Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

A new clinic at Eastern Iowa Health Center gives new and returning patients the chance to be seen quickly for minor injuries and illnesses

Guests to the museum will have the opportunity to meet and talk with all the artists in one place and to buy works of art in all shapes, sizes and disciplines. Artists will be selling paintings, prints, functional work, stained glass, collage, fiber art, textiles, jewelry and notecards.

“It’s everything you would find in a gourmet holiday gift basket or charcuterie board,” ABC Acres owner Abby Costello said.

The First Avenue Bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids will be closed Thursday and Friday so the city can continue testing the flood control roller gate.

The man known for his proclamation of “One Love” is about to break some hearts as Caribbean Kitchen closes.

A major competitor in the fast-casual Tex-Mex market is opening a second location in Cedar Rapids.

Bruner returns to her Iowa roots this Saturday at the Olympic South Side Theater.

Two speed enforcement cameras in Cedar Rapids that were nixed last year — along with most traffic enforcement cameras around the state — by the Iowa Department of Transportation will soon start issuing citations again after an appeal to the DOT by the Cedar Rapids Police Department was approved more than a year after it was submitted.

Chelsea White, president of the Mirrorbox Theatre Board of Directors, announced the closure of the theater in a Facebook post Monday, writing that leaders “recently uncovered financial issues that make it no longer possible to sustain our work in the way our community deserves.”

One man was injured in a shooting Saturday in northeast Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Foundation is bringing history to life at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with the traveling exhibit “Hoover on the Road.” This special showcase offers an interactive, family-friendly experience that highlights the life, legacy and enduring impact of America’s 31st president, Herbert Hoover.

Earlier this year, local apprenticeship programs received thousands in grants from Iowa Workforce Development. A total of $3.4 million in grants was distributed to Registered Apprenticeship programs across the state that are building Iowa’s workforce pipeline.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Cedar Rapids Council finalizes rezoning of former Garfield Elementary site

About 260,000 Iowans receive SNAP benefits to keep hunger at bay. In October, for the first time in SNAP’s history, the federal government decided that the government shutdown extended to the vital program.

Fifteen households either have or will relocate to the area as part of the pilot program to increase the local population and tax base.