Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Community firework displays begin Saturday and continue through holiday

High Properties and other local partners are looking to turn a city-owned property in the New Bohemia District into a $23.7 million residential and mixed-use complex.

The Cedar Rapids City Council has signed off on a contract with Alexandria, Virginia-based International Association of Chiefs of Police to search for a new individual to lead the Cedar Rapids Police Department for an amount not to exceed $62,650.

It’s not a biker bar -- it’s a bicycle bar.

Thanks to a grant from AKC Reunite, the Cedar Rapids Police Department has brought on a new canine officer for tracking.

The opening comes many months after the restaurant’s sign first appeared on the space at the strip mall, next to Batteries Plus and Dollar General.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is working with Cedar Rapids stakeholders to provide a “starting point” to improve local systems to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness.

A swath of land in northwest Cedar Rapids near downtown may soon be earmarked for a potential casino, should a state panel ever award a license to operate a gaming facility here.

Residents of several Cedar Rapids neighborhoods discovered flyers advertising antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-abortion rights ideologies scattered in lawns and streets Sunday and Monday.

Wholesale distributor provides tires for everything from ‘wheelbarrows to combines’

Citizens are banding together to refresh the garden in Ellis Park that honors iconic English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It’ll have enhanced structures and natural preservation elements in the coming years.

The city has used a variety of methods over the years to try to control the population.

If you ever wanted to be a scientist, now you can. By snapping pictures and scribbling down notes, you can help inform crucial decisions for protected prairies at Indian Creek Nature Center.

The DeWolf Family Innovation Center in Marion, with 23,000 square feet attached to a 237-residence senior living community, hopes to change the approach to aging and dementia care.

Iowa state transportation officials recently gave the green light to proceed with plans to widen Interstate 380 and rebuild the interchange with Wright Brothers Boulevard in Cedar Rapids.