A long-awaited, $8.04 million segment of flood protection is on its way to fortify Northwest Neighborhood against rising Cedar River waters using federal COVID-19 relief funds. It’s the first flood control project in the neighborhood.
Conlon Construction is proposing building a 150-room hotel and 10 rowhomes on the city-owned parking space known as Lot 44 in NewBo, which would go a long way toward adding overnight beds in the city core that could help Cedar Rapids attract larger events.
Metal band teaming with Uriah Heep for new British invasion across U.S.
A grocery study the city of Cedar Rapids completed last summer found there is high opportunity in the core of the city for a grocery store that appeals to lower- and moderate-income residents who are more price conscious. It cites Aldi, Price Chopper and Walmart as examples.
Time to head out for E. Iowa music, festivals and fundraisers
Faced with the abrupt closure of Hy-Vee’s First Avenue NE location, Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz said Tuesday that city officials and local stakeholders are studying all options to fill the grocery store and pharmacy gap Hy-Vee will leave when it shutters there in June.
In November last year, Cedar Rapids officials were assured that Hy-Vee had extended the lease of its First Avenue NE store another five years. Six months later, the company announced the store’s closure. Here’s how the city said negotiations went over the last year to keep Hy-Vee.
Also, Linn County Elections Office adopts conduct standards
“Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” the first book minted by Cedar Rapids author Austin Frerick, explores the intersections of American agriculture that have been ruled by an increasingly small number of powerful people.
At 7 weeks, baby Crimson Lee nearly died from sepsis and bacterial meningitis
With wigs as big as Texas, an old Hollywood sense of glamour and vocal talent that makes lip syncing redundant, the Cedar Rapids female impersonator has her eyes set on the Miss Gay USofA crown -- one drag pageant circuit eschewed by many in the younger generations.
An almost 150-year-old Linn County bridge has become a part of the pedestrian trail system at Indian Creek Nature Center following a Friday ribbon-cutting.
Funding to Orchestra Iowa will help pay for a performance of a revised score to “Field of Dreams” on the Kernels ball field next summer.
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