RAGBRAI in a wheelchair on a longboard? Erik Kondo says no problem.
GARNER, Ia. — Riding a longboard while in a wheelchair, Erik Kondo stands out among cyclists on the route of the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. He sits, strapped ...
Britt shows its hobo heritage for RAGBRAI riders
BRITT, Ia. — Leanne Castillo is the honorary queen of the hobos. The 84-year-old oil portrait artist has been painting each year’s hobo king and queen in her town, the “hobo ...
After a brief escape, Bacon the piglet is back at RAGBRAI ‘swine cuddles’ tent
WEST BEND, Ia. — Bacon was the piglet that (almost) got away. One of two piglets in the Northwest Iowa Badgers baseball club’s “swine cuddles” tent was apprehended after an escape ...
Iowan is back on the RAGBRAI route, 4 decades later
PRIMGHAR, Ia. – Growing up in Iowa City, Jim Hussey’s paper routes helped shape him as an avid newspaper reader. Stories in the Des Moines Register informed him of the paper’s ...
Right place, right time: UI children’s hospital team sees and helps crash victim on road to RAGBRAI
Traveling to Orange City on Friday for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, medical professionals in a team RV found themselves in the right spot to help a ...
RAGBRAI Mile of Silence: Riders remember those killed or injured
GRANVILLE, Ia — Stereos were silenced and conversations quieted Sunday as cyclists passed through the Mile of Silence during the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. The mile, which stretched ...
Orange City welcomes RAGBRAI riders, and a giant front wheel
Orange City is a first-time overnight town, and its population easily doubled Saturday as riders from every U.S. state and countries around the world converged for the seven-day ride, the ...
