Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Bensusan is an uncommon guitarist, who has no problem playing three parts in a couple of different time signatures in a song. The impact is a unique, textured sound.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Cedar Rapids has been recognized for its McLoud Run flood control project

Nearly one million of the trees felled in the 2020 derecho were in Linn County alone, and the damage left rural and urban communities alike with gaping holes in their tree canopies. Five years later, The Gazette is revisiting what’s been done to fill the gaps.

Five years after the 2020 derecho’s hurricane-force winds extensively damaged homes throughout the area, construction continues in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities to replenish the housing stock that was damaged or entirely lost in the disaster.

Move the sliders left and right to see the difference between 2020 and 2025.

Of the more than $40 million in contracts awarded for the Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center so far, 96 percent have gone to Iowa companies.

The donation from QTS, which is building a data center in Cedar Rapids, will support derecho recovery efforts through tree plantings on private property.

The planned expansion at NewBo City Market has been delayed by unexpected construction costs.

Approximately 100 employees at a Cedar Rapids packaging company have been told this week that their positions are being eliminated as the plant will close in early October.

New Covenant Bible Church in Cedar Rapids hosted its summer picnic Wednesday, which included music, worship and baptisms

A Johnson County coffee brand is expanding quickly across Iowa after coming under new ownership.

At Aerial Elegance Academy in Cedar Rapids, pole dancers are finding meaning no other sport affords them.

State, city and company leaders spoke at a ceremony Wednesday celebrating a planned $50 million upgrade and expansion to Ingredion's operations in Cedar Rapids. The company will expand the production of industrial starches used in packaging and papermaking to meet growing demand. The starches use corn sourced entirely from Iowa.

A full marathon has been tried in the Cedar Rapids in the recent past, but the last one was held in 2018 and 2019 before getting interrupted by COVID.

Nechus, a South American fusion concept in NewBo City Market, opened at the helm of a trio of new restaurateurs from Colombia and Ecuador on June 27.