Stranger helps woman complete RAGBRAI mug collection
After five years, the empty space above Barbara McNeal’s fireplace is full thanks to a cardboard sign and a generous cyclist. The RAGBRAI coffee mug that McNeal has been on the ...
RAGBRAI XLI runs into the record book
FORT MADISON — Several people had previously tried to run a complete RAGBRAI, but none had finished the daunting task. Until Saturday, when it happened twice. Pete Kostelnick and Richard Kresser both ...
Air Force team provides helping hand along the route
There’s a story Mike Widener likes to tell about someone on RAGBRAI who once asked what kind of tire tubes the Air Force uses that cause so many flat tires. “They ...
California woman celebrates 90th birthday on RAGBRAI
FREEMONT — Celebrating a 90th birthday is a special milestone. Celebrating while riding 406 miles across the state of Iowa is an achievement Bette Winthers likely can claim to herself. The 89-year-old ...
Riders make best of soggy, less than ideal weather
OSKALOOSA — The rain has stopped but skies are overcast as cyclists make their way toward Fairfield this morning. Thousands of RAGBRAI campers and late-night partiers dealt with rain on and ...
Chicago lawyer spreads laughs along route
Tom Osran is a lawyer by trade. Before that he spent five years as a journalist, but his true calling is as a comedian. Or maybe not. That probably depends on ...
Kaeding trades training camp for ride across Iowa
For Nate Kaeding, the last Friday of July has typically meant the start of training camp. This year, the former Iowa Hawkeye football star will be winding down his first RAGBRAI, ...
Kathlynn’s Hope advocates promote message along the roure
BUSSEY — Advocates for stricter sentencing guidelines for those who commit crimes against children are taking their campaign on the road. The road along RAGBRAI to be exact. About halfway between ...
Police: RAGBRAI riders well-behaved in Des Moines
RAGBRAI riders caused few problems for law enforcement during their Des Moines stay, officials said today. No one was arrested Tuesday night at festivities downtown or at the campgrounds at Water ...
Riders take in history with ride at Feller museum
VAN METER — One blocK from the RAGBRAI route, two great American pastimes collided: biking and baseball. Between beers and pie, they stopped into the Bob Feller Museum to learn ...
