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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency is narrowing down its search for alternate waste management options.
Johnson County’s plans for campground improvements to improve water quality at popular F.W. Kent Park will need to be scaled back after bids came in significantly over budget twice, delaying the project by at least one year.
One of the most widely used snow-fighting agents — rock salt — comes at a price, both financially and environmentally.
The Cedar Rapids City Council has signed off on resolutions of support for multifamily and single-family housing projects that are seeking a slice of federal disaster recovery funds to add a combined 300 housing units in the community.
The Marion City Council will vote on five project applications Thursday. The church, which could be converted into multifamily housing, is among them.
Rates will likely continue to gradually increase, thanks to landfill closure and more expensive waste management options.
The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.
A flood gate -- over 11 feet tall and 82 feet long, weighing more than 80,000 pounds -- is being installed to roll across First Avenue E when a flood threatens downtown. A similar gate will be installed later on the avenue on the west bank of the Cedar River.
Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz -- the highest paid city administrator in Iowa -- is slated to receive a 4 percent pay bump this week with a City Council vote.
Johnson County — which uses the Muscatine County Jail to house some of its inmates —threatening to cancel its contract with the jail over administrator’s “hateful” commentary.
Colleagues say that Sandi Fowler, the deputy city manager who has worked for the city of Cedar Rapids for more than 30 years, is a true public servant who always kept citizens at the center of decision-making.
Starting June 1, American Airlines will begin nonstop service from the Eastern Iowa Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., adding a route that’s been years in the making for Cedar Rapids.
A section of 29th Street NE will be closed for about two weeks because of a water main break.
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