Greg Buelow, Cedar Rapids public safety communications specialist, shares information about the city’s Neighborhood PACT program, a grassroots campaign to empower individuals with information about how to prepare for disasters and navigate the aftermath.
The $20 million ConnectCR project to build a pedestrian/trail bridge and transform Cedar Lake is planned to break ground this fall with funding in place to bring the grassroots vision to life.
The ninth annual Arts for Africa craft fair, in which proceeds support Tumaini Schools in Tanzania, East Africa, is scheduled for Sept. 18 at Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids.
Shawn Holt and the Teardrops playing free concert Friday on NewBo City Market Yard.
Police said 34-year-old Reginald D. Busch failed to yield for a left turn at Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE on Monday night and collided with a motorcycle, seriously injuring the motorcyclist.
Police said officers were patrolling nearby when they heard gunfire in the 600 block of 16th Avenue SW and responded to the scene. They found a dark-colored SUV driving in an alleyway without its headlights on.
The Wellington Heights Community Church has launched its “Building Hope” fundraising campaign to help fund its move into the neighborhood after operating with no permanent space for over a year.
Some neighbors of a Cedar Rapids condominium complex are frustrated with decisions made by their homeowners association. HOAs have boomed in recent decades as residents and cities don’t want to be responsible for lawns, drainage areas and snow removal.
Judge denies appeal for landlord, Charles Davisson, on the four properties he couldn’t rent for six months because of nuisance issues. Two of those are no longer rentals, one was rented after suspension and one can’t be rented until over $2,000 in fees are paid.
First-come, first-served event is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids
Linn County is holding two more public forums for input on how to allocate its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding
Cedar Rapids police said Allen Blazek, 41, of Cedar Rapids, suffered a serious head injury when he was thrown from an inner tube that was being pulled by a personal watercraft and struck a boat.
The organization has helped with kite events around the world
The city of Cedar Rapids invites public input in the creation of a Visual Arts Master Plan to define a vision for the City’s public art program.
115 Iowa arts and entertainment organizations received a total $44,537,369 in federal pandemic grants to help recoup losses from COVID-19.
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