The city is making strides in its flood control system, with about a dozen projects set for this year alone, with several ...

The first of a few spring flood outlooks have been posted from many of our local national weather service offices.Thanks to a lack of precipitation throughout t ...

New federal legislation will help speed up the next step of the Cedar Rapids flood control project. The Water Resources Development Act will allow the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to reassess the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The property tax levy for the City ... The increase includes 22 cents for the city’s flood control system and a three-cent decrease in other levies. City property taxes on ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG ... of the Cedar Lake’s trail has been closed off as crews work to build the flood levy on the western side. Renovations will feature several new amenities to get ...

crews broke ground at the site near downtown Cedar Rapids, west of the Cedar River on land that has sat largely vacant since the 2008 flood. Its approval came after the Iowa House passed a ...

In an action that may aid Cedar Rapids' anti-flood plan, the city council last Tuesday awarded a contract for a retention basin at E Avenue NW, west of 28th Street NW. The basin is in the Vinton ...

Cedar Rapids uses more than $306-million in federal grants for services like transportation, law enforcement, and flood control. Anthony Arrington is a board member of the local chapter of the ...

Fairley—who had felt powerless the last time Cedar Rapids experienced a major disaster, a flood in 2008—fed people for free. “I wanted to do something,” he says. “And I was in a position ...