Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

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

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.

Grammy-winning Robert Cray touring with homage to his roots.

Hard-rockers bringing new ‘Planet Zero’ tour to Cedar Rapids.