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 ...

Czech Village owners were permitted ... the 2nd Street intersection in downtown Cedar Rapids on Friday, June 1, 2018. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette) Old: Flood waters cover Dubuque Street near the ...

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.

The low-key Czech Village gathering, which drew a handful of neighbors, is among several commemorations being held this month in Cedar Rapids and ... buy and level their flood-damaged homes.

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 ...

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 ...

Another important construction step in what will be permanent flood protection for all of Cedar Rapids got underway on Wednesday. Construction equipment works in the Czech Village area of Cedar ...