It's not often a billion-dollar industry begins with an absent-minded child forgetting his chores, but that's exactly how the Popsicle came to be. In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson mixed up a glass ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Two photographs taken on the morning of July 4, 1990, capture a delightfully odd piece of Cedar Rapids ...