Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Hitmaker brought his music to Iowa from 1942 to 1963

With specialties from the Puebla state of Mexico, two Iowa restaurateurs are trying their hand at Mexican food in Cedar Rapids.

The restaurant’s menu, available online now to tease your appetite, includes chlebicky open-face sandwiches, pea soup, fried cheese, beef goulash, rizek schnitzels, strapacky with sauerkraut and bacon, buchty sweet buns with marmalade, and babovka marbled Bundt cake.

Electric, athletic violinist mixing it up onstage -- and from on high.

The new location will feature much of the same food available in New Bohemia, but also will offer some popular breakfast items from his farmers market menu weekdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A portion of First Street NE in downtown Cedar Rapids will be reduced to one lane of traffic starting Wednesday. The closure will make way for construction of permanent flood control system infrastructure.

The Gingrich family’s spruce at their Marion home will be Cedar Rapids’ Christmas tree this year. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s annual tree lighting in Greene Square.

A judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 25 years for sexually abusing a child for over a year. The girl, now 8, told a forensic interviewer about the incidents and then, the abuser confessed to police that he sexually abused her for over a year.

Family-owned business now in its fourth generation

The 50 banners, at $250 each, are quickly being snapped up quickly, so festival officials warn interested parties not to wait too long to purchase a banner. Button design entries for the 2024 festival are due soon, too.

Also, residents asked for their opinions on workforce, C.R. city budget

Philanthropist shares $335,000 with The History Center for award-winning project

Gia’s Italian Kitchen owner Kelley Cole teaches others to cook. But in the process, she’s bringing people together for a greater purpose.

Among the five Cedar Rapids projects that were recently awarded redevelopment tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, local developer Steve Emerson’s proposed transformation of the old Guaranty Bank block received a major boost.

‘Parade’ coming back to launch Cameron Sullenberger Overture Series