Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Also in Government Notes, the Hawkeye Area Labor Council announced it is endorsing the Cedar Rapids school bond that will go to voters in November.

Friday was the last of this week’s send-offs across the state for the Iowa Army National Guard, but certainly not the last of thousands of thoughts, hopes and prayers that will follow the 1,800 Iowa soldiers being deployed to the Middle East.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, in Cedar Rapids for a Republican Party of Iowa fundraiser Thursday, questioned President Donald Trump’s authority to unilaterally impose tariffs on other countries by edict, and applauded a federal court ruling blocking Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

Old MacDonald’s Farm at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids will be closed Thursday and Friday after a goat at the farm was diagnosed with orf, a viral infection known as “sore mouth.”

The action plan builds on findings from a recent survey of area music industry professionals.

Summer in the Square, a new community program, will offer weekly programming at downtown Cedar Rapids’ Greene Square. The schedule includes a mostly free mix of concerts, fitness classes, hands-on kids activities and more.

A Marion man who crashed into a vehicle, causing injuries to a woman that ended her pregnancy, is now facing indecent contact charges. He is accused of exposing himself to one child and having inappropriate contact with another.

The end may be in sight for a downtown Cedar Rapids project that started eight years ago to reduce the sounds of train horns heard regularly throughout the day and night in the area.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, I-380 ramps in Cedar Rapids will be closed overnight this week for work.

Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating an early Sunday incident in which shots were fired in the 200 block of Second Avenue SE.

One business will be selected Aug. 13 to receive six months of free rent, a year of mentorship and other benefits to support growth of small businesses in downtown Cedar Rapids. The contest has returned after a hiatus since its debut in 2022. Applications are due June 30.

City staff say the proposal would address ongoing maintenance concerns and increase driver comprehension.

Thousands took to the streets in 2020 to push for racial justice and equity, but area activists say the work didn’t stop there.

Two Eastern Iowa high school students — from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City — are among the 16 students worldwide chosen for the eight-week Borlaug-Ruan International Internship.

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and some Eastern Iowa swimming pools are opening for the season this weekend. Find out when swimming pools, aquatic centers and splash pads will open.