Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Land in Johnson County seen as ripe for development

A man who was injured in a deadly shooting last month at an apartment complex’s parking lot was arrested Thursday and faces a first-degree murder charge over one of the two people killed.

Czech feather & Down in C.R. donates heart-shaped pillows for national radio show giveaway

Support systems coming to South Korea, Guam, Colombia

Family musical bringing some new twists to familar tale

Nutcracker ballets to ‘A Christmas Story’ ready to deck the halls family style

Ezekiel Andrew returning from ‘Lion King’ to headline event

If you want biscuits and gravy or sweet pancakes, check out this new diner in southwest Cedar Rapids.

Nonprofit Matthew 25 was awarded city of Cedar Rapids financial incentives this week to support a $2.5 million investment in new housing in the Northwest Neighborhood. The housing will pioneer a way for lower-income residents to access homeownership.

The new spot offers scratch-made bread, pastries and cookies, customizable sandwiches and a lunch menu with quinoa bowls and avocado or goat cheese toast.

Newcomer David Maier defeated first-term incumbent Pat Loeffler to secure an at-large seat on the Cedar Rapids City Council, becoming the council’s first openly gay member. Ann Poe was re-elected to the other at-large council sea..

The city of Cedar Rapids is looking to build an approximately $20 million horizontal collector well near Cargill’s corn milling facility as part of the city’s permanent flood control system — one of the finishing touches of flood protection work on the east side.

Changes from a former Cobble Hill manager and her chef husband are hitting Caucho’s menu with a new name in store.

Also, Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids reopens

In Linn County, the trickle-down effect of state and national politics seems to have swayed campaign donors in some Cedar Rapids and Linn-Mar school board races that are on the ballot Nov. 7, with right-leaning candidates out-raising some incumbents.