(UPDATED: Dec. 6, 2018, with comments from Linn County Public Health and the city of Cedar Rapids) Residents of a southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood are ramping up efforts to slow a fast-moving train. Cargill aims to build a rail yard in what was previously designated as a 28-acre wildlife refuge at Otis Avenue and Stewart […]
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Time for treasured Czech holiday traditi...
St. Nicholas Day, or Svatý Mikuláš in Czech, is typically celebrated on Dec. 6, but festivities will be early this year in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. The traditional Czech celebration will take place Friday, Nov. 30, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Aces and Eights, 62 16th Ave. SW. Related: Learn about other Czech events […]
Cedar Rapids Czech School to celebrate 1...
By Cindy Hadish Czech School’s history in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, can be traced to a written program observing Jan Hus Day on July 6, 1870, which referenced Czech School teacher John B. Šuster, a date often cited as the start of the school. California’s Gold Rush of 1848, the failure of potato crops in their […]
Ending nears for Czech odyssey
As the Czech School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, begins to celebrate its 150th year in 2019, a project to document that history is nearing its end. For the past two years, in homes, care centers, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library and elsewhere, I’ve talked to more than 50 people with Czech […]
Biden campaigns with Hubbell, Finkenauer...
CEDAR RAPIDS – As light rain fell, hundreds of people waited in a line wrapped around the Second Avenue Bridge to hear former Vice President Joe Biden in a campaign rally inside the Veterans Memorial Building. Biden appeared with First District congressional candidate Abby Finkenauer and Democratic candidate for governor Fred Hubbell and running mate […]
Photos: Sen. Kamala Harris visit to Ceda...
CEDAR RAPIDS – More than 150 people packed into a ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids to hear Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during an early vote rally. Harris is among a string of Democrats who may be testing the waters in Iowa for a potential presidential run in 2020, but […]
Orchids are a scream at new location for...
Don’t be scared off by the Halloween theme at this weekend’s Eastern Iowa Orchid Show & Sale. Organizers promise the annual event will be “a scream” at its new location, at the Elks Lodge, 801 33rd Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 and 10 a.m. to […]
Photos: Grand opening of The History Cen...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The History Center celebrated its new home in a historic house with a grand opening today. Hundreds of visitors streamed through the doors of the building, used for years as a funeral home after serving two prominent families and renovations by Iowa’s most renowned artist, Grant Wood. The four-year effort began with […]
Cedar Rapids neighborhood trees clear-cu...
More than a dozen trees, including an American sycamore estimated to be at least a century old, have been reduced to a pile of wood chips to make way for a new office building in northeast Cedar Rapids. The development, at 2218 First Ave. NE, also included demolition of the historic Ely house, built in […]
DNR: Cedar Rapids MedQuarter, Zinser wor...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced today that the Cedar Rapids medical district, known as the MedQuarter, and Brian Sherron, of Zinser Demolition of Walford, have been ordered to pay administrative penalties for “serious violations” of the DNR’s regulations on underground storage tank removal. Sherron faces a $6,500 administrative penalty and the MedQuarter was […]