News and notes from around town: — There will be less green and more speedometers that extend beyond 30 miles per hour at Lawrence’s former John Deere dealership. The site along East 23rd Street is set to become the new home for Lawrence’s Nissan dealership. Dream Nissan plans to move ...
About 10 years ago, a unique group came to town with plans to open a deli in downtown Lawrence. While the shop — dubbed The Yellow Deli — planned to serve steamed sandwiches and use an ancient grain called spelt for its hand-made bread, those weren’t the most unique elements of the ...
Given the number of times I’ve glowingly mentioned Casey’s breakfast pizza in this column, you might think it dangerous to my health to travel to a city with a downtown arena named after the convenience store chain. But I did it, and I’ve returned. Des Moines, Iowa, is home to the ...
There’s been no shortage of questions during the nearly two years of construction at KU’s football stadium. What’s that crane moving? When’s the turf going to be installed? Can you see the video board from space? But one question has been asked more than any other: Where’s ...
Ames, Iowa — Leaders with the City of Ames and with Iowa State University told a Lawrence delegation Tuesday evening that their community has a town/gown relationship unlike many others in the country. Then, city officials proved it by telling the crowd what they get in the mail from the ...
Ames, Iowa — Iowa cornfields already have a reputation for building it and they will come. Lawrence and Douglas County leaders in Iowa for a chamber of commerce intercity visit on Tuesday weren’t interested in the baseball — "Field of Dreams" — version of that story. Instead, they ...