Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

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.

Cities around Iowa turn to UNI’s Public Art Incubator for assistance with their public art collections, offering students hands-on experience as they “contribute to their communities in a real way.” Students restored two Cedar Rapids sculptures through the program this summer.

The second annual Southeast Iowa Community STEM Day is set for July 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot in the Collins Aerospace facility at 400 Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids.

Shop Hop marketing, ‘passports’ bring people into brick-and-mortar shops nationwide

France has selected the Collins Aerospace mobile, vehicle-mounted air traffic control system for tactical approach and landing uses. With the …

From casual to cut-throat, here’s what handlers do to win the international competition held in Cedar Rapids each year.

With months of planning and many hours of set-up, here’s a look behind the scenes that ensure Freedom Festival goes out with a bang.