Famous Iowans

Waterloo’s Gary Kroeger said that with his "Iowa modesty" he couldn’t believe he was in a room with so many stars.

Puzzle maker Tom Ecker of Cedar Rapids shares how he makes Wuzzles and Crypto-Quotes, and why he chose the pseudonym Tom Underwood.

Listen back to Ben Kieffer's conversation with former congressman Neal Smith.

Neal Smith represented Iowa in the House of Representatives longer than anyone else. He died this week at age 101.

Iowa Public Radio has lost one of its own. Over a six-decade career, Dean Borg was one of the state’s most highly-regarded journalists. Since 2000, he…

This program originally aired 9-19-16.Just off of 2nd Avenue in Cedar Rapids sits an unassuming little carriage house. In a tiny studio apartment that…

2016 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Iowa's best-known artist, Grant Wood. To mark the occasion, Go Cedar Rapids, the city's tourism and visitors…

An Ames minister will receive the 2013 Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award for his 30-year career fighting hunger in Iowa and around the world.…

Three Americans won the inaugural Bob Feller Act of Valor Award, announced in honor of Iowa's most famous baseball player.

Iowa’s rich soil has made it an ideal place to grow plants, it has also made our state an ideal place to grow and train horticulturists. Host Charity…