Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Museum Store is hosting a Trunk Show of wearable art from local artisans on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is also free to the museum that day.

A redevelopment plan has been drafted to complement the micro-area action plan prepared last year.

Darius Ballard, former principal of Washington High School and current Chief of Human Resources for the Cedar Rapids district, will return as the school’s leader this spring.

In an effort to protect a “regional asset,” area municipalities are looking to collaborate on a potential expansion of the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill.

For Nathan Berns, owner of Two Men and a Truck franchises across Eastern Iowa, Maryland and New York, knowing the odds has been part of a long-term strategy that has paid off well. But if the Eastern Iowa native has learned anything, it’s not how to play the numbers — it’s how to understand the humans around him.

This weekend, Cedar Rapids’ Rollin’ Recmobile will be at Hughes Park to provide free ice skates for use on the park’s skating rink, while supplies last.

Kianna McCune, mother of 16 year-old Michael McCune, who was ambushed and fatally shot in 2023, asked Wednesday — for the fifth time — for for justice during a sentencing for the fourth teen convicted in her son’s murder.

Cedar Rapids City Council members this week approved standard financial incentives for the project.

Public details are minimal on the new spot, described only as “an upscale neighborhood sports bar” for “elevated comfort food, quality drinks, and a refined, welcoming vibe.”

Tim Sullivan will deliver some favorite bits, new material and anecdotes on Saturday, Jan. 31.

Cedar Rapids City Council members this week approved a plan to revitalize the park and to make road improvements in the area.

Closing a high school or moving to a fifth through eighth grade middle school model are two additional “viable” options for how the Cedar Rapids school district could consolidate and close schools in an effort to reduce at least $6 million more from the district’s annual budget.

The Eastern Iowa Airport has broken its annual passenger record for the third consecutive year after more than 1.6 million travelers flew through the airport in 2025, marking a 6 percent increase from the year before.

The new president & publisher will oversee The Gazette and 11 community newspapers for Adams MultiMedia in Iowa.

More options for how to close and consolidate schools — created with a community coalition — will be presented to the Cedar Rapids school board Monday in an effort to reduce millions more from the district’s annual budget.