Former educator Kay Galli is appalled by the idea of children living in cars or…
New Pioneer Co-op Supports Local Farm-to-Table Growers
Everyone wants to make a buck stretch farther, and the rise of organic produce in…
KICI Radio: Iowa City’s Local Listening Options
Inspired by a rare opportunity for a new low-power station when the FCC opened up…
Winter Magic: Don’t Miss Everybody’s Holiday Train Display
Everybody’s Whole Foods in Fairfield rocks one of the most fabulous holiday train displays in…
Bountiful Bakery: A Busscher Family Affair
Bountiful Bakery is a great place to satisfy your pastry cravings and artisanal baked-goods yearnings.…
Cooking for a Cause: Divine Star Charities Raises Funds for Local Nonprofits
Vaju Moorthy loves to cook. She grew up in a well-to-do Indian family that valued…
Cider House 1949: A Room with a View
The founders of one of Fairfield’s most popular hangouts, the Cider House, are returning to…
Everyone Should Learn to Swim! Shane Orne Promotes Water Skills
Swimming has always been part of Shane Orne’s life. Her father was an amateur underwater…
18th Annual Iowa Organic Conference: Soil Rules!
The organic community is growing, more people are farming organically, and organic farmers are doing…
The Fragile Bee: Artist Nancy Macko’s Illuminating Installation
The world is facing a bee crisis, and multimedia artist Nancy Macko wants everyone to…
Addis Ethiopian Cuisine: Authentic Flavors from a Faraway Home
Ethiopian-born Genet Areda has always loved to cook. While studying to be a nursing assistant…
Tour Iowa’s New Multifaceted Farms on the J40 Farm Crawl
If you think Iowa farms are all corn and soybean fields, the J40 Farm Crawl…
Avocado Cool: The World’s First All-Avocado Ice Cream
As if we needed an excuse to indulge, July is National Ice Cream Month. Nothing…
Summertime Day Trips: Hot-Weather Adventures, Indoors and Out
A number of destinations in eastern Iowa make for good day trips or weekend outings,…
Girls Auto Clinic: On-the-Road Safety Tips from a Do-It-Herselfer
Patrice Banks, a former engineer and auto airhead, routinely ignored dashboard light warnings and drove…