Cedar Rapids News

" Firefighters snuffed a small fire at an empty house in southeast Cedar Rapids early Friday.

Posted on Nov 24, 2009 by Trish Mehaffey . James Waldron Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Sosalla gave a man probation today for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl, but first told him that was difficult because he doubted his remorse.

Posted on Nov 24, 2009 by admin . Debris from the flood clean-up effort in homes lines the curb of 9th Street NW between K and L avenues in the Time Check neighborhood of Cedar Rapids in October 2008.

Posted on Nov 25, 2009 by admin . Actor and Cedar Rapids native Ashton Kutcher is helping flood recovery in this month's GQ Magazine.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. - Democrat Kirsten Running-Marquardt appeared Tuesday night to have scored a landslide win in the special election in Iowa State House District 33, according to unofficial results.

Officials say enrollment overall in Iowa's public and private schools continue to show a slide.

Kathy's Pies is filling the Thanksgiving rush. It's no longer taking orders for Wednesday and expects to cut off orders for Thanksgiving day pies Tuesday.

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 by Admin . A police officer had to taser a man after he tried to grab a gun from the officer's holster early Friday morning.

A new Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register shows fewer than half of Iowans approve of President Barack Obama's performance in office.

Free jewelry! Siebke Hoyt Jewelers is placing wrapped jewelry boxes all over the Cedar Rapids area.

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 by Adam Belz . Cedar Rapids, city of. Public Library, Old .

Cedar Rapids' City Hall at the Veterans Memorial Building, as seen in January 2009.

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Crews responded to 19th Street SE today after a delivery truck struck a utility pole, pulling down power lines in the area.

Three old pieces of art are getting attention again after being covered up for most of their existence.

One house was destroyed and two adjacent houses were heavily damaged by an early morning fire on 19th Avenue SW between A and B Street SW.

Crews are on a scene of a fire in Czech Village that has burned one home to the ground, and damaged to others.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by Rick Smith . Congressman Dave Loebsack took a step Wednesday to position Cedar Rapids for funding in 2010 to build a flood-protection system for the city.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Prosecutors argued at a bail hearing for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager that an outpouring of financial support makes him a greater flight risk.

Before last year's flood, The Ballet Academy in southwest Cedar Rapids teamed up with a traveling dance company to put on the Nutcracker.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by Rick Smith . The state insurance commissioner has told the federal government that the city of Cedar Rapids should get a break on the amount of flood insurance the federal government requires of the city because of the unreasonable cost of coverage in the wake of the city's June 2008 flood.