Articles Tagged: Flood 2016

CEDAR RAPIDS – As most businesses in the New Bohemia district rush to open their doors, the NewBo City Market …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday it will take several weeks, now that floodwaters are receding, to compile …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Many workers will return to downtown Cedar Rapids and both sides of the Cedar River as the …

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s business as usual at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, after a most unusual 10 …

An outpouring on generosity helped Eastern Iowa business and homeowners prepare for the Flood of 2016. Here's a look at the bigger picture: what drove people, how they organized, and what happens next. We also take a closer look at Matthew 25, which grew a lot as a response to flood recovery in 2008, as a potential road map for how such efforts can be sustained.

CEDAR RAPIDS – As with most of the rest of Cedar Rapids, the mostly part-time residents of Ellis Harbor learned …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For the Hand family, Saturdays typically involve having lunch downtown. As Cedar Rapids was dissolving its evacuation …

CEDAR RAPIDS — More than 50 volunteers marched up and down the stairs of the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police have identified the victim of the early Friday morning stabbing in Cedar Rapids as Christopher Arteberry …

United Fire Group employees will return Monday to the company’s headquarters complex in downtown Cedar Rapids, a far cry from …

Media Release On Friday, Sept. 30, Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are being released from state active duty due …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Standing between crammed shelves of canned goods and a row of industrial-sized water jugs in his basement, …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids’ most high profile dilapidated building still is standing after a second flood and all systems …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Owners of bars and restaurants in downtown Cedar Rapids were moving quickly Friday to open their doors …

CEDAR RAPIDS – More than eight years after the Cedar Rapids flood of 2008 destroyed their home and many of …