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Eastern Iowa Airport records ninth straight passenger count record

The Eastern Iowa Airport recorded its ninth consecutive record month for passengers in September, with traffic 3.2% higher than the previous September. Year-to-date passenger traffic at CID is up 8% compared to the same period in 2024. Airport Director Marty…

Surgery Center Cedar Rapids announces use of robotic tech for knee and hip replacements

Surgery Center Cedar Rapids will now be one of the few outpatient centers in the…

Collins Aerospace offers solution for wheelchair passengers

Collins Aerospace will unveil its cabin solution for onboard wheelchair accommodation this week at the…

Collins Aerospace wheelchair mobility

Collins Aerospace awarded Air Force SAOC subcontract

Collins Aerospace has been awarded a multi-billion-dollar subcontract as part of a team led by…

Collins Aerospace Air Force subcontract

Cedar Rapids mayor asks in 2024 State of the City address: ‘What Is Your Why?’

Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell chose a short but impactful quote from author Simon Sinek to encapsulate…

2024 State of the City TIffany O'Donnell 1

Hy-Vee announces initiatives to help residents impacted by First Avenue store closure

Hy-Vee officials have heard the concerns about the upcoming closure of the Hy-Vee store on…

Hy-Vee First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids

Coe College partners with Revv Aviation, Eastern Iowa Airport to launch flight school

As nearly 100 people gathered in a breezy aircraft hangar at the Eastern Iowa Airport…

Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell speaks about Coe College's new flight school program in front of an airplane at the Eastern Iowa Airport on May 22, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT PARKER JONES

SBA presents award to Cedar Rapids as Small Business Community of the Year

Leaders from the Small Business Administration gathered with Cedar Rapids officials May 17 to formally…

SBA Cedar Rapids award presentation

Hotel could be coming to New Bohemia neighborhood

The New Bohemia and Czech Village neighborhoods have never had a full-scale hotel to call…

Cedar Rapids Marriott Aloft rendering New Bohemia

Water Pollution Control Facility upgrade deemed major ‘economic development’

The renovation of a city’s water treatment facility, no matter how extensive, is generally not…

Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility

Iowa’s first mental health awareness mural unveiled in MedQuarter in Cedar Rapids

The first mental health awareness mural in the state of Iowa was unveiled May 15…

Mental health mural Van Holmgren Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids officials: Time to move ahead from Hy-Vee First Avenue store closure

Cedar Rapids officials have reiterated their strong and emotional reaction to Hy-Vee’s unexpected decision to…

Hy-Vee First Avenue Cedar Rapids

Hy-Vee closing Cedar Rapids First Ave. store June 23

Hy-Vee will be permanently closing its store at 1556 First Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids…

Hy-Vee First Avenue Cedar Rapids

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Dawn and Brittany Schorg, Czech Feather & Down

Dawn and Brittany Schorg are the mother/daughter duo behind Czech Feather & Down, the Cedar…

Czech Feather & Down

State grant boosts renovation plans for former Dragon building

Developer Steve Emerson’s plan to renovate the former Dragon building in downtown Cedar Rapids has…

Former Dragon building Cedar Rapids

Alex Trunnell named executive director of His Hands Free Clinic

Alex Trunnell has been named the new executive director of His Hands Free Clinic in…

His Hands Free Clinic