CEDAR RAPIDS — The city of Cedar Rapids is one step closer to protecting Czech Village from rising Cedar ... of the city’s $750 million permanent flood control system. The city opted to ...

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.

Save CR Heritage, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving historic properties, is set to purchase the historic ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ... with a permanent flood protection system of flood walls, berms and levees to begin on the west side of the river. In a few years, the Czech Village Levee will protect the area ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ... to the standards of permanent flood levees they may be needed in the future. "As long as they left it up and let it settle," said Czech Village area resident Josh O'Connor.

In the Czech Village, a new Czech museum ... Protecting it all is the Cedar Rapids Flood Control System currently under development. The $750-million plan calls for flood walls, levees, gates ...

Once again, the City of Cedar Rapids had to put up temporary flood protection, setting up HESCO barriers in low-lying problem areas. But the city said, someday, they hope workers won't have to ...

The Cedar River rose to a record high of 102 feet in 2008, endangering the town of Cedar Falls, IA. (TNS) - Turns out that it’s not as easy as you might think to transform what had been the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ... Manager of the city's flood control system, Rob Davis, says construction is well underway. Davis said, "We started in the Newbo and Czech Village neighborhoods, those would ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL ... to use and the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on flood control projects. The Czech Village levee reached completion and five more projects are expected ...

Drivers in Cedar Rapids will not have access to certain roads because of events happening this weekend.Czech Village is hosting its annual Houby Days festival a ...

On June 13, 2008, the Cedar River crested almost 20 feet above flood level ... Sponsor Message That community, and the adjacent Czech Village neighborhood to the south, were the hardest hit ...