Chris Soules of ‘Bachelorette’ will be in Strawberry Point

Chris Soules — the Iowan who appeared on TV’s “The Bachelorette” this summer and is the subject of a campaign for him to be declared the next star of “The Bachelor” — is scheduled to appear from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Strawberry Point fire and rescue...

Goodies stand aiding family’s adoption fund

OELWEIN, Ia. — Someday, Tyler and Miki Granberg can tell their future kiddo that RAGBRAI helped bring them together. The young Cedar Falls couple decided in April that they wanted to adopt a child, so they set up a stand to sell goodies on Tyler’s...

Team Sign Me scours RAGBRAI for autographs

Westgate, Ia. — Pete Renss from Rochester, Minn., scurried into the library here and asked the librarian behind the counter to sign his white T-shirt. The librarian isn’t a celebrity. But Renss is a member of Team Sign Me. Each of eight riders has spent...

Why I RAGBRAI on a unicycle

Jason Pardie, of Muscatine, will celebrate his golden birthday Saturday by unicycling into Guttenberg from Independence. The 25-year-old (for several more hours anyway) is tackling his sixth RAGBRAI on a unicycle. He rode the entire route in previous years, but this...