After an unusually warm start to the season, Iowa is feeling more like fall this week, and with the changing season comes the end of Daylight Saving Time. The time change happens at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, so remember to “fall back” an hour and adjust your clocks if needed, before you go […]
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Challengers say Cedar Rapids School Boar...
UPDATE Oct. 24, 2025: Cedar Rapids Community School District spokeswoman Heather Butterfield said there are no set plans in place for the Taylor and Grant elementary buildings, should those students be combined at the Wilson Middle School building. “A plan will be developed following the bond vote, should it pass,” Butterfield said. “In the case […]
Thousands join peaceful ‘No Kings’ prote
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Thousands of demonstrators lined Eighth Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids to peacefully protest the Trump administration during a nationwide “No Kings” day on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Chanting “this is what democracy looks like,” an estimated 4,000 people waved American flags and carried signs reading “No kings in America,” “Democracy not […]
Closing beloved Cedar Rapids restaurant ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It was her dream restaurant, but the owner of Runt’s Munchies in downtown Cedar Rapids looked to the reality of the bottom line in making the difficult decision to close. The final day for the restaurant, at 118 Second St. SE, is Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Hours are 6:30 a.m. to […]
Advocacy group calls Cedar Rapids map co...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After dozens of people attended the Cedar Rapids City Council meeting on Tuesday to protest the city giving a fence permit to the Department of Homeland Security, city officials on Wednesday said they are correcting a mapping “anomaly” to no longer require that permit. The immigrant advocacy group, Escucha Mi Voz […]
Neighbors protest massive electrical box...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Clint Lunden was shocked to watch the giant metal box installed next to his front yard this week in northwest Cedar Rapids. “We didn’t know anything about it,” he said of the Alliant Energy switch boxes, which span more than 7 feet wide and long, and nearly as high as Lunden, […]
Cedar Rapids School Board has fourth new...
UPDATED Aug. 26, 2025 with comments from School District spokeswoman Heather Butterfield. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education has appointed a new board secretary, the fourth person in that position this year. Jillian Schulte, who previously served as Director of Magnet Programming for the district, was sworn in […]
Hoover Elementary neighbors brace for ne...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Neighbors living next to Hoover Elementary pleaded to both the Cedar Rapids School Board and City Council this week to resolve their concerns about plans for a new school. The neighbors asked for a better location for a bus access road, planned to be built just feet from their backyards, and […]
Popular neighborhood cornerstone celebra...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — One of the most popular attractions in the Mound View neighborhood in northeast Cedar Rapids is celebrating a milestone. Dairy Queen, 501 16th St. NE, marks its 70th year on Aug. 1, 2025, having opened at its current location in 1955. “It’s nostalgia,” owner Karla Sibert said of not only the […]
Cedar Rapids man forced to remove front ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Butterflies and other pollinators frequented the marigolds, sunflowers, cosmos, dill and zinnias at their peak in Will Hatchel’s front yard, alongside numerous goldfinch, Iowa’s state bird. But no longer. Hatchel, who meticulously tended his front yard sanctuary for four years, was forced to cut down the plants this week after an […]