CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP )– First Assembly of God looked like a “war zone” after the Aug. 10 derecho. Two-thirds of the roof was ripped and water poured into the sanctuary of the building at 3233 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE …
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — When the Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few property owners had flood insurance _ slowing recovery for residents and business owners as they waited for resources from the …
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Months after a derecho tore through Iowa, thousands of streetlights still need to be repaired in the Cedar Rapids area. Mayuri Farlinger, the director of operations for Alliant Energy in the region, did not have an …
The fire department in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has taken a different approach to how it battles blazes at buildings vacated after the 2008 flood. Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow said firefighters are expected to keep fires from spreading …
More than 150 homes and eight businesses in Cedar Falls are expected to be demolished through flood buyout programs. City officials told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that 144 of the 226 properties eligible for buyouts in the wake of 2008 …