in Best sports movies: ‘Hoosiers’ remains a must-see classic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:21:54 PDT Editor’s note: The Gazette sports staff has compiled lists of its top 15 favorite sports movies. Each day, a different staffer will share some insight into one of their favorites. Some of them... Full Article Sports
in Xavier senior Kaiden Cuevas turns injuries into possible career By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:39:10 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — Xavier senior Kaiden Cuevas dedicated a majority of his life to sports, but after three different knee injuries he has decided to stop playing and focus on training other... Full Article Prep Sports
in Iowa high school wrestling programs will have option to sit out regional duals competition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:50:20 PDT DES MOINES — The Iowa high school wrestling state duals tournament isn’t going anywhere. The event is remaining at Wells Fargo Arena, taking place the day before the three-day... Full Article Prep Wrestling
in Former Hawkeye defensive lineman Jeff Koeppel tackled COVID-19 and prevailed By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:31:14 PDT Jeff Koeppel, a North Liberty businessman who played on Iowa’s football team from 1986 to 1989 — was a second-team All-Big Ten defensive lineman for two years — caught COVID-19... Full Article Iowa Football
in No baseball right now, but Cedar Rapids Kernels offering a bit of the ballpark taste By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:40:25 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — You weren’t taken out to the ballgame or the crowd. You couldn’t get Cracker Jack, though you could get peanuts. Not to mention hot dogs and bacon cheeseburgers, a... Full Article Minor League Sports
in Bowen Born itching to start basketball career at UNI By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:11:25 PDT CEDAR FALLS — Like many high school seniors across the country, Norwalk’s Bowen Born is unsure when he’ll be able to get on campus at the University of Northern Iowa and begin... Full Article UNI Panthers
in Spencer Lee feels at home in Iowa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:27:52 PDT IOWA CITY — Iowa is home for Spencer Lee. This is where he has made his mark as one of the best college wrestlers. He plans to train for more international success with sights set on Olympic... Full Article Iowa Hawkeyes
in Tax Tips to Save Money in 2020 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:31:42 +0000 90% of US businesses overpay their taxes — don’t be one of them! Here are the most useful eCommerce tax deduction strategies you can’t miss in 2020. The post Tax Tips to Save Money in 2020 appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Rise Marketing Co: Why WooCommerce Is Our Go-To Solution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Rise, a high-end web design agency, uses WooCommerce as their go-to eCommerce solution. See how it helped them grow and why they won’t use anything else. The post Rise Marketing Co: Why WooCommerce Is Our Go-To Solution appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Turn Your Hobby into a Business in 8 Steps By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:00:40 +0000 Hobbies can be more than fun, they can make you money, too. Read our eight-step guide to learn how to turn your hobby into a business & make money online! The post Turn Your Hobby into a Business in 8 Steps appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How to Start Selling Subscriptions Online By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:58:43 +0000 WooCommerce provides everything you need to start selling subscriptions online, make sales, and grow successfully. Learn how to get started in just 6 steps! The post How to Start Selling Subscriptions Online appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Food Marketing: How to Sell Online By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Food marketing isn't about pushing a product but sharing an experience & expressing passion. But how do you stand out? What tools are needed? Find out here. The post Food Marketing: How to Sell Online appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog Marketing
in How to Choose a Niche for Your Online Store By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Find your niche in 5 steps! Choosing a niche is one of the most important aspects of building a profitable online store. Follow this guide to define yours. The post How to Choose a Niche for Your Online Store appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How to Create Buyer Personas for Your Online Store By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:42:37 +0000 How much do you really know about your customers? Learn why buyer personas are the foundation of your business & how to create your own in just four steps. The post How to Create Buyer Personas for Your Online Store appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog Marketing
in The Fastest Way to Add an eCommerce Store to Your Existing WordPress Website By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:50:45 +0000 WooCommerce is the seamless, trusted solution to add an online store to your WordPress site. Add a new revenue stream to your business in just a few steps! The post The Fastest Way to Add an eCommerce Store to Your Existing WordPress Website appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Why Customer Communication is Crucial in Times of Uncertainty By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000 During COVID-19, you might be tempted to stay silent. But your customers need to hear from you! Learn how to craft the right message with the right tone. The post Why Customer Communication is Crucial in Times of Uncertainty appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Special Offer: Start Selling Online with WooCommerce and GoDaddy for Just $1 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:20:16 +0000 Start selling online fast with WooCommerce & GoDaddy! Launch in just 4 steps & receive premium support, marketing tools, and over $1,000 in free extensions! The post Special Offer: Start Selling Online with WooCommerce and GoDaddy for Just $1 appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How Your Offline Business Can Start Selling Online Fast By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:44:34 +0000 Need to start selling online fast? Create an online store in just 5 steps. Sell products, offer virtual services, & add new revenue for years to come! The post How Your Offline Business Can Start Selling Online Fast appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How Four Food Businesses Started Selling Online During COVID-19 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000 From no store to 800 orders per day — see how 4 stores successfully moved their business online during COVID-19 to stay open and save jobs. The post How Four Food Businesses Started Selling Online During COVID-19 appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How to Advertise your Products on Google for Free During COVID-19 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Google’s offering $340 million in free ad credits during COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know to maximize your efforts and not only survive, but thrive! The post How to Advertise your Products on Google for Free During COVID-19 appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog Marketing
in Tips for Managing a Sudden Surge of Sales By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 How do you handle a surge of eCommerce sales without stressing out? Learn how to streamline order fulfillment to keep your customers and employees happy. The post Tips for Managing a Sudden Surge of Sales appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in How to Sell Online Courses with Sensei LMS By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Any business can increase revenue with online courses. No physical contact required! Here are the 4 tools you’ll need to get started fast & generate sales! The post How to Sell Online Courses with Sensei LMS appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
in Time Machine: Smallpox epidemic hit Meskwaki hard in 1901 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:51:24 PDT At the turn of the 20th century, a vaccine had been developed for smallpox, a virus that killed millions in the 1800s. Those who survived the disease were often left badly scarred or blind. The... Full Article Time Machine
in Celebrity content marketing lessons from a pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:48:21 PDT When it comes to content marketing, we live in extraordinary times. With cutting-edge tools such as live video, VR and AI at our fingertips, we can give our community behind-the-scenes access to our... Full Article Business
in Joe wants you to Sample that: One C.R. man is on a mission to help local restaurants gain fans By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:27:29 PDT When Joe Sample started posting photos of his takeout food stops in the days after Iowa restaurants were ordered shut down to dine-in service in March, he didn’t think much of it. He just... Full Article Food & Drink
in Trucker from Iowa charged in 1990s slayings of 3 women By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:01:58 PDT IOWA CITY — Investigators on Wednesday arrested a long-haul trucker from Iowa who they say is linked by DNA evidence to the killings of three women whose bodies were dumped in Wyoming and... Full Article Public Safety
in 18-year-old charged in fatal shooting arrested for drunken driving while out on bail By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:38:28 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — A 17-year-old, charged in January with fatally shooting an 18-year-old during a drug robbery, was released in March only to be arrested about a month later for drunken driving.... Full Article Public Safety
in Collaboration creates Camp-in-a-Bag kits for mentoring program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:59:31 PDT “I pledge my Head to clearer thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.”... Full Article Community
in Coronavirus in Iowa, live updates for May 7: Gazette awards more than $60,000 in marketing grants, FEMA awards $78 million to Iowa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:59:24 PDT Gazette awards more than $60,000 in marketing grants The Gazette has awarded more than $60,000 in grants to help local businesses market themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, and there’s... Full Article Health
in Iowa is going back to work, but who will watch the children? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:25:34 PDT As death rates from COVID-19 rise, the state is beginning to open back up. And with that the expectation is that Iowans get back to work. Iowans who don’t go back to work will lose... Full Article Staff Editorial
in University of Iowa aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:18:33 PDT IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa on Thursday unveiled new sustainability goals for the next decade that — if accomplished — would cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half from... Full Article Education
in Men and elderly lag in taking Test Iowa coronavirus assessment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:06:57 PDT Nearly 327,000 Iowans have taken an assessment to see if they are eligible to be checked for COVID-19 under the Test Iowa Initiative. Another free drive-though site for those who have taken the... Full Article Health
in Judge rules Iowa law unconstitutional that blocked sex education funding to Planned Parenthood By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:40:26 PDT An Iowa judge has ruled unconstitutional a state law that would have blocked Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal money to provide sex education programs to Iowa youth. Fifth... Full Article Government
