CEDAR RAPIDS — Melissa Geronzin arrived at St. Luke’s Hospital to give birth on June 9, 2008. ‘I know when …

15th Anniversary of the 2008 Floods
IOWA CITY — Rest was illusive in those muggy June days of 2008 when incessant rain defeated riverbanks and swelling …
A gauge measuring the volume and level of the Turkey River at Spillville is so important to managing flooding in …
The historic flood of 2008, when the Cedar River crested June 13 at a record 31.12 feet, was the worst …
CORALVILLE — When she saw the looks on the faces of those coming back to City Hall from the sandbagged …
Dennis Harper loves to be asked if Iowa is better prepared for next major flood than it was in 2008. …
CEDAR RAPIDS — With 20-20 hindsight, former Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston said, the 2008 flood proved the adage of …
Gail Naughton squeezed six mannequins into her car when she finally left the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library …
Marcellis Gillis, a 7-year-old second-grader at the time of the 2008 flood, was one of the students immortalized in his …
By 3 a.m. June 12, 2008, Jim Steinfadt had been working to keep the Penford Products plant, near the 12th …
Two other communities upriver from Cedar Rapids — Palo in Linn County and Vinton in Benton County — suffered heavy …
IOWA CITY — The 2008 flood has forever changed the landscape of Iowa City. Dubuque Street is being elevated, the …
The following events will recognize the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 flood: Flood of Ideas When: Friday, June 8, …
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids doctor and kayaking enthusiast, thinks it’s time Cedar Rapids considered a whitewater park in …
Alan Lawrence had been the principal timpanist for the Cedar Rapids Symphony for 11 years before his instruments — heavy …