Famous Iowans

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…

In 2018, we said goodbye to a number of remarkable Iowans. On this edition of River to River, we remember them by looking back at their lives, listening…

Dignitaries and ordinary Iowans came to the statehouse Thursday to honor Gov. Robert Ray, who died this week at the age of 89. He lay in state in the…

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…

Governor Branstad met wellwishers in his formal office this morning on his 7,640th day in office. That makes him the longest-serving governor in U.S.…

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.…