With Daylight Saving Time occurring on the second Sunday of March, the time change this year takes place on the earliest possible date. Daylight Saving Time goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026. If you have a clock that doesn’t automatically adjust, be sure to set it forward one hour before going […]
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Category: Cedar Rapids
Historic Preservation Commission divided...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Immigrant advocates turned out in high numbers in front of a city commission unaccustomed to heated controversy, to oppose tall new fencing around the ICE office in Cedar Rapids. More than 30 people crowded in during the Feb. 26, 2026, Historic Preservation Commission meeting at the City Services Center, 500 15th […]
Details revealed for 7- and 10-foot-high...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — More details have been uncovered about U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to install fencing in an area where advocates have been peaceably gathering outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office. Plans call for approximately 350 linear feet of new 10-foot-high galvanized fencing with privacy netting to the northwest […]
Parking structure in Cedar Rapids First ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A parking structure labeled where the long-vacant Hy-Vee is located in redevelopment plans for First Avenue has led to a clarification from the city of Cedar Rapids. Community advocate Sophia Joseph drew attention to the parking structure in the plans, which were presented during an open house by the city on […]
Cedar Rapids School Board takes two-high...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In another lengthy meeting of the Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education, community members continued to make their voices heard. More than 20 people addressed the board during a five-hour meeting on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, but with only 3 minutes allotted per person, the public comment period lasted […]
Trees planted down middle of First Avenu...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A tree-lined median down the center of First Avenue East is among the options under consideration for a portion of the major thoroughfare, as Cedar Rapids prepares to present its First Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan. Residents are invited to an open house from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, […]
Hundreds gather for ICE observer trainin...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Andrea Layne made the trip from North Liberty to learn more about her rights to legally document immigration enforcement, in reaction to the killings of two observers this month in Minneapolis and an arrest closer to home last fall. “It raised my level of awareness,” Layne said of the September 2025 […]
“This is wild” Cedar Rapids School Board
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Another full house faced the Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education as school closures and “redesign” decisions loom. The board did not vote at its Jan. 26, 2026, meeting, but 35 residents — including a number of students — spoke about potential closures. Board members also heard three options […]
Cedar Rapids School Board approves initi...
Note: The School Board will meet in another special session on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the Educational Leadership and Support Center, 2500 Edgewood Rd. NW, to discuss consolidation, which includes a public comment period. Anyone wishing to address the board must sign in a few minutes before the meeting begins. CEDAR […]
Dozens speak out against Cedar Rapids sc...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Lindsey Boleyn has spent her entire teaching career at Wright Elementary and was disappointed to see the school on a possible closure list, but not just for herself. “I want to keep these neighborhood schools open,” the second-grade teacher, who has been at Wright for 25 years said, before the Cedar […]