in No Linn County Fair this year because of coronavirus concerns By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:07:24 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Fair has canceled grounds and grandstand entertainment at this year because of the novel coronavirus and is looking at ways youths could exhibit their... Full Article News
in Uptown Marion Market opening with caveats By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:03:44 PDT MARION — While the Uptown Marion Market will continue to sell fresh produce, it will look a little different this year. The market will continue operating on the second Saturday of June, July... Full Article News
in Now playing at Iowa county fairs: The waiting game By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:53:24 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — Getting your hands on some fried food on a stick is going to be a little more difficult this summer for Iowans. With the COVID-19 pandemic imposing restrictions on life in the... Full Article Community
in Scenic designer in Iowa City looks for light in the darkness By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:22:05 PDT Benjamin Stuben Farrar of Iowa City is a storyteller without a story to tell at the moment. The first story is as dramatic and layered as his bold scenic and lighting designs for area stages:... Full Article Arts & Culture
in Tyson outbreak: Short closure but enduring grief By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:11:00 PDT As the coronavirus spread from the nation’s meatpacking plants to the broader communities where they are located, it burned through a modest duplex in Waterloo. In the downstairs unit lived... Full Article Health
in ‘Death stalked swiftly’ in 1918. What will we remember now? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:01:29 PDT In August 1919, the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette opined in favor of the passage of a $5 million congressional appropriation to “investigate influenza, its cause, prevention and... Full Article Staff Columnist
in Iowa is dying from all this success By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:55:11 PDT With over 11,000 positive COVID-19 cases in Iowa and a mounting death toll, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds went to Washington DC. to declare her approach to the pandemic a success. Her victory lap included... Full Article Staff Columnist
in Dubuque woman pleads to helping buy heroin that led to fatal overdose of another person By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 08:12:37 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — A Dubuque woman who helped her boyfriend and another person buy heroin that later led to a fatal overdose was convicted Thursday in federal court. Jacqueline M. Birch, 23,... Full Article Public Safety
in Ready to reopen? Four Cedar Rapids business leaders offer advice By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:19:57 PDT On Wednesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds removed some restrictions on businesses in the 22 counties that have been seeing higher numbers of Iowans affected by COVID-19, including Linn and Johnson counties.... Full Article Business
in Flexsteel to close Dubuque plant, idling 200 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:18:27 PDT An Eastern Iowa furniture manufacturer will permanently close two plants, laying off about 370 employees as it drops two lines of business. Flexsteel Industries will close a factory in Dubuque with... Full Article Business
in Distancing and diversity enhance Iowa’s food security By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:47:21 PDT Coronavirus provides a chilling lesson about crowding. The disease originated in a densely packed Chinese City. As it moved worldwide it struck most heavily in crowded places where people live and... Full Article Guest Columnist
in For Mercy employee on COVID-19 floor, isolating from family is best Mother’s Day gift she can give By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:03:41 PDT This Mother’s Day, April Kelley just wants to give her daughter Jessica Kelley a hug. But she can’t. Jessica, 21, works on the COVID-19 floor at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. To... Full Article
in U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack calls on president to protect packing plant workers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:42:19 PDT At the same time Vice President Mike Pence was in Iowa on Friday to discuss the nation’s food supply security, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack called on the administration to take more measures to... Full Article
in Coronavirus in Iowa, live updates for May 8: Cedar Rapids to host virtual City Council meeting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:41:21 PDT 4:43 P.M.: GOODWILL PLANS TO REOPEN 11 EASTERN IOWA RETAIL LOCATIONS Goodwill of the Heartland will reopen 11 retail locations in Eastern Iowa next week, including all its Cedar Rapids stores,... Full Article Health
in Man arrested in Texas faces murder charge in Iowa City shooting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:37:11 PDT IOWA CITY — An Iowa City man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the April 20 shooting death of Kejuan Winters. Reginald Little, 44, was taken into custody Friday by the Lubbock... Full Article Public Safety
in Campgrounds reopen in Iowa Friday, see takers despite some health limitations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:34:01 PDT Some Eastern Iowans are ready to go camping. With Gov. Kim Reynolds allowing campgrounds across the state to open Friday, some people wasted little time in heading outdoors. “They’re... Full Article News
in New machines in Test Iowa initiative still unproven By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:35:36 PDT DES MOINES — More than 20 days after Iowa signed a $26 million contract with a Utah company to expand testing in the state, the machines the firm supplied to run the samples still have not... Full Article News
