Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

It’s a new year and a new ballot, but the arguments for and against a one-cent local option sales tax …

You’d think you’d find a ready-made fan club for flood protection at Larry McKinnon’s barbershop. After all, the strip of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The city is considering its options for redeveloping buyout properties, even those inside the 100-year flood plain. …

The effects of extreme weather are still evident in Cedar Rapids, nearly four years after flooding devastated the city’s core. …

Cedar Rapids residents will cast their votes March 6 on extending Linn County’s one-percent local-option sales tax (LOST) to fund …

Reconstruction work finally began this month on one of the iconic downtown Cedar Rapids buildings devastated by flooding in 2008. …

Just how snazzy a video scoreboard does the city need at its 10-year-old Veterans Memorial Stadium minor league park? And …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Firefighters are investigating a suspicious overnight fire here. Flames consumed a home in the 1400 block of …

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Mayor Ron Corbett and a City Hall delegation won an initial victory at the Iowa Statehouse on …

Last spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent out letters telling 180 Iowans to return payments made to them after …

UPDATE: Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett says he believes prospects are better this session for a cost-sharing approach toward flood …

A new, second-try City Hall task force convened Thursday and expressed no interest in building the city’s new west-side recreation …

Some history here is on target to be saved. Nine months ago, City Hall made it clear it wasn’t going …

The city’s 40-year-old marketing slogan, “The City of Five Seasons,” continues to confuse even as the unfortunate tagline that came …