Cedar Rapids News

City Hall on Friday provided a peek at a fascinating mix of flood control tactics it can use to protect against future floods.

A second supervisor arrested after a massive immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc.

University of Iowa researchers armed with shovels, sampling jars, GPS units and clipboards will check for pollutants in the soil and water left after the 2008 floods.

The Fontenette family knows about floods. On the rainy June night they evacuated their homes here, Claudia Fontenette, her son, her daughter and her granddaughter showed up at a cousin's home in northeast Cedar ...

Boat ramps into the Cedar River inside the city limits will open at noon today. Fire Chief Steve Havlik has been reluctant to open the ramps because of debris and fecal contamination in the river as a result of ...

Dan Bushman from Bushman Excavating in Cedar Rapids demolishes one of the flood-damaged boathouses at the Ellis Park Boat Harbor on Wednesday in northwest Cedar Rapids.

The City Council tonight partially set aside a post-flood state of emergency which had given special powers to the mayor and city manager.

Jaroslav Kurfurst , Deputy Chief of Mission from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington D.C., and Frantisek Gal , Deputy Head of Missions from the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago, ...

Early results of a sonar sweep of the Cedar River show it is mostly clear of debris near the Ellis Boat harbor.

More buildings in downtown Cedar Rapids that have been closed since the June floods are expected to begin reopening to workers this week.

Spectators gather with horses, buggies and bicycles at flooded Riverside Park in Cedar Rapids at the turn of the 20th century.

After the Cedar River crested June 13 at nearly 20 feet above flood stage, this city of over 120,000 feels deserted.

Do we really know the effects of fluoride? This letter is a response to Fond du Lac County Health Officer Diane Cappozzo's guest commentary regarding fluoride on July 25.

Hands On Disaster Response volunteer Jeremy Horan of Aspen, Colo., installs drywall July 19 in Rich and Faye Dykema's basement, which was filled with 4 feet of floodwater in Palo.

A jury has found James Bentley guilty of sexually abusing Jetseta Gage, a Cedar Rapids girl who was later murdered.

It's not often we hear of a family coming out of the flood potentially better off than they were before the Cedar River took over Cedar Rapids.

Ushers Ferry, rocked by June flooding and sitting less than 300 yards from the Cedar River, may never be restored at the same spot.

The Rev. Philip Thompson and Rich Earles, claims/risk manager for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, talk Thursday about the necessary repairs to restore St.

A long time Cedar Rapids hotel and restaurant complex is showing faith in future city flood recovery with a plan to rebuild a heavily damaged facility.

CRANDIC Railway employees work along the collapsed railroad bridge just downstream of Eighth Avenue in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon.