Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

The city is participating in a study of wastewater facilities nationwide to better understand the spread of COVID-19 and inform future pandemic response.

Willie Ray’s Q Shack employees and volunteers are venturing to Louisiana for about a week to serve hot meals to Hurricane Ida victims after the Category 4 storm devastated the area last week.

Cedar Rapids and Linn County officials seek collaboration on how to spend a combined $72 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, looking to set aside old tensions to maximize public benefit.

A report prepared by independent firm Atchison Consulting Service recommends improved communication and training -- including increasing understanding of how to request sources and of the National Guard’s capabilities.

Though maps outlining “undesirable” areas were only produced by the federal government from 1935 to 1940, the effects on seven Iowa cities live on to this day.

Police say 44-year-old Nestor Lagunes Dominguez should be considered armed and dangerous. He is accused of shooting and killing Jose Florentino Ramirez Landin Sunday in the 4000 block of 21st Avenue SW.

Police said Kendall C. Johnson, 36, of Cedar Rapids, stabbed a 35-year-old man at least eight times in the neck, torso and extremities during an altercation last week at a residence in northwest Cedar Rapids.

Check out these ways to celebrate summer’s final holiday hurrah in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas.

James “Murr” Murray telling tales, weaving improv into Paramount performance

More collaboration among communities, better communication with the public and no rogue resource requests are among recommendations in Linn County’s after-action review of the 2020 derecho.

Catherine McAuley Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from No Kid Hungry for its Refugee & Immigrant Services to assist new and expecting immigrant mothers, and refugee and immigrant families with young children

The issues Ashley Vanorny prioritized in her first council bid continue with ‘greater vigor’ after the derecho and amid the pandemic, she told The Gazette.

Mentorship programs benefits both Bigs and Littles, but 131 area children are waiting for those matches.

The new restaurant at Bowman Square in Northeast Cedar Rapids held a grand opening Aug. 25.

Chicago’s LowDown Brass Band hitting outdoor stage at Cedar Rapids’ NewBo City Market