Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

CEDAR RAPIDS – Fewer than 10 homes and only two business addresses remain occupied in a wide area of the …

All along, Cedar Rapids city officials knew that the city’s voluntary flood-recovery buyout program would leave a small number of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Federal funds to help build the city’s flood protection system took another step toward reality. On Tuesday, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – City leaders were overjoyed Friday as they reported that a joint U.S. House-Senate conference committee has approved …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Heavy rain on April 13 undermined several footings at the construction site of the public works department’s …

CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s not every day that city officials organize a tour of the sewage treatment plant. The city’s …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Preservationists were on hand Monday morning to mourn as demolition crews quickly took down the 113-year-old, flood-damaged …

CEDAR RAPIDS – This is the nervous time of year here as spring rains fall and the Cedar River rises. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – City officials are moving ahead with the start of construction of a flood protection system for both …

As bus tours go, it was a quick one with a clear message: The Flood of 2008 here hurt, and the ongoing …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Mayors and city managers stand on the shoulders of people like Joe O’Hern. O’Hern slipped out of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – City Hall has stood with Matthew 25 as the not-for-profit’s innovative neighborhood-rebuilding efforts have helped core neighborhoods …

The celebratory feel from last spring took a back seat last night to a bevy of questions from City Council …

Construction is slated to start in April on a $1.18-million lodge at the city’s Ushers Ferry Historic Village next to …

IOWA CITY – The City Council Tuesday night chose to scale back a key aspect of a major flood-related project …