Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Richard Childress to keynote 35th annual conference in Cedar Rapids

As Cedar Rapids looks to acquire over 20 homes in the Time Check area for flood control system construction, a homeowner has appealed the city’s acquisition. The levee the city’s looking to build is still in the design phase.

14 students in Cedar Rapids schools were nominated by their teachers for a Kids First award for exemplifying good citizenship, problem-solving and empathy.

Cedar Rapids is working to amend its agreement with the developer undertaking Westdale Mall’s transformation to allow the developer to tap into a reserve fund created when loans associated with the project were restructured.

With his third opening, Pita’z owner Eli Harika hopes to break into a new category.

Sandrine Wallace, a local French baker known for her macarons, is starting a new baking contest this summer at NewBo City Market.

While Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill to fix a state error, leaving local governments down millions in expected revenue as they set their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year, Cedar Rapids still plans to invest in key priorities like flood control and economic development.

Revival Theatre staging musical milestone that united Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins.

The bakery known for its sweet treats inside NewBo City Market will hold a grand opening at its new location inside Collins Community Credit Union, 1800 First Ave. NE

Mitchell Burhite of Cedar Rapids goes to where big trucks need repairs.

The Ideal Theater & Bar, opened in October after a seven-month renovation, brings to life a historic silent film theater with a new vision for music and entertainment in Cedar Rapids.

The mental health access centers in Linn and Johnson counties would be funded below their requests under a proposed budget for fiscal 2024. County officials and providers warned this would result in reduced services, if not closure of the facilities.

Red Cedar Chamber concerts explore music for 2 violins, cello, including headbanging finale

Theatre Cedar Rapids rotating ‘A Doll’s House’ and ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ with related designs, different actors

An influx of $38 million in federal funding will fuel investment in the construction of 290 new single- and multifamily housing units in Linn County — mostly Cedar Rapids — to aid in recovery from the 2020 derecho.