The Cedar Rapids City Council in a 7-2 vote advanced proposed policy changes in an effort to hold absentee landlords accountable for nuisance properties, but some landlords feared the changes are “harsh” and allow little room for human error.
Izumi, at 221 Second Ave. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids, opened quietly on Nov. 15, replacing what used to be Wasabi.
Eight months after it was announced, Barrrel House has opened its Marion expansion. Its downtown Cedar Rapids location is on track to open early next year.
Professional troupe raising funds to transform a building in Cedar Rapid’s Time Check neighborhood
A passerby had called in the emergency as well as alerted the man that his home was on fire.
Runoff elections -- like city voters have seen in the last two election cycles -- cost more money to administer and typically diminish voter engagement. Rent Cedar Rapids candidates have voiced support for identifying alternatives to the system.
While some yard signs are seen in public right of way spaces around Cedar Rapids where they are not supposed to be placed, the city treads carefully on regulating signs to protect citizens’ free speech rights.
Overtis Roberts Jr., 44, is accused of slashing a man was in the 200 block of Third Street SE on Aug. 18.
When Tiffany O’Donnell’s four-year term as Cedar Rapids mayor starts Jan. 1, she will be the only newcomer on the nine-member City Council, but she sees her fresh perspective as an asset.
Bob Hammond, who succeeds Jen Winter, has worked for cities in Washington state throughout his career.
Holiday concerts continue spreading cheer throughout the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas Dec 2-9, 2021.
Women Lead Change Chief Executive Officer Tiffany O’Donnell staved off competition from TrueNorth employee Amara Andrews to win the runoff election and become the next Cedar Rapids mayor, only the third woman to serve in the role.
Cedar Rapids police say the man stole over $10,000 worth of copper from the abandoned Colonial Centre building.
To ensure all Cedar Rapidians have a “mirror” reflecting themselves in library books, staff began auditing the collection in 2018 for representation and have successfully increased diversity, starting with young adult fiction.
Love Lights is an annual tradition at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Each light on the holiday tree signifies a gracious gift of support in honor of a loved one, helping Hospice of Mercy to serve patients on their final journeys, as well as their family members.
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