Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

CEDAR RAPIDS – Residents and officials got their first good look at a proposed $4.55 million city Animal Care and …

A crew from Kelly Demolition in Mount Vernon is demolishing commercial buildings in the 400 block of First Street SW …

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids architect says the community is recovering at a faster pace from the June 2008 …

UPDATE: The city-owned riverfront spot next to the First Avenue bridge that has been home since 1996 to the sculpture, the …

The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency’s landfill at 1954 County Home Rd., Marion, is closed  today because of high …

Restoration of the Paramount Theatre, damaged in downtown Cedar Rapids flooding in 2008, advanced Friday when part of the marquee …

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says having more space free in the Missouri River’s reservoirs would have reduced, but …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Costs to the city for basic infrastructure fixes are colliding with costs for flood-recovery work and those …

CEDAR RAPIDS – On hiatus for two years after the Floods of 2008 wrecked Cedar Rapids neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Revitalization …

 City Manager Jeff Pomeranz surely doesn’t sleep in a suit and tie, but you wonder. So it was no surprise …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The city’s efforts to recover from and protect against a repeat of the 2008 flood took big …

UPDATE: The Iowa House has approved a flood mitigation bill that would allow Cedar Rapids and other communities retain some …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s effort to prepare the area for future floods begins Tuesday in Cedar …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The fact that thousands of RAGBRAI riders are due to descend on Cedar Rapids in late July …

DES MOINES – Cedar Rapids residents on Wednesday pressured a legislative panel for more accountability in proposed flood mitigation legislation, …