Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to more than 6 years in federal prison for trafficking meth. He was nabbed after selling drugs to an informant working with law enforcement.

One of the nation’s first romance-focused bookstores is celebrating its reopening this month in an expanded space in Cedar Rapids.

A fourth charter school — called Horizon Science Academy — received approval Thursday from the Iowa State Board of Education to open this fall in Cedar Rapids.

A barbecue franchise has closed its Cedar Rapids location.

A national pizza chain has abruptly closed all of its locations in Iowa.

More than 200 people turned out Monday at a Cedar Rapids school board meeting — and many spoke against a plan to close up to six elementary schools — but district leaders say school closures are necessary for long-term sustainability while acknowledging the decisions will be “extraordinarily hard.”

Drillbit, an apt name for a jackhammering metal band, will showcase such heavy songs as "Deadneck," "Defecated Remains" and "Massacre," among other uplifting tracks on Saturday at CSPS's Cold Shock 2, the second annual Iowa Metal Underground Midwest Death Metal Showcase.

The program will provide medical and psychological support for individuals following a stop or reduction in drug or alcohol use.

A nonprofit grocery store in Cedar Rapids is continuing to look for ways to bring in more customers from around the city, in order to keep providing healthy food options to a neighborhood that otherwise wouldn’t have any.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with two counts of attempted murder and six other charges asked for a new lawyer, citing trust and communications issues. His trial, which was set to start next month, will not go. It will be reset after a new lawyer is appointed.

Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen told Linn County Republicans on Thursday that he would push changes on education, property taxes and eminent domain if elected governor, framing his campaign as a fight to “preserve and protect the culture of the state” and “a battle of good versus evil.”

City staff estimate there are roughly 60 vaults throughout downtown Cedar Rapids that are privately owned but stretch into and underneath the public right-of-way.

A new documentary film is unveiling the blueprints of Grant Wood’s treasured Memorial Window in Cedar Rapids, plus the pivotal story of who the artist was before he was world famous.

A Tiffin cafe is growing soon with its first location in Linn County.

Cedar Rapids Economic and Development Services Director Bill Micheel on Wednesday said city staff are working with two separate grocery chains to set up tours of the former Hy-Vee store at 1556 First Ave. NE.