29 July 2010, 2:42 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa About six truckloads of stored, wet and fire-scorched seed corn will add an estimated $175,000 to the cost of demolishing the flood-and-fire-damaged, former Sinclair meatpacking plant.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 1:21 pm
A startup company unveiled Thursday the most expensive University of Iowa Hawkeye logo merchandise in history. The product: A $350,000-plus motor coach specially equipped for tailgating. Varsity Motor Coach of Cedar Rapids has struck its first licensing deal with the University of Iowa, and is worki... Read More »
29 July 2010, 1:12 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa A man walked away from a crazy crash that sent a fence post through the roof of his car early Thursday morning. The crash happened on the exit ramp from 380 North onto Blairs Ferry Road just before 1:30 a.m.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 12:26 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Technology failed as police attempted to maintain their stepped up enforcement of speed laws on the major highways through Cedar Rapids on Thursday morning.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 9:51 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa July 29, 2010 Construction work will require an intermittent lane closure on Iowa 21 from U.S. 6 north to the west corporate limits of Belle Plaine in Iowa County beginning today, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportations (DOT) Cedar Rapids construc... Read More »
29 July 2010, 5:56 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Court documents show a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a convenience store clerk in Cedar Rapids plans to use an insanity or diminished responsibility defense.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 6:34 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (WXOW/AP) -- Backyard chickens are coming to Cedar Rapids.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 6:26 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Backyard chickens are coming to Cedar Rapids. The City Council on Tuesday gave the final OK for residents to raise up to six hens on their property.... Read More »
27 July 2010, 9:55 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa The City Councils love of chickens hasnt changed in a month. In two different votes Tuesday night, the council amended different sections of the citys Municipal Code to allow residents to raise up to six hens on their residential property.... Read More »
27 July 2010, 9:55 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa The City Council Tuesday night hired an architectural team headed up by OPN Architects Inc. of Cedar Rapids to design the citys new $67-million Event Center project.... Read More »