Not only will there be a new library, but there is also be a new public park coming along with it. “It feels like we’ve been working on it forever,” Cedar Rapids Public Library Director Dara ...

this lot will finally be the home of a new branch of the Cedar Rapids Public Library on the west side of the city, complete with a public park surrounding it. According to Publishers Weekly ...

The Cedar Rapids Public Library invited local artists to apply for their Artist-in-Residency Program in a press release ...

It is anticipated to open in late fall 2026. Monica Challenger, president of the Cedar Rapids Public Library board of trustees, said the library will be a “cornerstone in our community.” ...

ReLeaf Cedar Rapids is working to rebuild the city’s tree canopy after the 2020 derecho. With 3,000 trees planted just this ...

Cedar Park cut the ribbon on its brand new library Friday morning. The new Cedar Park Public Library is a two-story, 47,000-square-foot facility designed to “deliver a reimagined library ...

Also, The Eastern Iowa Airport receives $3.6M in federal funds for construction of a new baggage handling control system ...

In the early 1900s, Cedar Rapids was connected to Marion, Iowa City, Waterloo and Mount Vernon via an electric streetcar system.

In a speech kicking off the ribbon-cutting, Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin said the library will be to Cedar Park what Fenway Park ...

The documentary about Council Bluffs is fifth in the “Historic Buildings of Iowa” series. The series has covered Des Moines, ...

The city of Cedar Rapids is home to more people of Czech and Slovak heritage than any other city in the world outside of the Czech Republic or Slovakia. Cedar Rapids is also home to the National ...