Area fields are prepared for planting and in some cases have already been seeded. As corn prices remain high the amount of acres plan...

Presidential election season brings candidates to  42N's Cedar Rapids ( CID ) area quite often. This morning the President of the ...

Spring is here. And its been here since February and March. In areas where no one picks up leaves in the Fall, the vegetation is protecte...

Much has been written about the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the event touched the community...

Working life on the Mississippi River is often characterized by towboats and their cargo. Commerce on the river also includes excursions, f...

Love or hate them, the Works Progress Administration kicked out some enduring projects during the Great Depression years. Several masonry ...

On this day no one was working above, or to the side or below for that matter. No sightings of the Jupiter 2 either. Must be a false flag o...

HH 55151 made its way to Cedar Rapids this afternoon. The C-17A Globemaster is part of the United States Air Force Air National Guard (HIAN...

Union Calvary rides on a granite monument located on the Henry County, Illinois courthouse property in Cambridge. Like so many veteran-them...

Old areas in towns often have interesting objects to photograph. In a small western Illinois town near the Mississippi River is a tiny bric...

Last Sunday the American Picker's Antique Archaeology place in LeClaire, Iowa was packed with motorcyclists. The recently expanded grav...

Fulton, Illinois knows how to welcome nearly famous bloggers into their world - and with class. Where else does one receive a public welco...

A week ago when this photo was taken, Iowa just completed the warmest winter on record. Along the 42N latitude ground cover generally took...

Add warm (hot) weather plus a weekend, plus a holiday and you get an overflowing St. Patrick's Day celebration in 42N's Cedar Rapi...