The city of Cedar Rapids has launched a survey to find homeowners still making derecho-related repairs. Responses will help local officials use $2.5 million being awarded to Linn County specifically for derecho repairs.
Panel discussion, Q&A set for 6 p.m. Thursday at CSPS
A buyer has stepped forward to redevelop the 51-acre Transamerica property off Edgewood Road and 42nd Street NE, but specific plans for the site remain to be seen.
For more than 20 years, volunteer Corinnie Ketelsen found joy in doing the little things for the smallest patients in Cedar Rapids.
The city council allocated the funds toward 20 affordable housing and social service projects jointly with Linn County to maximize the dollars distributed through the Democrat-backed American Rescue Plan.
A $25,000 grant from CN Railway and America in Bloom will support the city’s “ambitious” partnership with Trees Forever to replant trees downed in the 2020 derecho.
Scaggs said only in recent years has he started to feel like he’s coming into his own as a vocalist. So while he drew his share of accolades for his supple and soulful tone on hit songs that propelled him to major stardom during the late 1970s and early ‘80s, he doesn’t rave about his vocal work, especially during those early years of his career.
Hard-rockers bringing new ‘Planet Zero’ tour to Cedar Rapids.
Music’s universal love language weaves through a brief moment in time captured in “Once,” a Theatre Cedar Rapids production opening Friday, Aug. 26, and continuing through Sept. 11 in Brucemore’s outdoor amphitheater.
Linn-Mar senior Tejas Gururaja wins division in National Association of Teachers of Singing competition
Two years after her food truck was damaged by the derecho, Phoebe Rios has reopened Rio Burritos to offer a new emphasis on Mexican food in Cedar Rapids.
The City Council has extended the Cedar Rapids Charter Review Commission members’ terms through September. A presentation was initially anticipated to take place Tuesday but is now planned for a council meeting next month.
With the school year already underway, the council’s vote ends a monthslong debate between city and school district officials over the presence of school resource officers mainly in middle schools.
El Bajio’s second opening will offer a more bar-forward concept
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