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New McDonald’s planned for northeast Cedar Rapids

Plans for a new McDonald’s restaurant in northeast Cedar Rapids are moving forward. At its meeting this week, the Cedar Rapids City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to rezone properties at 1712 32nd St. NE and 3201…

Month-long Teamsters strike against Cargill resolved

The month-long Teamsters Local 238 strike against the Cargill corn milling plant in southeast Cedar…

Cargill corn plant Cedar Rapids

Hornbill Asian Market near former Hy-Vee set to address food access gaps

Hornbill Asian Market is establishing a new location at 1445 First Ave. SE in Cedar…

New Asian market Hy-Vee

New Wings2Water ‘Water Warrior’ award to recognize difference-makers

Wings2Water, a Cedar Rapids-based environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring water quality in the Mississippi…

Wings2Water Water Warrior

BAE Systems demonstrates next-generation M-Code Global Navigation Satellite System user equipment technology

BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated M-Code signal tracking with an Increment 2 Global Navigation Satellite…

BAE Systems M-Code Concept

Striking Cargill workers in Cedar Rapids face loss of health insurance benefits

Striking workers at the Cargill corn milling plant in southeast Cedar Rapids say the company…

Cargill strike workers picket line

NextEra president addresses Duane Arnold nuclear plant’s potential restart

NextEra Energy chairman, president and chief executive officer John Ketchum said this week the company…

Duane Arnold Energy Center

Eastern Iowa Airport receives $3.6 million federal grant for new baggage handling control system

The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids has received a $3.6 million federal grant from…

Eastern Iowa Airport gates baggage handling

Leaders praise ‘transformational’ new Westside Library at groundbreaking ceremony

As hundreds of community leaders and library officials gathered Oct. 18 for a groundbreaking ceremony…

Dara Schmidt Cedar Rapids westside library groundbreaking

Linn County nonprofit agencies tout proposed casino benefits

Representatives of several Linn County nonprofit agencies touted the financial benefits of a proposed Cedar…

Kristin Roberts United Way casino nonprofits

Long John Silver’s reopened in southwest Cedar Rapids

The Long John Silver’s restaurant at 2630 Williams Blvd. SW in Cedar Rapids has now…

Long John Silver's Cedar Rapids

Years in the making, work on ConnectCR project set to begin next year

In the grassroots planning stages since the early 1970s, construction of the two-phased ConnectCR project…

Alliant Energy LightLine bridge 1

Lil’ Drug Store continues explosive growth as it celebrates 50 years

Back in 1974, Lil’ Drug Store began with a simple value proposition: “If you’re driving…

Lil' Drug Store warehouse 1

Negotiations with mediator set as strike against Cargill in Cedar Rapids enters second week

Negotiations are set to begin Wednesday with a federal mediator regarding the ongoing strike by…

Cargill strike picket line

Cedar Rapids casino proponents: Cedar Crossing will be ‘game-changer’

As speaker after speaker touted the economic and cultural benefits of the proposed Cedar Rapids…

Brent Stevens Peninsula Pacific Cedar Crossing casino

History Center launches online real estate record archive

The History Center in Cedar Rapids has launched an initiative to make online archive records…

The History Center Cedar Rapids