Community

The seventh annual Amana Colonies Wurst Festival will be held in the historical Amana Colonies this Friday and Saturday.

Mercy’s legacy of providing cancer care to the Cedar Rapids community dates back to 1956, when the first linear accelerator, a machine that aims radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy, was gifted by Howard Hall.

Be Well Marion and Marion Parks and Recreation are again teaming up with area yoga and fitness instructors to offer free outdoor yoga classes surrounded by nature at the Klopfenstein Amphitheater at Lowe Park in Marion.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications to fill voluntary appointments on on the Plumbing Board of Appeals and the Mechanical Board of Appeals.

Critter Crusaders helped a 9-month-old puppy with hip and head injuries and other fractures by offering the medical care he needed after being hit be a car on First Avenue in Cedar Rapids in April. Caesar, a Lab-pit bull mix, is still recovering and in foster care but soon will be ready for adoption.

The city of Marion has created a dashboard that provides residents with a real-time status report of stump removal progress in the city right-of-way.

With increased demand and funding cuts, the nonprofit’s I Believe camaign is more critical than ever this year to keep services going for the homeless, poor, victims of domestic violence and violent crime.

The videos were created between June 2016 and October 2018, and cover all 16 historic regions of Ukraine. With the increased interest in Ukraine after the attack by Russia that began in the spring of 2022, the series became an opportunity to teach the rest of the world about the country.

Residents who live in unincorporated Linn County within the half-mile buffer zone around the cities of Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Hiawatha (zoned as Urban Services Residential - USR) have until June 30 to openly burn any vegetative debris remaining from the August 2020 derecho.

Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control

The Social Justice Committee of St. Ludmila Catholic Church is sponsoring a special panel presentation on mental health. "The Mental Health Crisis: On the Margins“ will take place June 21.

After he came to Cedar Rapids from the Congo at age 10, Mugisha Gloire dedicated his life to helping others like him. Now, he's providing the keys to success for immigrants.