Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

By Dennis Lamb —- Ali Gharib is a national security reporter for ThinkProgress.org covering U.S. foreign policy in the Middle …

UPDATE: City Council members on Thursday said the city was pulling the plug on its plan to build a west-side …

Finding a replacement home for the flood-ruined and now-demolished Time Check Recreation Center didn’t get easier after all. A month …

Developer Baron Stark has six weeks to show City Hall he can follow through on aging plans to renovate the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Mayor Ron Corbett told one questioner at his State of the City speech on Wednesday that he …

Patrons of the Cedar Rapids city bus system are spending their last winter in a temporary, post-flood bus depot comprised …

Come 2014, a devastating flood akin to the city’s historic 2008 one won’t hurt the city’s ability to treat what …

Mount Mercy University is poised to expand to the south if hurdles involving rezoning and inspections are cleared. Mount Mercy …

CEDAR RAPIDS – As the Cedar River left its banks, rising floodwaters threatened St. Patrick’s Catholic Church four blocks away. …

The Cedar Rapids task force that has been trying for a year to find a new home for the flood-ruined-and-now-demolished …

A 37-year-old Cedar Rapids woman has been sentenced to federal prison for lying about 2008 flood damage in Cedar Rapids. …

The Des Moines Water Works has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, claiming the agency promised to …

Community members will have a chance to voice their opinions on the planned sale of the Cedar Rapids Community School …

Mayor Ron Corbett, a former Iowa representative, says the city’s top three legislative priorities are securing funding to make the …

Work is moving ahead to take the popular Cedar River Trail under the railroad bridge just down river from the …