CEDAR RAPIDS – Fewer than 10 homes and only two business addresses remain occupied in a wide area of the …
Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection
News Jul. 22, 2014 1:00 am
All along, Cedar Rapids city officials knew that the city’s voluntary flood-recovery buyout program would leave a small number of …
News May. 20, 2014 7:00 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Federal funds to help build the city’s flood protection system took another step toward reality. On Tuesday, …
Federal Government May. 16, 2014 6:47 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – City leaders were overjoyed Friday as they reported that a joint U.S. House-Senate conference committee has approved …
Government & Politics May. 15, 2014 2:18 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — Heavy rain on April 13 undermined several footings at the construction site of the public works department’s …
News May. 12, 2014 7:57 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s not every day that city officials organize a tour of the sewage treatment plant. The city’s …
Business News May. 13, 2014 11:31 am
CEDAR RAPIDS – Preservationists were on hand Monday morning to mourn as demolition crews quickly took down the 113-year-old, flood-damaged …
Business News May. 7, 2014 1:00 am
CEDAR RAPIDS – This is the nervous time of year here as spring rains fall and the Cedar River rises. …
Government & Politics Apr. 24, 2014 10:00 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – City officials are moving ahead with the start of construction of a flood protection system for both …
Government & Politics Apr. 4, 2014 8:18 am
As bus tours go, it was a quick one with a clear message: The Flood of 2008 here hurt, and the ongoing …
News Feb. 18, 2014 3:30 am
CEDAR RAPIDS – Mayors and city managers stand on the shoulders of people like Joe O’Hern. O’Hern slipped out of …
News Feb. 14, 2014 3:30 am
CEDAR RAPIDS – City Hall has stood with Matthew 25 as the not-for-profit’s innovative neighborhood-rebuilding efforts have helped core neighborhoods …
Government & Politics Jan. 28, 2014 8:20 pm
The celebratory feel from last spring took a back seat last night to a bevy of questions from City Council …
Government & Politics Jan. 27, 2014 3:12 pm
Construction is slated to start in April on a $1.18-million lodge at the city’s Ushers Ferry Historic Village next to …
Gregg Hennigan
News Jan. 21, 2014 9:21 pm
IOWA CITY – The City Council Tuesday night chose to scale back a key aspect of a major flood-related project …