Another bit of Depression-era art hidden away for decades will soon go on display again inside the council chambers at Cedar Rapids’ city hall. The Law and Culture mural on display in the old federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids was painted over for the final time nearly 50 years ago. But when the city of [...]

First Avenue East in downtown Cedar Rapids will close for about five days to allow a new skywalk to be put in place between the DoubleTree by Hilton at the U.S. Cellular Center and the new parking ramp going up across the street. The work is expected to start Wednesday and should take about five [...]

For the 41st year in a row, the city of Cedar Rapids has secured the top Aaa bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service. City Council member Kris Gulick, chairman of the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and recent past president of the Iowa League of Cities, said Friday that the city’s ability to retain a [...]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency should not pay, or should require the city of Cedar Rapids to return, $13.8 million in hard-fought-for federal disaster dollars awarded to the city for the loss of the city’s disabled hydroelectric plant at the base of the 5-in-1 bridge. That is the conclusion of a report published by the [...]

The flood-damaged, former A&W Family Restaurant on Ellis Boulevard NW is back in play. The city of Cedar Rapids on Friday said it is seeking proposals from developers who want to redevelop the A&W property at 1126 and 1132 Ellis Blvd. NW. Proposals are due at City Hall by 11 a.m. June 10. Interested parties [...]

A University of Iowa appeal for federal dollars to help fund $30 million in flood mitigation to underground campus utility tunnels has been denied. UI officials had appealed the decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency regarding the tunnel mitigation funding, and that appeal was recently denied by FEMA’s regional office in Kansas City, university [...]

  CEDAR RAPIDS — The city’s need on Thursday to once again rush emergency flood protection to the Sun Valley neighborhood along a flash-flood-prone stretch of Indian Creek may have brought to an end an 11-year discussion. The City Council’s Flood Recovery Committee on Thursday recommended that the city use some of the remaining revenue [...]

So far, so good: The city’s new temporary system of flood-protection barriers — called tiger dams — are going up along flash-flood-prone Indian Creek in the Sun Valley neighborhood. All is going well with the effort, Craig Hanson, the city’s public works maintenance manager, said Thursday morning. City crews, he said, are getting ready to [...]

The city will postpone plans for a new entrance to Iowa City’s signature park after hearing objections from residents of the flood-ravaged neighborhood where the road would be located. The city budgeted $270,000 in fiscal year 2014 to extend the access road currently in City Park to Normandy Drive on the park’s northwest side. The [...]