CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Crowds gathered along the route as Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” steam locomotive left Cedar Rapids Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, on its way to Illinois. Big Boy No. 4014 departed on its “Heartland of America Tour” Aug. 28, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and made it to Iowa this week. The steam locomotive stopped […]
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Opposition forms to Cedar Rapids school ...
NOTE: Early voting on the 10-year PPEL extension begins Aug. 21 at the Linn County Public Service Center, 935 Second St. SW. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. See more information about the election on the Linn County Auditor’s website. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Some of the driving forces behind the defeat […]
Final Photos: Longtime Iowa business pre...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A mainstay of Cedar Rapids is winding down its retail furniture division after nearly 85 years in business. Phelan’s Interiors, 728 Third Ave. SE, began its final retail sale on Friday, April 1, 2022. Related: Smulekoff’s closes after 125 years “Due to the shift in residential trends and the presiding uncertainty of […]
New program at NewBo City Market reduces...
By Cindy Hadish/for the Corridor Business Journal As a Black woman entrepreneur, Ashlee-Symonne Mooney felt her skills were underestimated at times, but a new program helped validate her business acumen. The Hatchery, an entrepreneurial development program that formally launched in January 2021, expands the NewBo City Market’s business incubator by reducing barriers to entry and […]
Delete 2020: A year in review that no on...
No one can be blamed for wanting to delete 2020. Instead of looking for the silver lining, let’s just take it for what it was with this look back on the year many of us would like to erase. The year was already off to a sad start for residents in southeast Cedar Rapids, whose […]
Students team with chainsaw artists for ...
UPDATE Nov. 23, 2020: The online auction is underway, with 45 items. You can bid on the items through 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at this link. MARION — The buzz of chainsaws, commonplace after Iowa’s hurricane-strength derecho windstorm in August, can be heard again in Marion Square Park. This time, rather than severing damaged trees, […]
Iowa chainsaw artist keeps busy with der...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Clint Henik’s artwork went viral with a chainsaw carving giving the “finger” to 2020, but his work goes beyond that customer-requested design. His most current carving is in the Czech Village neighborhood, where Shear Confidence, 117 16th Ave. SW, is having a pair of shears carved from a tree downed by the […]
“Justice for Michelle” Trial 40 years in
CEDAR RAPIDS — It took 40 years, but jurors deliberated just three hours to find Jerry Lynn Burns guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Michelle Martinko. The 18-year-old Kennedy High School student died in her family’s Buick outside of Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids in December 1979. More: Case begins against Jerry […]
“Forever 18” Prosecution begins in Miche
The mystery of who killed Michelle Martinko, an 18-year-old Kennedy High School student stabbed to death outside of Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, has haunted Iowans for 40 years. Her body was found in the family Buick in the mall parking lot in the early morning hours of Dec. 20, 1979. She was last seen […]
Photos: Beto O’Rourke visits Raygun in C
Beto O’Rourke made the rounds at locally owned New Bohemia shops before settling down in front of a crowd of 200 at the Raygun store in Cedar Rapids. The former Texas congressman bought two record albums Friday, March 15, at the Analog Vault and popped into EduSkate on his first trip to Iowa as a […]