Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Cafe Beignets, a new shop coming to Lindale Mall, is planning an Oct. 1 opening.

An evening farm-to-table experience is returning to NewBo City Market for its third annual year.

Scheetz, who represents District 2, was first appointed to the board in April of this year.

Eastern Iowa Catholic parishes would consolidate under a proposal from the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department stood by Tuesday morning to enforce a police-tape barrier outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the Cedar Rapids Homeland Security building, while hundreds of community members gathered in the street to protest deportations and support immigrants reporting to the office for check-in appointments.

Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control has released information about its plan to address problems identified through a state inspection of the shelter in August.

Cedar Rapids City Council District 3 incumbent Dale Todd is seeking re-election to the council.

A Cedar Rapids pilot is currently flying across the Atlantic Ocean to support polio eradication efforts with a goal of raising $1 million for the cause. The campaign has already raised $100,000.

The annual Stand Down event connects veterans with community resources to assist with the transition to life after service with a particular focus on those who are homeless or at risk of experiencing homelessness.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Marion unveils new Uptown sculpture

Two of the men convicted in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018 sat in a Linn County courtroom two weeks ago and spoke to Bagley’s heartbroken parents and siblings, who have been searching for answers about how — and why — their loved one was killed more than six years ago.

The Iowa Department of Ag announced this week a pilot project that will provide $3 million to encourage farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metro areas to add perennial buffers to fields along streams.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on charges that he sexually abused a five-year-old child.

NewBo Art Fest, a Labor Day tradition, returns for its 15th year on Sunday, Aug. 31.

A returning Cedar Rapids metro area native is the first to receive the upward of $5,000 in relocation incentives being offered through the Collaborative Growth Initiative.