CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Just as the Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced a consent order for the city of Cedar Rapids to pay restitution and other costs associated with dead trout in McLoud Run, another fish kill was reported in the same trout stream. The DNR was notified Jan. 25, 2024, of a fish […]
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Historic Chandler Pump building enters n...
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Iowa’s 2020 derecho almost wiped out plans to transform the historic Chandler Pump building into supportive housing for Willis Dady Homeless Services. The top floor of the two-story building, 707 B Ave. NW, was obliterated by the hurricane-strength windstorm, leaving the rest of the 1903-built brick structure at […]
Cedar Rapids marks 175 years with time c...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When white settlers first arrived in what is now Cedar Rapids, the Sac and Fox, Winnebago and other indigenous tribes had already long-inhabited the area along the Cedar River. Osgood Shepherd maintained he was the first settler, building a log cabin near the present-day “Tree of Five Seasons” monument, according to […]
After 60 years, Iowa woman continues sea...
Every year she hopes for a Christmas miracle: the chance to meet the girl her sister gave up for adoption. This year, that baby girl would be turning 60. The woman, who does not want to be identified to protect the privacy of her sister — the girl’s mother — said a couple from All […]
Despite missing stones, masonry complete...
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Finish work on stone columns and what remained of the historic stone wall at Oak Hill Cemetery became more challenging when it was discovered that none of the field stones had been saved for the project. The 120-foot-long wall, cited as a contributing historic structure in the […]
Cedar Rapids School District request for...
UPDATE: 10 a.m. Dec. 8, 2023: The Cedar Rapids Community School District changed the wording of its post to say “in addition to” instead of “in lieu of” a holiday gift, and after nearly 90 comments and 55 shares, limited comments on its Facebook post and posted a response regarding the intent of the request […]
One person, 2 cats dead in Cedar Rapids ...
UPDATE Dec. 6: Cedar Rapids Police have identified the person who died as 71-year-old Wasifia Elshennawy. Three others suffered smoke and fire-related injuries in the Dec. 5 fire. Police noted that several residents unable to escape their apartments on the second and third floors due to smoke in the hallways were rescued through exterior windows […]
Miss Czech-Slovak Iowa crowned during Ol...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A new Miss Czech-Slovak Iowa was crowned Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, during the Old World Christmas Market at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. Isabel Sherman, a sophomore at the University of Iowa, will represent the state in the coming year at Czech festivals and other events. State queens […]
Photos: Noelridge Greenhouse Lights and ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hundreds of visitors, young and young at heart, stepped into tropical warmth to enjoy the spirit of the holidays inside the Noelridge Greenhouse. Volunteer Wanda Lunn said Friends of Noelridge hosted the Noelridge Lights & Blooms event one night last year and decided to extend it to two nights in 2023. […]
After nearly a century, jewelry store pr...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ginsberg Jewelers has started a “going out of business” sale, ending four generations of the family-owned jewelry store. Steve Ginsberg, the fourth-generation owner, announced the store’s closure in early November, after 93 years in business. Steve Ginsberg, right, points out jewelry to a customer on the first day of Ginsberg Jewelers’ […]