Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

The wait is over for Donutland’s return to the Cedar Rapids location it started in over 50 years ago.

The National Gay Pilots Association will be hosting “Wings over Iowa,” an “aviation block party” on Sunday where youth and the local community are invited to get up close and personal with members and their aircraft. Aviation exhibits, live music, food trucks and some local vendors will be on hand.

Low ticket sales, rising COVID number affected decision

Connor Fitzgerald and Dominic Patrick won first place for their innovative project for Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge, incorporating sustainability with solar panels and a greenhouse.

The 10-year ReLeaf Cedar Rapids plan to replenish trees downed in the derecho was adopted three months ago. Here’s what’s happened since and how you can help sustain replanting efforts.

See where Cedar Rapids’ Afghan residents live, where they work, their biggest hopes and their biggest fears since the dust settled.

When a two-year state moratorium on new casinos ends, local casino backers envision a complex with bars, restaurants and entertainment at the former Cooper’s Mill site. Here’s what’s in the Cedar Crossing proposal, shared exclusively with The Gazette.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, seeking his eighth term in the Senate, spoke at a campaign event Friday at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.

The Cedar Rapids City Council this week approved tax incentives for two new warehouses in the southwest quadrant for Hy-Vee and Worley Warehousing.

In the Downtown Ambassador program, formerly homeless people keep an eye on the park, explain the rules, refer people to community services.

The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival has announced the 2022 Heroes: Willie Ray Fairley, Robert Feiereisen and Bridgette Robinson. Selected through a community nomination process, they will be honored at The Tribute to Heroes Dinner on June 17 and act as parade marshals in the Freedom Festival parade on June 25.

The state ethics board issued a reprimand and civil penalty of $200 each to former Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate Amara Andrews and Linn County Democrats chair Bret Nilles for a campaign mailer advocating against then-candidate Tiffany O’Donnell.

The Irish vocal ensemble normally makes the rounds in the vicinity of St. Patrick's Day, but everything is a bit different because of pandemic pauses.

Lewis, who will perform Sunday at the McGrath Amphitheatre in Cedar Rapids, lays out his pointed opinions with his latest hit, “Am I the Only One,” a right-wing anthem which assails The Boss: “Am I the only one who quits singing along/Every time they play a Springsteen song?”

With the Country Club’s expansion receiving the OK from five voting City Council members, questions remain over whether the city should tighten language in its ethics policy guiding how the part-time elected officials declare conflicts of interest