Sun Courier

01/08/2026

SPOT ON - If The Dig Inn "was in (like) Minneapolis, you would have to charge admission at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It's amazing."

31/07/2026

Front & back pages of the Friday, July 31, 2026 edition of the Sun Courier on newsstands now. That's a whole lotta RAGBRAI coverage!

31/07/2026

More photos to check out from RAGBRAI's official lunch stop in Reinbeck last week Thursday, July 23, 2026. What a month July was for Reinbeck!

Further coverage of the 53rd RAGBRAI’s visit to Reinbeck can be found here.

31/07/2026

The small community of Reinbeck – population roughly 1,600 – more than went the distance for RAGBRAI riders as the official Day 5 lunch stop on Thursday, July 23, masterfully welcoming thousands upon thousands of people to its downtown corridor during a 10-hour window.

“We wanted to show RAGBRAI that we’re a town that you can come back to," Reinbeck RAGBRAI 2026 committee member Adam Bentley told the newspaper in a debriefing phone call. "Not only will we be able to handle it, our people want them to be here. ... It will be in our memories for a long time.”

A full RAGBRAI run-down with both Bentley and fellow committee member Elisabeth Bueghly is the newspaper's feature story this week. A selection of photos below. Full story can be found online here (plus link in the comments): https://tinyurl.com/2va5c2k3

Well done, Reinbeck Ragbrai 2026!

31/07/2026

One of the tiniest towns RAGBRAI passed through last week on its seven-day sojourn across Iowa was the Grundy County community of Morrison, population right around 100. The Thursday, July 23 visit marked the third time RAGBRAI rolled through Morrison - first in 1974 and then again in 1983.

When asked just before noon on Thursday how the day was progressing, Mayor Dave Hach told the newspaper, “So far everything’s been going great.” In a social media comment Thursday evening, rider Stacie McClure of Missouri commented, “My lunch at The Morris Inn was the best meal I’ve had all week.” 👏The back page of this week's Sun Courier features a photo gallery of Morrison Ragbrai 2026 images.

Full story here + link in the comments: https://tinyurl.com/k84496zy

31/07/2026

Class of 2026 standout Hudson Clark got the chance to play football as a Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebel one last time on Saturday, July 25, with the North team in the 54th annual Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic at the UNI-Dome. Clark's team beat the South squad 17-7 by allowing just 98 yards in the second half after coming back from a 7-0 deficit midway through the second quarter.

CEDAR FALLS – Class of 2026 standout Hudson Clark got the chance to play football as a Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebel one last time on Saturday, July 25, with the North team in the 54th annual Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic at the UNI-Dome. The North squad beat the South squad 17-7 by allowi...

31/07/2026

The Center for Rural Affairs is celebrating National Farmers Market Week which begins this Sunday! Click below to learn more about the "origins" of farmers markets.

Once a week in the summertime, brightly colored 10×10 tents pop up in a corner parking lot in my community. Under each one of those tents is a producer, crafter, or small business owner who has tables of goods for sale. We celebrate these farmers markets during National Farmers Market Week, Aug. 2 ...

31/07/2026

"I believe as a person of faith that we have been given a mandate by God to care for His good creation. Since Earth’s climate is being impacted by man’s activities, we have the responsibility to correct the existing situation and lessen future climatic disruptions.[...]"

I believe that I, my neighbors, the residents of Earth, and Earth itself are being affected by a changing climate. According to an article in the journal Bioscience, there are increases in extreme weather events, area burned by wildfires, and the costs associated with weather events including lowere...

31/07/2026

"God is on the move!! For the eighth year on Tuesday, July 14, the Bible was read around the world at 7:14 a.m. in their respective time zones. Taking part were 22 Nations, 24 states, and five out of six continents. The entire of Georgia’s 159 counties and Iowa’s 99 counties read separate chapters enabling the Bible to be prayed over the entire states in one hour.[...]"

God is on the move!! For the eighth year on Tuesday, July 14, the Bible was read around the world at 7:14 a.m. in their respective time zones. Taking part were 22 Nations, 24 states, and five out of six continents. The entire of Georgia’s 159 counties and Iowa’s 99 counties read separate chapter...

31/07/2026

"Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S. President Donald Trump followed up his order killing off the penny with an executive order stopping check writing by the federal government. Should the U.S. follow these other countries and broadly eliminate the ability to write checks?"

Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S. President Donald Trump followed up his order killing off the penny with an executive order stopping check writing by the federal government. Should the U.S. follow these other countries and br...