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It will cost over $200,000 to rebuild a Vinton Park after it was burned down this weekend in an apparent arson, according to a video posted to Facebook by the director of the Vinton Parks and Recreation Department.
One person was found dead after a several-hour standoff with police Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids.
Julie Beckett fought to care for her daughter at home in the 1980s, bringing about a fundamental change to the federal Medicaid program that ultimately improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of children with complex disabilities nationwide. She died in Cedar Rapids on Friday at the age of 72.
The festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and includes more than 80 creatives, all from Iowa, sprawled across the NewBo and Czech Village neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids.
Together We Achieve’s next drive through food box giveaway event is scheduled for Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jefferson High School, 1243 20th St. SW, Cedar Rapids. This is a first-come, first-served event and no registration is required.
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation announces its second grant cycle for 2022 for local charitable nonprofits. Applications will be accepted through July 1 at 4:30 p.m. Grants will be awarded to organizations that enhance the quality of life in Linn County. The foundation recently approve more than $4.8 million in grants.
Get a new perspective of the Wapsipinicon River through all seasons. Spring, summer and fall paddles will be offered, along with a winter hike. The spring paddle event is Saturday.
A local nonprofit, Central Furniture Rescue, that helps people transitioning from homelessness to a permanent home is having an open house and ribbon cutting for its new “forever home” later this month.
A former University of Iowa provost who resigned under a cloud of suspicion after just one year – hinting on her way out that she wanted to serve a campus aligned with her diversity, equity, and inclusion values – is being accused in a lawsuit of taking that social justice mission too far in her new job.
This Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., NewBo City Market will be hosting a free American Sign Language-interpreted concert featuring Chicago talent Ivy Ford as a part of the market’s Rock the Block summer series.
The Cedar Rapids man was charged with two fatal shootings from January that happened within 24 hours of the other. The suspect was arrested in Davenport by U.S. Marshals task force and other law enforcement.
Also, a former congressman endorses Mike Franken
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