Meet Sophia!👋 A digital artist at Marion High School, who is talented in character design, and has her art is published in her father’s book, “Edsel Peck in The Rusted Empire.”🖌️Sophia was celebrated at the 2024 Excellence in the Arts event and would love to see students like her be nominated for this award in 2025! https://arts.thegazette.com🎨Visual and digital student honorees will display their work in art galleries and have their pieces studied by the Excellence in the Arts Advisory Council, which includes art leaders from throughout the Eastern Iowa community. Sophia is also joining the Advisory Council this year! 🎨🎶Nominate a friend, classmate, family member for their talent in music, pastels, photography, comedy, ceramics, creative writing, or any other art form! https://thegazette.wufoo.com/forms/qtkztor0io1jtu/⭐️Thank you Presenting Sponsor Hills Bank and supporting sponsor Wired Production Group for your support of this event!
If you drive north on Interstate 380 into Cedar Rapids, you’ll pass by the Nesper Sign Advertising electronic message center, which will greet you with a Laffy Taffy-esque joke.
Gazette reader Pat Badtke of Cedar Rapids wondered how these electronic message centers work and what restrictions are in place for electronic signs.
She wrote to Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state, its people and culture, with these questions. We reached out to Nesper Sign Advertising in Cedar Rapids to learn more about electronic message centers — and we invited Badtke to join us.
Full story: https://www.thegazette.com/curious-iowa/curious-iowa-how-do-electronic-signs-work/
Submit your question to Curious Iowa: https://www.thegazette.com/curious-iowa/
🔎Find all you need for the holidays at Festival of Trees!🎄The local holiday market vendors have everything you need to get through the holiday season!🛍️The market will be open from 10-5 on Sunday! ❄️Thank you to Dupaco Community Credit Union, the holiday market vendor and MidAmerican Energy, our gingerbread path sponsor for leading attendees around the event!
Nesper Sign welcomes The Gazette
This is a sign... to stay tuned for an upcoming Curious Iowa story about electric signs! Thank you Nesper Sign for the warm welcome.💡
Curious Iowa is a Gazette series that answers readers' questions every Monday. Submit your questions: https://www.thegazette.com/curious-iowa/
The Gazette is giving away two tickets to the Cedar Rapids Festival of Trees main event November 16-17.🎄
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On Iowa Politics Podcast: Tossup campaigns 2024 Iowa General Election
Election Day is fast approaching and early voting has kicked off. This week's discussion on the On Iowa Politics podcast includes tossup Iowa Congressional campaigns, Rep. Ashley Hinson and Sarah Corkery's debate, and a donor's ties to Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ Davenport home.
Tune into the full podcast: https://www.thegazette.com/on-iowa-politics-podcast/on-iowa-politics-podcast-half-of-iowas-congressional-campaigns-are-tossups/
This episode was hosted by the Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy. It features Gazette Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, Gazette columnist Todd Dorman and Sarah Watson of The Quad City Times.