and local acts to perform on the free festival’s main stage. SOA’s national […]
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Cedar Rapids to hold community vigil Wednesday, in wake of nightclub shooting
The City of Cedar Rapids will hold a Vigil for Community Healing on Wednesday evening at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The vigil is intended to pay respect to victims of violence, and show support for their families and friends. “Community service organizations Foundation 2 and Waypoint will join the event to offer support and resources […]
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Good Morning Midnight’s Charlie Cacciatore knew he ‘made it’ when he snagged a job at Record Collector
“I went to Catholic school in Des Moines, and I guess my way of rebelling was to be a total snob about records,” said Good Morning Midnight frontman Charlie Cacciatore. “Some people are in debate and others play tennis, and me and my friends survived in that ecosystem by taking on that kind of identity. […]
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How a Cedar Rapids strip mall brought town and country together — and stood the test of time
Anyone living in Cedar Rapids or Marion has more than likely found themselves needing to get to the other, and, most likely, has made the trip by way of First Avenue. On their way, they’ve probably seen an unassuming strip mall just a couple minutes into Cedar Rapids past the Marion border: an L-shaped series […]
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‘Outside readings felt so right’: Poetry al Fresco returns to Iowa City lawns this spring
As anyone who has attempted it can tell you, organizing poets can be like trying to herd cats. They wander off; they follow their whims; they get distracted by the beauty of that one water droplet on the dented garbage can and the way it contrasts with the empty water bottle balanced aspirationally atop the […]
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Judge removes Abby Finkenauer from Democratic primary ballot, after Republicans challenge three signatures on nominating petition
Late Sunday night, a Polk County judge ordered Abby Finkenauer’s name “not be included on the primary ballot for the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate.” Judge Scott Beattie ruled that three people who signed Finkenauer’s nomination petition had not properly filled in the date when they added their signatures, and the lack of those three […]
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CRANDIC Weekender: Mission Creek, Darwin Day, Outdoor Poetry
READ THE LATEST | SUPPORT LITTLE VILLAGE | SHOP PERKS THE WEEKENDER Your weekly curated compendium With the Mission Creek Festival happening (see our full collection!), it can be easy to miss the other phenomenal opportunities going on as well. There’s a few MCF events highlighted here, but you’ll find a wide selection of other […]
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Cedar Rapidians invited to weigh in on police oversight work through online ‘idea wall’
In response to public demands for more oversight of the police department, the Cedar Rapids City Council voted in February 2021 to create the Citizen Review Board (CRB), which held its first meeting in July last year. Now the CRB has launched a two-month effort to get more public input about its work. “Residents can […]
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Photo Gallery: The pelicans’ not-so-brief stop in Iowa City
A flock of tourists have stopped in Iowa City to enjoy the local cuisine and scenery. Clad in white and orange, hundreds of American white pelicans are swimming up and down the Iowa River during a break in the migration from their winter habitat on the Gulf Coast to their summer habitat in Minnesota and […]
