Cedar Rapids IA

On Wednesday afternoon, I got to visit SIX bars and restaurants in the IRL! Check out some of the food and cocktails I got to try!

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Drivers in southwest Cedar Rapids should expect traffic changes on Wilson Avenue SW the rest of the week. City officials say the westbound lane of Wilson Avenue SW is closed between the southbound I-380 exit ramp at Wilson Avenue/L Street and N Street for private sewer repairs.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hometown Eats is keeping it fun, not fancy, talking with Cale Henderson of Cliff's Dive Bar and Grill on his start in the restaurant business at just 15-years-old and the friendship among a group of guys who came together to open up some of the most popular restaurants around town.

CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG) - The Center Point-Urbana Community School District officially kicked off a massive wave of campus improvements with a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning. The multi-phase project focuses heavily on enhancing campus security alongside major renovations to the district’s athletic facilitie

MARION, Iowa — City officials and community members gathered Thursday at Oak Shade Cemetery to celebrate the completion of a restoration project for the cemetery’s historic crypt wall. The City of Marion hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the cemetery, located at 789 Second Ave., marking the completion of...

Work to improve the Community Center parking lot will begin soon, with contractor All-American Concrete expected to start work as early as May 29, 2026, while the outdoor pool is still closed and schools are still open. The project, which was discussed during March’s online Project Open House series, will...

Weather permitting, the ramp from I-380 northbound to Penn St. will be closed for up to three months, beginning the morning of Wednesday, June 3, 2026. During this closure, construction crews will be working to pave and connect the new ramp. While the ramp is closed, traffic will be detoured...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two more people have been charged in connection with a shooting that injured five people at Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall during a fight in April, and more than a dozen people have been charged in relation to just the fight. Seventeen-year-old Damarian M. Jones of Cedar Rapids has already been charged [

Mandi Remington is a Johnson County leader for our time. During her first term as County Supervisor, Mandi has consistently reached into the community to bring more voices into critical decisions. Mandi uses her background in community organizing to take a holistic approach to governing. Mandi understands that we must.

Members of a local homeowners’ association are speaking out as their garbage company is missing weeks’ worth of pickups.