Cedar Rapids News

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shops, known for its fresh ingredients, quick service and delivery, is coming to downtown Cedar Rapids.

Prairie Point School ninth grader Lilly Brown writes in a log as she weighs bags of food waste at the school Friday, Feb.

We're just a few days away from Valentine's Day and those still looking for a date may turn online.

Matt Macke makes sure to keep his cell phone charged and within reach as he waits.

Cedar Rapids - About 1,400 Cedar Rapids School District employees got a jolt Friday morning, an e-mail from the district saying paychecks delivered by direct deposit were not coming as expected.

The owner of the 87 dogs and one cat rescued from "deplorable conditions" in Sac County two weeks ago surrendered the animals to animal shelters across the state Friday morning.

I applaud John Lohman, Chuck Peters, Dee Baird and many others for the work they have done leading up to the announcement of the "Iowa's Creative Corridor" name and logo for the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City region.

President Barack Obama looks at agricultural augers as he tours Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jan.

Gov. Terry Branstad while appearing at a Health Summit this morning at Kirkwood College sponsored by the Corridor Business Journal said Cedar Rapids is one of eleven cities selected as a 'Blue Zone City' finalist.

Kali Rose Pillard of rural Ryan didn't really feel like going out for dinner. So what if mom suggested, more than once, that she shower.

More questions were asked, and some answered, at the Cedar Rapids school district's second public input session last night.

May's Island in Cedar Rapids flooded by the Cedar River on Thursday, June 12, 2008 as seen from the air.

The city's Historic Preservation Commission is making a pre-emptive strike to save an 83-year-old school building.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- With just one guy the Relay for Life was born. Dr. Gordy Klatt, in 1985 wanted to show the struggle of people living with cancer.

That isn't the only difference, though. Only one of the girls wears glasses. Only one girl has blond hair.

Cedar Rapids police are upgrading to the Panasonic Arbitrator 360 degree dash camera system shown in this software screenshot.

Last spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent out letters telling 180 Iowans to return payments made to them after natural disasters in 2008 and 2010.

A mere three months after being elected into office, State Senator Liz Mathis is already working on her re-election campaign.

By Steve Gravelle, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Feb. 07--Dave Elgin figures Cedar Rapids gas-station customers pump about $50 million a year into the state's road-use tax fund.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- It's tax time and Licensed Public Accountant Mark Sanderson spends a lot of his time in front of the computer preparing returns.