Hunter Cummings, a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 53 of Elgin, wanted his Eagle Scout project to have an impact on his community. “I wanted to find something everyone could benefit from,” said...

The Clarks established the Barbara and Bill Clark Fund during their lifetime, recommending grants to nonprofits they loved that created a stronger Cedar Valley. The couple, who met in 1951 while Bill was at Harvard...

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa has fulfilled its $600,000 grant commitment to the Cedar Valley SportsPlex. A grant pledge of $500,000, made in 2010 and granted over an eight-year period, was a major lead...

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa has announced the launch of four new community initiatives to help address critical needs and enhance the quality of life in Black Hawk County. CFNEIA will focus on four initiative areas: child...

When we see superheroes on the big screen, they have unworldly powers, fight for good, and leave us awestruck with their world-saving deeds. Spend a day at Camp Heart Connection and you will see real-life...

The Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival started when Hunter Capoccioni asked himself what he could do for his community. At age 25, he had traveled the country and world playing double bass and wanted to...

Baseball is part of the fabric of America. It's played on fields across our country by kids with dreams of hitting the winning home run or making the game-saving catch. In Parkersburg, a new sports...

Ken and Ruth Procter call Decorah home. Ruth was born and raised in this hub of northeast Iowa, went to college here, and was a teacher for 38 1/2 years, most of them as a...

Dr. John Berry looks at the faces of the students he is responsible for every day and thinks about what they could become. Astronaut. Nurse. Firefighter. Engineer. The President and CEO of Tri-County Child and Family Development Council oversees Head...