Faced with the abrupt closure of Hy-Vee’s First Avenue NE location, Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz said Tuesday that city officials and local stakeholders are studying all options to fill the grocery store and pharmacy gap Hy-Vee will leave when it shutters there in June.
In November last year, Cedar Rapids officials were assured that Hy-Vee had extended the lease of its First Avenue NE store another five years. Six months later, the company announced the store’s closure. Here’s how the city said negotiations went over the last year to keep Hy-Vee.
The Library of Congress has named an Iowa book of essays about agricultural pollution to a list of 56 “Great Reads” for 2024.
According to the National Weather Service, over 20 tornadoes struck Iowa on April 26, killing one in the hard-hit town of Minden in Western Iowa.
Also, Linn County Democrat announces candidacy of Iowa House seat
Steele Dynamics was hired in two one-year contracts, worth a combined $158,600, from July 1 to June 30, 2025, as the district brings programs to students that will give them real-world experiences in the classroom that align with their career interests.
Cedar Rapids school board authorizes district to negotiate final terms.
New survey results shows an initial plan to demolish the historic school swayed voters in a $220 million school bond referendum that failed last year.
After Howard Hall died in ’71, his widow secured the mansion’s future
The chairs of the House and Senate agriculture committees earlier this month released competing frameworks for a new Farm Bill.
Civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing an Iowa sheriff’s department of mishandling the collection of jail fees, some of which helped fund recreational expenses like laser tag and a cotton candy machine at a shooting range.
School officials learn what career programs community would like to see in its schools; get feedback on possible renovation and expansion of Harrison Elementary.
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