Cedar Rapids NewsLocal news for Cedar Rapids, NE continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Economy Forces Many To Give Up Their Pets- July 22, 2008 As prices rise on just about everything, many are looking for areas to cut back on.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/economy-forces-many-to-give-up-their-pet... Cedar Rapids slowly gathers itself- July 20, 2008 Nearly every morning, about 200 laborers gather under a highway entrance ramp here, looking for work in the wake of the floods last month that wiped out neighborhoods and left the downtown business district ...http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/cedar-rapids-slowly-gathers-itself?fromr... Inside flooded out Cedar Rapids City Hall- July 19, 2008 At the height of the Floods of 2008, the Cedar River swallowed up Mays Island, including Cedar Rapids city hall.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/inside-flooded-out-cedar-rapids-city-hal... Hundreds of downtown dwellers wait for building repairs- July 19, 2008 More than 500 residents of Cedar Rapids' three downtown apartment towers are living through one of the great ironies of last month's record Cedar River floods.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/hundreds-of-downtown-dwellers-wait-for-b... Cedar Rapids Sewage Plant Making Progress- July 19, 2008 Waste water treatment facilities still aren't back to normal in Cedar Rapids. But city workers did make real progress this week.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/cedar-rapids-sewage-plant-making-progres... The State of the Downtown Cedar Rapids Business Community- July 18, 2008 The Cedar Rapids Downtown District says there were about 450 businesses in its coverage area before the flood.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/the-state-of-the-downtown-cedar-rapids-b... Cedar Rapids' Plan: More Green Space- July 17, 2008 A plan to redevelop the flood-damaged waterfront in Cedar Rapids will likely replace damaged buildings with green space.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/cedar-rapids-plan-more-green-space?fromr... Sewage Plant Operating on Limited Basis- July 16, 2008 Since the floods hit, anything people in Cedar Rapids put down the drain or in the toilet went straight into the Cedar River.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/sewage-plant-operating-on-limited-basis?... DNR open to compromise on Cedar Rapids boathouses- July 16, 2008 Department of Natural Resources officials told a crowd of 200 Ellis Boat Harbor supporters last night they want to work together to find common ground that could keep the boathouses on the Cedar River.http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/dnr-open-to-compromise-on-cedar-rapids-b... Big snake prompts call to animal control- July 15, 2008 The radio call sent Marcia Ritchart to 3319 Riverpointe Circle NE to collect a "four-foot python." When Ritchart, a Cedar Rapids Animal Control officer, arrived at the town house overlooking a densely wooded ...http://www.topix.net/city/cedar-rapids-ne/2008/07/big-snake-prompts-call-to-animal-control... |