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Iowa City Jazz Fest, Part II

GJF wrote 4 hours ago: Yesterday we went back down to Iowa City for some more Jazz Fest fun. A great day of music and sun … more »

Tags: Music, New Orleans, Iowa, jazz, Music, New Orleans, jazz

July 4: MMW

GJF wrote 1 day ago: Well, as truly screwed up things are here in Eastern Iowa these days, it’s nice to be able to … more »

Tags: Iowa, jazz, Medeski Martin & Wood, Music, jazz, Music

The great ice cream caper12 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 day ago: In the carpool on the way home from work on a sunny and warm Wednesday back in April, my friends Bet … more »

Tags: exasperation, Food, Friends, Genie, Iowa

*SPECIAL* Christmas Card Sessions

racheleng wrote 3 days ago: Since my small spring sessions were such a huge hit I have decided to do another *special* again for … more »

Tags: Announcements, Christmas, Coralville, Family, Iowa, News, Special, Christmas, Special

THE WISDOM TO HELP

cmdrc wrote 4 days ago: An American Red Cross relief worker carried a laundry basket loaded with hot meals and bottled water … more »

Tags: Iowa floods, Red Cross, Iowa, Floods

Please Help Us Provide Flood Relief

caroline@LFC wrote 5 days ago: Dear Friends of Local Foods Connection: 1. Next time you go shopping, purchase something for a flood … more »

Tags: Iowa, iowa flood, Donations

Photos: Nichols and Iowa City, Iowa 6.25.08

amrecro wrote 5 days ago: Photo available for download by the media. Courtesy Dave Knoer/American Red Cross. … more »

Tags: Iowa, photos, Iowa, nochols

pool party at karl's: APE-MAN 2008

urbanbigfoot wrote 1 week ago: Last weekend we were invited to a pool party at Karl’s house. Karl is a friend and former coll … more »

Tags: Family, Friends, party, procend

Practical farmers field day

cindyha wrote 1 week ago:   Susan Jutz, owner of ZJ Farms, is hosting a Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day at her farm near … more »

Tags: Gardening Events, Cedar Rapids, Conservation Security Program, Field Day, Iowa, local foods, organic, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Solon

Hilarious Drama by the Shattock Schoole of Defence

accentphoto wrote 1 week ago: This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph performances of the Shattock Schoole of Defenc … more »

Tags: kids, Photography, Families, Accent Photographics, Special Events, Children, Comedy, Laughter, theatre

Well water testing1 comment

cindyha wrote 1 week ago: Another diversion from gardening, but the following, from University Hygienic Lab, is important fl … more »

Tags: Cindy's posts, drinking water, Environment, flood plain, Floods, Iowa, Nancy Hall, University Hygienic Lab, Water Testing

Returning home

lizandrew wrote 1 week ago: Well, its been awhile since our last post, but that isn’t for a lack of happenings. In fact, q … more »

Tags: News, Flood, Home

What's your favorite ice cream?3 comments

Anne wrote 1 week ago: Speaking of ice cream… where is your favorite place in the Corridor to go for an ice cream tre … more »

Tags: Coralville, Gelato, ice cream

The Midwest.

hstreets wrote 1 week ago: Photo of Osage County, Okla., by Wade From Oklahoma used under a Creative Commons license. Richard … more »

Tags: Beloit, Des Moines, essays, Fulton, Gridley, Independence, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas City

FLOODED NEWSPAPER WORKERS URGENTLY NEED OUR HELP

WorkatHomeJobGenius wrote 2 weeks ago:  The following is a letter from Steve Buttry, editor of The Gazette in flooded Cedar Rapids IA.  … more »

Tags: Miscellaneous, In The News, Cedar Rapids, iowa flood, flooding, The Gazette, gazette communications, flood zone, Iowa Newspaper Foundation

A Message from LFC Director Laura Dowd

caroline@LFC wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear Friends of Local Foods Connection: Iowa City is suffering from historic levels of flooding. Her … more »

Tags: Area farms, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Flood, Iowa City

Audio: Spontaneous Volunteer in Iowa City, IA

amrecro wrote 2 weeks ago: Linda Noble heard about the need for volunteers in Iowa City and she responded. hansenj’s Mo … more »

Tags: Audio, General Information, Iowa, Flood, Iowa, Red Cross, Volunteer

Hard Rain

bjflanagan wrote 2 weeks ago: Cedar Rapids looks a bit like Venice, lately. The flood waters are beginning to recede — for … more »

Tags: Conservation, Environment, Global Warming, Green, Cedar Rapids, climate change, disaster, Flood

the flood.

racheleng wrote 2 weeks ago: Anyone in Iowa is aware of the flooding that we’re having right now. I have been dying to get … more »

Tags: Coralville, Flood, Iowa, Photographs, Coralville, Flood, Iowa, Iowa City