Cedar Rapids IA

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Bovenmyer among graduates honored at Mount Mercy Nursing Pinning Ceremony

CEDAR RAPIDS – On Friday, May 15, Mount Mercy University pinned over 40 nursing graduates at the Nursing Pinning Ceremony, including Owen Bovenmyer of Garwin. Graduates Calli Janik ’26 and Madelyn Wade ’26 were featured as student speakers at the event. The Sister Mary Edward McConohy Nursing Award, which signifies hig
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Midwest Murders: The Dark Legacy of Iowa’s Adoption Program for Korean Children

The Iowa River overflowed its banks about three months after the murders. Most locals sensed the threat of rising water. In Iowa City, a vibrant college town in the southeastern corner of the state, fog usually doesn’t come until spring, but that winter, Iowans awoke to barren crop fields and highways draped in thick c
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Fact Check: Digital ad distorts candidate statement in Johnson County race

A digital ad running in the Johnson County Board of Supervisors race uses questionable editing that distorts Rod Sullivan's comments.
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Big Grove is now the largest brewery by volume in Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A brewery that got started in eastern Iowa is celebrating a major milestone. Big Grove is now the largest brewery by volume in the state of Iowa, according to the latest production data from the Brewers Association. It's the number one producer in Iowa and ranks 61st in the entire country.
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Benton County is Home to a New Bar & Restaurant Set to Open Next...

Read more about the Meat Locker Bar & Grill, which will hold its grand opening Blairstown, Iowa next week!
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New Hiawatha pet wellness and training center nears opening

HIAWATHA, Iowa (KCRG) - A new pet-focused training and wellness center in Hiawatha is another step closer to opening after a ribbon cutting ceremony took place on May 28. The development at 2701 Robins Road features the Cedar Run Company Training & Wellness Center as well as the addition of a standalone veterinary clin
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‘I don’t see the point’: Cedar Rapids pulling trash cans from city parks

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids is pulling trash cans from nearly all of its 100 public parks and now expects visitors to haul their own garbage out. A new sign at Kenwood Park explains the policy, but the mess it’s supposed to prevent is already frustrating neighbors.
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Courtlin Went on a Food & Cocktail Adventure in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing

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!
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Westbound lane closure on Wilson Avenue SW for sewer repairs

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.
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Hometown Eats spotlights Cliff’s Dive Bar and Grill and its hometown restaurant crew

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.

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