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Where to Eat, Drink, and Watch the Hawks Saturday in Iowa City
Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City will once again be rocking on Saturday. Hawkeye football is finally here! While over 70,000 Iowa Hawkeye fans will crowd into Kinnick to watch their beloved Hawkeyes, thousands more will visit Iowa City on game day. Some will tailgate and hang outside the stadium. Others will visit bars and restaurants to enjoy a Saturday in Iowa City. The Iowa City Press-Citizen looked at some of the best spots for Hawkeye fans to visit on an Iowa game day.
Start Labor Day weekend with Hancher's Welcome Back Concert, FRYfest and a craft beer bash
The students and college football are back, which means the Iowa City corridor will be buzzing with activity over the weekend. The Labor Day holiday typically brings an unofficial close to the summer, but with a bevy of events planned, the end is anything but near. Here are five things to check...
Another state fair first: parking spaces sold out
The Iowa State Fair just wrapped up ten days ago, but Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons says plans for next year are well underway. One concern — for the first time ever, the fair ran out of parking spaces on August 10th — the first Saturday of this year’s fair.
Hawkeyes prepare for season opener without head coach Kirk Ferentz
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Traditionally, Iowa begins the year at home. But for the first time in his 26 seasons, Kirk Ferentz will not be on the sideline. This will be the first Iowa game not coached by either Ferentz since 1998. But, it’s a reality Iowa faces and one they say won’t distract […]
A New Raising Cane’s Location Has Opened in the Corridor
Iowa City now has its very first Raising Cane's! According to a new article from the Corridor Business Journal, the popular chicken chain is officially open in the Old Capitol Town Center. Raising Cane's is a fast food restaurant that was founded in Louisiana back in 1996. It specializes in...
Where to Eat, Drink, and Watch the Hawks Saturday in Iowa City
Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City will once again be rocking on Saturday. Hawkeye football is finally here! While over 70,000 Iowa Hawkeye fans will crowd into Kinnick to watch their beloved Hawkeyes, thousands more will visit Iowa City on game day. Some will tailgate and hang outside the stadium. Others will visit bars and restaurants to enjoy a Saturday in Iowa City. The Iowa City Press-Citizen looked at some of the best spots for Hawkeye fans to visit on an Iowa game day.
Hawkeyes’ defensive plan: Be even better this season
Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins was the first one to decide to skip the NFL draft and come back for another season. And then he waited for his defensive teammates to follow him. “Being a good recruiter that I am, I took those guys out to dinner, I sat them down,” Higgins said during the Hawkeyes’ media day. “When I posted I was coming back, I thought they would respond a little bit faster, so I got a little nervous that they waited until after the bowl game to say they were coming back.”
GreatAmerica Opens Fall Application Period for Employee Advised Fund
GreatAmerica Financial Services’ Employee Advised Fund fall application period opens after the Labor Day weekend to nonprofits in the Eastern Iowa area. Applications will be accepted Sept. 3 through Sept. 30, 2024, 4:30 p.m. Central. The Employee Advised Fund, launched in 2022 is in addition to the GreatAmerica Donor Advised Fund, established in 2001. The combined funds provide more than $1.1 million to projects in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor each year. Both funds are managed by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
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