Families Helping Families of Iowa (FHF) will host its first-ever Foster/Adoptive Parent Resource Fair on March 26. FHF also is looking for organizations to join the event that can also serve as a resource for current or prospective foster and adoptive families.
Aaron Hall, baker at The Local Crumb, was named a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker. He is one of only two Iowa semifinalists for the prestigious award in any category.
Donutland will be expanding in Iowa City, filling in for Daylight Donuts after it closed on Sunday.
Mama Pearls, a new soul food restaurant offering fried catfish, gumbo, gizzards and smothered pork chops, opened Feb. 18 at 4444 First Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids near Lindale Mall.
Masks will no longer be required inside Iowa City facilities as of Tuesday but still will be available to visitors, the city announced Monday. North Liberty and Coralville have also ended their mask mandates.
For many Black restaurant owners, Black history isn’t just something celebrated during the shortest month of the year — it’s a lived experience practiced by hand every single day.
A warm garden oasis that grows thousands of plants for Cedar Rapids’ public spaces at Noelridge Park each year is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2022.
In line with revised CDC guidelines easing mask-wearing metrics for most Americans, the city of Cedar Rapids and Linn County have lifted requirements that masks be worn to curb the spread of COVID-19 in municipal facilities
The trial for Alexander Jackson, accused of fatally shooting his parents and sister last June, will not go in April. It will be bumped out, possibly past the one year anniversary of the fatal shootings. His lawyers also plan to ask for a change of venue.
The city of Cedar Rapids and the Visual Arts Commission are preparing a Public Art Plan, which incorporates input from residents and stakeholders to define a vision for the city’s public art program. The plan will contain initiatives and implementation steps to achieve community goals over the next five to 10 years.
Need your Girl Scout cookie fix at the touch of a button? A new partnership between DoorDash and Troop 1949 has you covered in Cedar Rapids.
Linn County is slated to receive most of nearly $57 million awarded to the state of Iowa by the federal government to assist with long-term recovery from the August 2020 derecho.
‘Life and Music’ tribute coming to Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids on Friday, March 4, 2022.
With an influx of local, state and federal cash, “the time is now” to advance game-changing infrastructure investments that can shape Cedar Rapids now and for the future, Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said in a virtual State of the City address Wednesday.
As part of an initial allocation of joint American Rescue Plan funds between Cedar Rapids and Linn County, the city is using $3 million to add housing units and boost programming for food access, youth engagement and immigrant support
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