Looking for a fun day trip in eastern Iowa? Check out Czech Village, a historic neighborhood in downtown Cedar Rapids. Home to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML), which was moved to the top of a hill after the devastating flood of 2008, Czech Village draws visitors with its top-quality museum, funky| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
My conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley over lunch at St. Burch Tavern in downtown Iowa City began in a way appropriate to an Iowa spring. We talked about sneezing. “I love sneezing now, actually. It gives me a tingle,” Smiley said. Before the lunch, I’d been thinking back on my previous conversations with| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, and it is the only state where cancer cases are rising. What gives? For more than 50 years, the Iowa Cancer Registry at the University of Iowa has tracked cancer rates in Iowa. For all that time, Iowa cancer trends tracked the national averages. That all| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
