Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

A former insurance agent is accused of using altered or false information when submitting an application for life insurance for a client.

To make the most of a disaster scenario and pave a path for a strong recovery, Iowa city leaders say they must uplift the businesses that keep the community’s economic wheels turning. Here’s how some have turned adversity into opportunity.

Educating the public and spreading mission awareness were among the union aims on display at the annual Cedar Rapids Labor Day picnic Monday – organized by the Hawkeye Area Labor Council.

Wellington Heights Community Church has been known as a “church without walls” since it began in March 2020. With renovations complete on the former Paul Engle Center, the group now has a physical space to serve the southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood.

The City Manager’s 1-Bag Challenge has inspired residents to pick up more than 23,000 bags of litter in the last 10 years. To celebrate, the city is holding a litter pick-up event from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at McGrath Ampitheatre.

The county-hosted panel discussion on Thursday highlighted the kind of work that would better prepare the community and its residents for future disasters. In particular, panelists said immigrant and refugee populations, elderly residents and smaller communities are the most vulnerable.

Dwight Hughes Jr. dreamed of a city park where Hughes Nursery originally stood for all Cedar Rapids to enjoy. Now, the new park will serve as a conservation area that honors Hughes family history.

AAA predicts this will be the busiest Labor Day travel weekend in three years, reaching pre-pandemic levels, despite inflation, higher airfares and gas prices pinching household budgets.

Cassandra Collins, clinical director for Area Substance Abuse Council, talks about grappling with a dramatic increase in overdose deaths and heavy drinking in Iowa.

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The downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library will reopen Thursday after most cleaning has wrapped up following a fire that broke out last month.

Theater Cedar Rapids musical embraces humor as well as angst in tale of healing

Order of Railway Conductors operated downtown for almost a century, from 1878 to 1968

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