Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

The city of Cedar Rapids will create a grant program using, at most, $750,000 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to help nonprofits after the city paused payments of hotel-tax revenue.

The Go Red for Women Luncheon is designed to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death for women in the United States, as well as generate funds for lifesaving cardiovascular research for women.

The city plans to use $10.2 million of its approximately $28 million share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on two west side Flood Control System projects, bringing permanent protection to the part of town where Army Corps. of Engineers funding can’t be used.

Differences have emerged in the four Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates’ stances on equity in policing, the city’s use of speed cameras, and support for marijuana decriminalization.

The Cedar Rapids not-for-profit has organized home tours and walking tours on Friday and Saturday to celebrate the restoration of its new headquarters and dedication in honor of a late board member.

A bed warmer is an open bed with radiant heat. It allows the medical team to safely assess and evaluate a baby after birth, while keeping the baby warm and safe.

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The event will be held Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the house, located at 943 14th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids.

“We know that 80 percent of our growth in Cedar Rapids comes from existing businesses,” Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate Tiffany O’Donnell said. Is she correct?

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Police Department lent some more clarity to the bail bondsman shooting situation late Friday …

The Hot Cider Hustle Half Marathon and 5K is returning to Cedar Rapids in a few weeks and local nonprofit Families Helping Families – which is organizing volunteers for the race – still needs dozens of volunteers.

After a full 18 months of a pandemic that’s scary in its own right, it seems some crowds are ready for haunting thrills of the more ordinary kind -- the ones readily available in the month of October.

Some urge accountability in city’s use of tax increment financing.

Hard-rockin’ Black Mountain opening for Primus on Oct. 10 at McGrath Amphitheatre in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Revival Theatre’s ‘End of Rainbow’ production was put on hold during pandemic.