This year, the Kernels represent more than just baseball in Cedar Rapids
By Casey Drottar Medill Reports Even two weeks ahead of opening day, Andrea Brommelkamp had no trouble predicting what the return of Cedar Rapids Kernels
Cedar Rapids Kernels back in business
By Casey Drottar Medill Reports For a little more than 1,700 fans in attendance, the Cedar Rapids Kernels season opener represented the much-needed return of
Bars, restaurants near Principal Park relieved to have Iowa Cubs baseball again
By Casey Drottar Medill Reports As locals embrace the long-awaited return of Iowa Cubs baseball, so, too, are the bars and restaurants surrounding Principal Park.
Baseball is more than a game to these Cedar Rapids Kernels superfans
By: Mack Liederman Medill Reports CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It’s routine. They attend the church of baseball — almost religiously. “Missed a game?” said Joan
‘He’s one of the guys’: How a longtime Cedar Rapids bat boy became part of the Kernels family
By Ashton Pollard Medill Reports Jon Teig grew up as a Cedar Rapids Kernels kid. He spent his summers at the ballpark, chose the stadium
Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans
By Madison Williams Medill Reports As a 9-year-old boy, Michael Gartner accompanied his father to his first minor league baseball game in 1947 in his
Pandemic protocols disrupt long standing traditions and bonds established by Cedar Rapids Kernels host family program
By Hannah Lichtenstein Medill Reports Inside the brown house on Sussex Street — the one with the white garage and the wooden bench at the
Cubs begin to embrace baseball’s technological revolution, but not everyone is convinced
By Benjamin Rosenberg Medill Reports Ian Miller just felt stuck. Drafted in the 14th round of the 2013 MLB Draft by Seattle, Miller was still
20,000 trees stretch their limbs toward a century of research
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports A forest unlike any other hides among the Chesapeake Bay’s winding back roads. Viewed from above, it resembles a patchwork
