CEDAR RAPIDS — Watching a concert and grabbing a beer at McGrath Amphitheatre. Taking wedding photos along the flood wall in Czech Village. Biking the trail that spans the top of a Cedar Lake levee.

As a candidate eight years ago he canceled a stop in Cedar Rapids to avoid getting in the way of flood recovery. This time, nervous residents had the fiery first Clinton-Trump debate Monday night ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Six months after the 2016 flood, Cedar Rapids continues to pay bills and incur new ones tied to the flood. Through April 7, Cedar Rapids had paid $6.3 million on 950-plus invoices ...

The City of Cedar Rapids says a new law signed by President Joe Biden will help speed up progress on the Cedar River Flood Protection System. “This is an encouraging step for Cedar Rapids as we ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Eight months after being hit by a flood expected to come along less than once every 500 years, this city of 120,000 is still struggling to get its head above water.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. — When the Cedar River began to rise last month, Craig Seeley drove to the bank and marveled at the engineering feat — 10 miles of temporary flood walls, constructed in a ...

The flood's 31.12 foot crest was the highest ever recorded for the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids -- about 20 feet above flood stage. Nearly 10 square miles of the city were impacted by flood waters.

After all, the river that runs through downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had never caused more than basement flooding during his 22 years in the building, even during the Great Flood of 1993.

It made it difficult for law enforcement, ambulances, and firefighters to get to both sides of Cedar Rapids quickly. One aspect of flood recovery has been ensuring there are more ways to cross the ...

Sept. 14--CEDAR RAPIDS-- Almost before the water receded here in the June 2008 flood disaster, the word "buyout" had surfaced among owners of flood-damaged homes and businesses. Not so for Jim ...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is building flood walls around facilities owned by two of the world’s largest agribusinesses. It raises questions about who should pay the costs of adapting to climate change.