UPDATE March 16, 2026: Despite Iowa’s blizzard, SaPaDaPaSo announced that the parade will be held as scheduled this Tuesday, March 17. Bundle up! CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — March weather can be maddening, with record high temperatures one day and snow two days later, as evidenced this week, but the annual parade for the SaPaDaPaSo — […]
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Cedar Rapids School District to cut fewe...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — More impassioned pleas came from students, parents and others from the Cedar Rapids Community School District during the March 9, 2026, Board of Directors meeting, along with a petition to save teaching positions at Washington High School. Fourteen people addressed the School Board, many of whom asked the board to not […]
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 […]
Tale of two (Dairy) Queens
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Two of the last original walk-up Dairy Queens in Cedar Rapids are taking divergent paths. One, at 3304 First Ave. NE, has closed and will not reopen after owner Jill Muckler died last year. She had been the third-generation owner of the popular spot, where customers of all ages — sometimes […]
Plant shop breathes new life into former...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The mansion on a busy stretch of Cedar Rapids has undergone a number of “reincarnations” in its history, from a home to a mortuary to a variety of restaurants, with the latest iteration starting a new chapter as a plant shop. Crazy Plant Gal opened Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, at 821 […]
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 […]