Also in this week's government notes, the Cedar Rapids school board has approved a 3 percent wage increase for district ...

Herman definitely stands among the tallest,” O’Donnell said. “He was always doing business, always making relationships, … and you could tell he really cared about Cedar Rapids.” ...

She was worried about the plans, including the construction and the four-story height that could ... with a school building like this, in a city like Cedar Rapids, is important to the integrity ...

The sport of girls wrestling continues to grow in Iowa and the competition keeps getting better. On May 4, competitors ...

Today's Jens Jensen is stewarding the relatively new Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park, named for his ancestor. It's nestled ...

The former Iowa State All-American embodies what the program is all about; building a player into ... Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in north-central ...

For those looking for an escape into a unique and spectacular wilderness, Japan’s islands of Kyushu and Yakushima offer ...

“It was 37.2 feet around and 80 feet tall,” Aubree Dubas said. The fourth grade student was visiting to learn about trees and Arbor Day. Riverside elementary students from Cedar Rapids tried ... the ...

Cathedral State Park is home to the last virgin timber tract in West Virginia! Some of these massive hemlocks were saplings ...

Brushy Creek has one, and it’s spectacular. This massive park is like the Swiss Army knife of outdoor recreation. The lake ...

Race for Space in downtown Cedar Rapids is now underway!Downtown Cedar Rapids along with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic ...