Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

After a flesh-eating disease took both of Ricky Bartlett’s legs over the course of eight years, the larger than life personality has found a new stride.

See inside the only thin French pancakes offered in Cedar Rapids.

Haile Duncan’s award comes after she went from a single restaurant owner to a restaurateur in a matter of a few months with the openings of La Casita and Mamacita Taco Pub.

The sweet and salty snack shop opened at 118 Second St. SE on Aug. 30.

The refugee resettlement organization has partnered with the furniture rescue non-profit to better serve the community after welcoming a large influx of Afghans refugees.

Kirkwood is partnering with The Eastern Iowa Airport to launch a Aviation Maintenance Technology program in fall 2023 to address an area of need in the workforce. About $1 million in federal and private funds will support the renovation of an aircraft hangar into a classroom.

The City Council took a final vote against adopting trigger language in the city charter to study ranked choice voting should it become allowable under state law, but supporters question whether that’s allowed without posing the language to voters.

The new restaurant, a collaboration between Cedar Rapids restaurant group Fun Not Fancy and restaurateur Kory Nanke, tentatively plans to open Nov. 1.

“Unfortunately, due to ongoing staffing issues, I plan to sell the bakery. My wish it to sell to someone who wants to carry on making out great products,” owner Tom Schmitt said in a social media post.

The Kingston Village coffee shop plans to open a second location soon in Uptown Marion.

Plant operated on Cedar River from 1917 to 1970s Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power began offering electricity in Eastern …

The area’s homeless population has continued to increase over the last couple of years

Award-winning musical onstage for 4 performances this weekend

With Riverside Park closed through next summer to make way for a detention basin as part of the flood control system, some local skaters are frustrated with the wait for a place to skate. The city continues to explore options for temporary equipment.

These workers labor only outdoors, and pretty much whenever they feel like it.