Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Craft’d After Dark is stepping out into its own space with a new name.

Traffic through downtown Cedar Rapids on the First Avenue Bridge will be affected Thursday and Friday as the city conducts floodgate testing.

Matthew 25 co-founder Courtney Ball has been tapped to take the nonprofit “into the future.”

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he fired a gun at two men who were in a car in an alleyway next to his house in the 500 block of 6th Ave. SW.

Six years after Westdale Bowling Center closed in southwest Cedar Rapids, the complex’s massive 43,000-square-foot space has reopened with new sights and smells from Backyard BBQ.

Unofficial results show the Cedar Rapids school district’s $117 million bond referendum narrowly failing by less than 1 percent — fewer than 200 votes short of approval. The referendum received just over 59 percent approval but requires a supermajority of 60 percent to pass.

All five incumbents secured additional four-year terms, although only two faced challengers.

A collaborative of area health care providers and Linn County social service agencies is exploring the feasibility of creating a street medicine team to help deliver health care to the unhoused.

Cedar Rapids City Council members later this month will vote on whether to direct $25,000 to an area food bank.

Iowa GOP Congerssman Randy Feenstra, newly in the 2026 Iowa governor’s race, toured a Cedar Rapids food pantry Tuesday as the federal shutdown halts food aid for thousands of Iowans. Feenstra praised local “neighbors helping neighbors,” defended his campaign rollout, and said he’ll debate his Republican rivals while urging Congress to reopen the government.

The second of two juveniles who were arrested Friday after a shooting in Cedar Rapids has been identified after being charged with a felony.

Bread and Buttered bakery has been leading the charge at NewBo City Market for free food assistance as others shore up donations to food banks hit hard this month.

Polls across Iowa will be open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Former teachers, education agency staff and a parent told Rob Sand that Iowa’s new AEA structure has reduced support for classrooms and families, while one district leader said it’s given schools more flexibility.

One of the two juveniles who were arrested Friday in relation to a shooting in Cedar Rapids has been identified after he was charged with multiple felonies and his case was moved to adult court.