Cedar Rapids News

The Czech & Slovak Museum & Library will be moving from the banks of the Cedar River to an area in Cedar Rapids that is less vulnerable to flooding.

Medical examiners have confirmed that a body found in Cedar Rapids was that of missing University of Iowa student Jacques Similhomme.

Cedar Rapids authorities have found a body they believe is a 28-year-old man who's been missing since late September.

The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says much of the emergency-management work in Cedar Rapids is finished and that his agency will focus on preventing future disasters in the city.

The news on the employment front is perking up, just slowly - the US lost fewer jobs in July than in June, and the unemployment rate dropped slightly.

Police say a man is dead after falling 21 stories from a Cedar Rapids apartment building.

Cedar Rapids' new flood-recovery director knows he has his work cut out for him but says he took the job because it's a public service he owes to the city.

As the Fourth of July approaches, the Iowa DNR is reminding boaters and anglers to take a minute and check for any unwanted hitchhikers and protect Iowa lakes and streams.