Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Marion man will spend 1 year in federal prison for stealing pistol last year when he worked at Fleet Farm. The incident was captured on store video.

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Kari Jobe, Bethel Music round out Cedar Rapids lineup at McGrath Amphitheatre

CEDAR RAPIDS — A year to the date since the derecho’s hurricane-force winds pummeled Cedar Rapids, the City Council on …

Private contributions total over $1 million for the ReLeaf initiative, adding to the city of Cedar Rapids’ $10 million commitment to replenish the tree canopy lost in the derecho.

A free prostate screening for men who are uninsured, underserved and/or do not have a primary care physician will be available Wednesday afternoon.

A year after the derecho, one Cedar Rapids woman who started feeding her neighborhood three meals a day still is helping the people who have become her friends

After the derecho downed most of the city’s tree canopy, Cedar Rapids has made some progress on replanting while its ReLeaf plan to replenish the tree canopy is being drafted.

Cedar Rapids’ tree inventory had nearly 40,000 trees before the derecho. After losing 18 percent of the trees in the storm, the inventory helps city workers figure out which trees to replant and where.

The city has about 8,000 stumps in rights of way and another 5,000 stumps in city parks that need to be ground.

The grant came from the Friends Helping Friends Foundation -- a local nonprofit organization founded to raise funds for the Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control shelter.

The pandemic has drastically changed the need for service dogs at facilities and for those with PTSD, prompting Deafinitely Dogs to shift its focus.

Annual K9 Splash fundraiser held in Cedar Rapids

Police arrested a 25-year-old Illinois man Thursday after he allegedly led officers on a high-speed chase on Interstate 380.

The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday expects to approve a $1 million allocation from its $28 million share of federal American Rescue Plan funds to support the PATCH program, which helps repair homes that were damaged in the derecho.