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Social Justice Group Calls For Boycott Of Hy-Vee
(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A social justice group is calling for a boycott of Hy-Vee stores after the grocer announced it would be closing their First Avenue store in the Wellington Heights neighborhood of Cedar Rapids next month. Angel Ramirez, President of Advocates for Social Justice tells Iowa's News Now...
Food truck provides free food to people in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids man opened up the food truck he co-owns for free to help support families in an area that will soon become a food desert. Greg Wild is a Cedar Rapids native and said he wanted to give back to the community he grew up in. He and a few volunteers gave away free food from the food truck, Wild’r Eatery, in the parking lot of the Hy-Vee along First Avenue in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter Lowers Fees To Reduce Capacity
(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A local animal shelter is full and is offering a deal to free up space. Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control is lowering adoption fees through the end of the month, and waiving fees on animals at the shelter more than three months. All their animals...
46th Annual Houby Days to welcome Hannah Stuelke as parade Grand Marshal Saturday
This weekend is the 46th annual Houby Days in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Houby means mushroom in Czech, and that's what this celebration is all about. You know what they say, "all mushrooms are edible at least once." Of course, this time of year and with all the rain...
Rock the Block rings through NewBo City Market
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Rock the Block returned to Newbo City Market in Cedar Rapids for another summer of free live music on Friday. Every Friday in the summer, a new music act, local or national, hosts the two hour event held on the Bankers Trust Stage in Market Yard outside of NewBo City Market.
Purple Leash Project aims to increase the number of pet-friendly domestic violence shelters
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Two facilities in eastern Iowa that provide assistance to survivors of domestic abuse have received grants through the Purple Leash Project. The Purple Leash Project is a partnership between Purina and RedRover to increase the number of pet-friendly domestic violence shelters nationwide. In Iowa, Friends...
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