CEDAR RAPIDS — Following a two-year hiatus, the popular Easter Showcase is scheduled to return to the Noelridge Greenhouse on Saturday, April 16, and Sunday, April 17, 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event — where visitors can view tropical plants, cacti, seedlings and other plants that grow in the greenhouse — was not […]
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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 […]
Photos: St. Patrick’s Day parade returns
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Temperatures that stayed below freezing kept the massive crowds of the past at bay, but sunshine reigned as the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade made its return to downtown Cedar Rapids. Nearly 70 entries rolled through the traditional parade route along Second and Third Avenues SE on Saturday, March 12, 2022, […]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to down
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After a two-year hiatus, a time-honored tradition is back, as the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to downtown Cedar Rapids. Known as SaPaDaPaSo, for St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society, the event is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, diverging from its longtime tradition of being held March 17, […]
Cedar Rapids City Council to consider re...
UPDATE : March 8, 2022 — Despite an objection from a resident who pointed out the agenda item was inaccurately worded — giving the impression that Cargill paid $32,800 for the land rather than $83,200 — the City Council voted to approve the reimbursement to the Iowa DNR as part of the consent agenda. The […]
Photos: Winter Gardening Fair 2022
Hundreds of gardening enthusiasts gathered to dream of warmer days ahead as the Winter Gardening Fair resumed its popular in-person event after going virtual in 2021, due to the pandemic. The 2022 gardening fair was held Feb. 19 at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha. See photos from the 2020 Winter Gardening Fair. […]
Authorities seek leads after bald eagle ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for shooting a bald eagle that was discovered in Cedar Rapids. While no longer listed as an endangered species, bald eagles are protected by federal law. Related: Reward offered in search for bald eagle killer in Iowa Learn more […]
Nearly lost: Rescuing a Czech work of ar...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A mural created more than 60 years ago depicting Czech arts and immigration has found a new home after facing an uncertain future. The mural — a two-section piece by the late artist Edwin Bruns, a contemporary of Grant Wood — is being installed in the Cherry Building, 329 10th Ave. […]
Cedar Rapids leaders take sledgehammer t...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — City leaders used sledgehammers to mark the beginning of a multi-million dollar project that will replace a century of history with a four-story apartment complex. Taking swings at the solid brick Banjo Refrigeration building, constructed in 1910, no one made a dent until Mayor Brad Hart cracked a window during the […]
Cedar Rapids school district ordered to ...
UPDATED: Dec. 15, 2021, with information about consent decree with Abatement Specialties. Just a few years after being ordered to create educational videos to settle asbestos violations at Washington High School, the Cedar Rapids Community School District has been ordered to pay a penalty for similar violations at Kennedy High School. Under the settlement with […]