Cedar Rapids News

Cedar Rapids' City Hall at the Veterans Memorial Building, as seen in January 2009.

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Crews responded to 19th Street SE today after a delivery truck struck a utility pole, pulling down power lines in the area.

Three old pieces of art are getting attention again after being covered up for most of their existence.

One house was destroyed and two adjacent houses were heavily damaged by an early morning fire on 19th Avenue SW between A and B Street SW.

Crews are on a scene of a fire in Czech Village that has burned one home to the ground, and damaged to others.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by Rick Smith . Congressman Dave Loebsack took a step Wednesday to position Cedar Rapids for funding in 2010 to build a flood-protection system for the city.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Prosecutors argued at a bail hearing for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager that an outpouring of financial support makes him a greater flight risk.

Before last year's flood, The Ballet Academy in southwest Cedar Rapids teamed up with a traveling dance company to put on the Nutcracker.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by Rick Smith . The state insurance commissioner has told the federal government that the city of Cedar Rapids should get a break on the amount of flood insurance the federal government requires of the city because of the unreasonable cost of coverage in the wake of the city's June 2008 flood.

The National Czech and Slovak Museum leaders in Cedar Rapids unveiled a new recovery and rebuilding plan Thursday morning.

Posted on Nov 14, 2009 by Adam Belz . Ella Doss stands in the living room of her rented home along Bever Avenue SE on Wednesday, Oct.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by Rick Smith . Get set for a detailed array of informational poster boards if you plan to attend one of the open houses on city facilities today or Wednesday.

A 200 foot tall crane crashes down in cedar rapids, smashing through buildings and crushing a pickup truck like a pop can.

A man and his two nephews, all of Cedar Rapids, have been arrested in connection with a break-in at a flood-affected home.

Posted on Nov 11, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . U.S. military veterans Edgerly Watts, Keith Wymore and Floyd Ondler, all of Cedar Rapids, listen to Don Bryant, of Cedar Rapids, as the veterans shared memories for the Marion/Cedar Rapids Optimist Club at Mr.

The Solid Waste and Recycling Division is extremely pleased to announce that as a result of the dedication of the Divisiona s leaf collection crews, loose leaf vacuum collection is back on track.

The opening minutes of this Veterans Day service touch all the senses for these men and women.

Anyone heading south on I-380 this morning after about 7:00 a.m. in Cedar Rapids had a rough Monday commute.

After living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a third of my life, I've discovered that bowling is a big activity in this city.

One person is seriously injured after a garage collapse in northwest Cedar Rapids.