9 March 2010, 6:24 pm
Cedar Rapids school board members approved increasing the tax levy by up to 12.6 percent last night, but they stressed that the amount isn’t final. By law, a school district can’t increase a levy after it is published. However, it can lower the levy, and the Cedar Rapids district could do just t... Read More »
9 March 2010, 3:44 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Jeremy Stierly was taken aback by the seedings for last weekend's NCAA Division III Championships. No one could blame him, either.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 1:49 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — At some point during the NCAA women’s basketball selection process, the committee chair will be forced to leave the room. The Iowa Hawkeyes certainly will generate discussion from the 10-person committee. The panel’s leader is Jane Meyer, Iowa’s senior associate director of at... Read More »
9 March 2010, 12:18 pm
Cedar Rapids businessman Steve Rathje believes his three-pronged proposal to stimulate the economy will play well in Southeast Iowa, which traditionally has backed Democratic – not Republican – candidates for state and national office.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 10:18 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The city of Cedar Rapids has announced plans to demolish 286 residential structures that sustained extensive damage in the 2008 flood.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:50 pm
Associated Press - March 8, 2010 3:34 PM ET CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - The city of Cedar Rapids has announced plans to demolish 286 residential structures that sustained extensive damage in the...... Read More »
8 March 2010, 2:10 am
Cedar Rapids, Ia. — Thousands of homeowners and shop owners in Iowa’s second-largest city still slog through recovery nearly two years after catastrophic flooding, and now they warily watch the spring snowmelt and forecasts of more high water.... Read More »
5 March 2010, 3:53 pm
Police are looking for two suspects who forced their way into a southwest Cedar Rapids apartment Thursday morning. According to reports, a 19-year-old woman was at her apartment in the 4100 block of Wilson Avenue when two black men, both of medium build and around 5 feet 9 inches tall, entered her a... Read More »
5 March 2010, 7:08 am
Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital administrators want to talk with their counterparts at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics about avoiding costly duplication of health care facilities. Ted Townsend, president of St. Luke’s, and Tim Charles, president of Mercy, told 120 peopl... Read More »
4 March 2010, 3:48 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS- The long struggle to bring boat houses back to Ellis Harbor is all but over. The Iowa House and Senate recently passed legislation (HF2484) that will allow the tradition of floating summer homes in the harbor on the Cedar River to continue without restriction.... Read More »
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