Cedar Rapids City Council member Chuck Swore is looking for some timeless ideas. He told the council Tuesday that the …
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Cedar Rapids City Council member Chuck Swore is looking for some timeless ideas. He told the council Tuesday that the …
If you work in manufacturing, you know that not losing jobs can count as good news these days. More than …
Last week I wrote about the city’s redevelopment plans on the west side of downtown, and the possibility of dubbing …
When I started digging last week into hundreds of Cedar Rapids school district emails related to the Polk Elementary School …
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Maybe you saw today’s front-page item on the city’s effort to create a “West Village” neighborhood by redeveloping the flooded …
I didn’t see it coming, I guess. Not sure any parent really does. But my daughter, Tess, has gone woodwind …
Westdale Mall needs a lifestyle change, according to University of Iowa bidness students. And not a small change, like switching …
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