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Astro-Adventures: Cedar Rapids Activities for every Zodiac Sign
What’s your Zodiac sign? Check out this list of activities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that are inspired by astrological signs.
Tee off at these 3 Cedar Rapids area mini-golf courses
The Cedar Rapids area offers some excellent mini-golf courses that are both fun and challenging.
On the Cargill Cedar Rapids strike line, workers say No. 1 issue is respect
Workers say that the company not respecting them is a major factor of why there’s an ongoing Cargill Cedar Rapids strike.
UPDATE: Cargill Corn workers on strike in Cedar Rapids
Around 100 workers at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids are officially on strike.
Silver savings: The best senior discounts in Cedar Rapids
There are some great senior discounts in Cedar Rapids to take advantage of once you hit your mid-50s. Check out these deals and get ready to save!
Taco ’bout a deal: The 12 best Cedar Rapids spots for Taco Tuesday
We came up with a list of a dozen locally-owned restaurants around Cedar Rapids that offer tasty dishes and killer deals on Taco Tuesday.
Inspire Iowa grants make first-of-its-kind event in Cedar Rapids possible
$250,000 in Inspire Iowa grants have been awarded to six projects. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has announced $250,000 in Inspire Iowa grants to six projects across Linn, Polk, Scott, Shelby, and Woodbury counties. This announcement was made on May...
Hy-Vee will close stores in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Davenport, creating food deserts
Midwest grocery chain Hy-Vee is closing three stores in low-income neighborhoods, which will have the effect of creating three new food deserts in Iowa. Hy-Vee announced this week it would be permanently closing three stores— a northeast Cedar Rapids store on First...
Cedar Rapids $220M school bond fails, 3 school board members hold on
Though the largest school bond in state history failed, three out of four sitting Cedar Rapids school board members kept their seats, with only the District 4 seat changing hands. Seven board members serve staggered four-year terms. Four of those (two at-large as well...
Cedar Rapids Officials Worry About Future Of Public Education
State Rep. Sami Scheetz (D-Cedar Rapids) held a roundtable on Wednesday to discuss drastic changes to public education following the 2023 legislative session, including the fiscal impact of Iowa's new state-funded private school tuition program. The roundtable was...
Cedar Rapids’ Rhodes Scholar to Nobel Nominee: Iowa Poet Paul Engle
Did you know Iowa can boast one of its own as a Nobel Prize-nominated poet? April is National Poetry Month, and Iowa has had its fair share of noteworthy poets. But perhaps our most successful is Paul Engle. Paul Engle was a lifelong Iowa poet who cared so much about...
Transamerica Cuts Jobs In Cedar Rapids, Buys Back $200M In Stocks
Another international company is laying off dozens of Iowans at the same time they're enriching their stock price. Transamerica Life Insurance Co. told the state it would lay off 42 workers at its Cedar Rapids location March 21. The company said it employs 1,600...
Union Says Ingredion Puts Cedar Rapids At Risk By Using Scab Workers
Striking Ingredion workers in Cedar Rapids say it's more than their livelihoods at stake if the company refuses to negotiate with them: Hazardous and potentially explosive chemicals and starches used to make Ingredion products are now being manufactured by replacement...
Ingredion Strike In Cedar Rapids Hits Month Mark, Rally Set For Thursday
Unionized workers at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids have held the line for a month, striking to keep their pay, benefits, and retirement intact, and in support of those who would lose their jobs. "We're hanging in there," said Mike Moore, president of the local union....
‘Why Can’t We Profit As Well?’ Cedar Rapids Workers On Strike Ask
Jean Lincoln, like many of the striking workers picketing their company, doesn't want to be there. A utility operator at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids who has worked there "almost 30 years to the day," Lincoln's work involves chemically treating the incoming water for the...
‘We’re Not Ready For The First Day Of School.’ Bus Drivers Fed Up In Cedar Rapids
School bus drivers in Cedar Rapids are worried about low staffing brought on by noncompetitive wages, and say a recent cyberattack on the district has made things worse just weeks before school starts. They can agree on one thing: They just want to be able to come...
