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

The food pantry in Ely is about to shut down. It’s been operating for four years in the Ely public library’s entryway.

NE, Cedar Rapids. Kids, bring your parents trick-or-treating at the ... 10 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 31, Hiawatha Public Library, ...

For the past two years, the bones named after the family who donated them have been housed in the Grand Rapids Public Museum's City Archive and Research Center for preservation. Now that they're ...

The mastodon bones, which had been donated to the Grand Rapids Public Museum by the Clapp family, were found to be in an exceptionally rare state of preservation, with "80 percent of a full ...

The Cedar Rapids City Council voted unanimously to approve the first reading of a rezoning request for the 12.25-acre site at 4010 20th Ave. SW, just west of the site where a new westside library ...

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 ...

We were checking out posts in the “You Know You Grew Up In Cedar Rapids, IA in the ’70s & ’80s Because …” Facebook group recently. Only one of us actually grew up in Cedar Rapids in the ...

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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.” ...

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 ...

Cedar Rapids Public Library director Dara Schmidt speaks Oct. 18 at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new westside library in southwest Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT As hundreds of community ...