The area is one of 18 communities chosen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its urban heat island mapping campaign.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The area is one of 18 communities chosen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its urban heat island mapping campaign.
The $15,000 in grant funding will be used to expand and diversify the city’s urban tree canopy.
TIME MACHINE: 19 inches of snow drifted, brought Iowa to a standstill
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Friends of Palisades-Kepler are starting a multiphase project to repair park trails and improve footing for hikers and to ease access for emergency responders. The friends group this month launched a $33,500 campaign to help fund the effort.
Estimate comes from nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency
Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.
Linn County’s historic Bertram “Blue” Bridge on Bertram Road sustained damage while crews tried to lift it and move the structure to the Indian Creek Nature Center for use on the trail system. It likely cannot be salvaged.
A former Tama County jailer was sentenced to two years probation for having sex with an inmate over a period of months in 2020 and in April of 2021. The former inmate, a Cedar Rapids man, is suing the county, sheriff and former jailer over the incidents.
Someone had a lucky April Fools’ Day in Iowa -- a $40 million Lotto America ticket was sold Saturday in Dubuque.
A Tama County man suffered severe burns on one-third of his body in a Dec. 8 explosion at the C6-Zero plant, where he worked as a contractor, according to a lawsuit filed in Iowa County.
As residents and businesses continue to recover from last week’s storms, there’s a new concern: getting debris cleaned up ahead of another band of severe storms expected Tuesday.
Residents are still reeling from Friday’s storms, which formed at least 16 tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service’s latest update.
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