Cedar Rapids School Bus Drivers To Protest ‘Union Busting’ Efforts at Monday School Board Meeting
Bus drivers with the largest school district in eastern Iowa are upset at what they say is a gutting of their contract just weeks before school starts in the fall. School bus drivers with the Cedar Rapids Community School District, who are covered by the Teamsters...
Cedar Rapids Factory Workers Go On Strike
After months of negotiating over their contract, workers at an eastern Iowa manufacturing plant are on strike until a deal is struck. Ingredion workers affiliated with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco, and Grain Milling union, or BCTGM Local 100-G in Cedar Rapids,...
Drivers Continue Strike At King’s Ready Mix In Cedar Rapids; Rally Set For Tuesday
Drivers at King's Ready Mix in Cedar Rapids went on strike Tuesday for better wages while the company argues their pay is fair. Jesse Case, secretary/treasurer of Teamsters Local #238, said 16 drivers were striking for higher wages, the only thing workers were...
Cedar Rapids Mayoral Race Heads To Uncertain Runoff
Incumbent Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart may not make it to the inevitable runoff for the city's top job. Candidates Tiffany O'Donnell and Amara Andrews earned more votes than he did on Tuesday, but because no one got 50% of the vote, a runoff election is triggered...
Democratic Voters Have Chance To Make History In Cedar Rapids Election
A guest op-ed from Ann Brown, treasurer for Amara Andrews campaign for mayor of Cedar Rapids The position of mayor of Cedar Rapids is one of the highest offices in the state of Iowa that, by all accounts, SHOULD be held by a Democrat, but hasn’t been for almost 12...
Bernie Sanders Visits Cedar Rapids to Talk About Dem Budget Proposal
US Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Iowans to know how Congressional Democrats are working to improve their lives. Reform ideas long championed by Democrats are planned for the budget resolution passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The budget resolution is a...
How Cedar Rapids Plans To Use Its Rescue Plan Funding
Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart announced Thursday how the city will spend its share of the American Rescue Plan funding. According to the National League of Cities, Cedar Rapids is expected to receive about $28 million. The funds are meant to be used for cities and...
Amara Andrews Runs To Lead A More Inclusive Cedar Rapids
It has been my position that as a U.S. citizen with the right and responsibility to vote, I will vote my conscious. As a person of color, I have always believed that just because a Latino(a) is running for office, it does not mean that I will vote for that candidate....
Dem Spouses Rally Iowa Activists At Cedar Rapids Drive-In Rally
Just as Joe Biden celebrated the Democratic nomination with a parking lot full of supporters in Delaware last month, his wife Dr. Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris' husband, spoke to a drive-in rally of Democrats in Cedar Rapids this Saturday. With over 70...
One U-Haul’s Trip Through Cedar Rapids Tells Story Of Volunteer Relief Effort
The damage caused by last week's derecho was so widespread in Iowa, it overwhelmed many communities' usual ability to help their neighbors recover from a disaster. Fortunately for places like Cedar Rapids, volunteers from nearby cities have stepped up to fill in the...
Des Moines Volunteers Angered By What They Saw In Cedar Rapids
The derecho hit Iowa hard and fast. From downed trees damaging houses and losing power for hours, even days, Iowans are slowly recovering from yet another crisis. Unfortunately, as it often happens, the storm hit already vulnerable communities the hardest. As with...
It’s Even Worse Than You Think In Cedar Rapids
Everyone in town warned those who hadn't seen it yet that the level of destruction in Cedar Rapids was "unimaginable." That was somehow understating it. Volunteers and relief groups poured into Iowa's second-largest city this weekend to assist with cleanup and...
Cedar Rapids Union Scores Contract Victory For Workers
It has been a busy week for the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Local 110 of Cedar Rapids. Nearly 700 workers of the RWDSU Local 110 ratified a new contract agreement with Quaker Oats last night, narrowly avoiding a strike. What's more, the 500 RWDSU workers...