Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids’ quadrants have long distinguished different parts of the city, separated by the Cedar River and First Avenue. Curious Iowa investigates: How and why were the four quadrants established?

Big Ten Taxicab, the only active company in Iowa City, is advocating for the city to get rid of its requirement that cabs have to follow a certain color scheme so the company can save money on painting costs when buying a new vehicle.

State regulators will decide the fate of Cedar Rapids casino backers’ third try for a gaming license on Feb. 6, 2025 after gathering public input and reviewing results of a study on the Linn County market.

Their summer sounds will send good vibrations rippling through the McGrath Amphitheatre on Friday night, and actor/musician John Stamos will join in the fun, fun, fun.

In the six years since she moved to the United States, Anh Le has gone from someone with no sense of direction in the kitchen to a busy bakery owner with a unique niche in NewBo City Market.

The Mexican restaurant focuses on a variety of hot and cold seafood dishes.

A new restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids is serving Italian cuisine with Cajun and Creole twists.

The bar, set to open soon in Kingston Yard, comes from someone who helped open The Stuffed Olive in Iowa City, Cedar Falls and Des Moines.

As Kingston Yard, the new mixed-use development in Cedar Rapids, brings new residential, commercial and other uses online and generate more traffic, the city of Cedar Rapids will soon bid an estimated $20 million public parking ramp.

A prosecutor said the prosecution was unable to provide a confession made by Curtis Padgett, who killed his friend, Dennis First, in 2007, to a witness because the witness died three months before trial. Padgett was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

One person was injured in a shooting Monday night in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

State regulators will commission a market study and soon consider a timeline to take applications for a Linn County gaming license after a two-year state pause on new licenses recently expired, opening the door for Cedar Rapids to try again for a casino.

The FBI’s Crime Complaint Center found Iowans reported nearly 4,000 complaints about cybercrime in 2023, a 26 percent increase compared with 2022.

After years “lost” in storage, Ashley Chapter funds to move water feature to permanent site

Also, a Johnson County meeting on Wednesday will review a report that looked at space needs for the sheriff’s office and county jail.