Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

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

Liberal arts grads find their niche in Corridor, Des Moines

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.

Alt-rockers coming to McGrath Amphitheatre in C.R.

The launch event, from 10 a.m. to noon, will offer family activities, prizes and welcoming remarks from Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell.

During the Cedar Rapids City Council’s 2024 goal-setting session Wednesday, members discussed the community's work in creating a desirable place to call home and the need for affordable housing options.

Blockbuster exhibit at National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library timed for 50th anniversary year.

Your guide to summer festival fare, grandstands, neighborhood concerts and more