Cedar Rapids IA

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Permanent daylight saving time: How would your state be impacted?

Winters would look much different if our clocks were to lock.
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Showers for Sunday, watching heavy rain potential next week

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Expect more rounds of rain in the coming days. Lows overnight fall into the mid to upper 50s as scattered showers continue. Sunday will be another gloomy day with scattered showers, especially during the morning. Drier air arrives Sunday aftenoon into the evening, bringing showers to an end.
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Flood protection along Cedar River brings more development to Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Just 8 years after the devastating flood of 2008, September 2016 brought a frightening sense of déjà vu to Cedar Rapids. The Cedar River was rising again, putting the city on high alert for another potentially catastrophic flood. Businesses in Czech Village and the brand-new NewBo
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Cedar Rapids company supports 32-hour workweek

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A bill in Congress could make a 32-hour workweek the standard nationwide, but one Cedar Rapids company already offers the option. Dave Rasmussen opened Structural Design Group, an engineering firm in 2019. It’s worked on projects like Cedar Rapids new Busse Branch Library and the Kirkwood Ho
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Bogey helps Cedar Rapids veteran find hope, peace

CEDAR RAPIDS — Walmart on a Saturday … a hot curling iron … a box on the side of the road — those might be mundane to the average American. But for Justin Bascom, they’re anything but — even two decades after his military deployment to the Middle East. “Boxes or debris on the side of the road — that was a huge thing fo
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Indian Creek Trail to close in Marion for bridge construction

MARION, Iowa — A section of the Indian Creek Trail in Marion will close Thursday for bridge construction tied to the Alburnett Road Extension Project. The trail will be closed between the Boyson Trail and Central Avenue beginning Oct. 1. The closure is expected to remain in place until...
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Cedar Rapids streets to close Sunday for pizza and beer run

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Several streets in downtown Cedar Rapids will be closed Sunday morning for the Need a Pizza and Beer Run. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Street closures will be in place from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the area between Second and Fourth avenues SE and Second and Fourth streets SE, including port
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Athens blast collapses home

A powerful explosion heard across parts of Athens on Friday caused a three-story home to collapse.
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A decade after 2016 flood, Cedar Rapids still building flood protection system

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ten years after the September 2016 flood, Cedar Rapids leaders say the costly disaster continues to shape how the city plans and pays for flood protection — and why they are still pushing to finish the flood control system. When the Cedar River crested...
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Waypoint opens 12 apartments to address need for affordable housing

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Waypoint unveiled 12 new apartments at its downtown Cedar Rapids location, an effort the organization says will help address a need for affordable housing in the area. The units are called the Madge Phillips Apartments. Nearly 200 people call Waypoint every day for help with...

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