Keith Jones was sworn in as the newest member of the Coralville City Council on Tuesday night during the council’s regular meeting. Jones fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Jill Dodds on April 26. The retired banker was one of six candidates the city council interviewed for the opening during a special meeting […]
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Coralville taking applications to fill the vacant seat on its city council
The City of Coralville is now taking applications to fill the vacancy on the city council left by the resignation of Jill Dodds last month. The council voted 3-1 at its meeting on Tuesday to fill the vacancy by an appointment rather than hold a special election. During a discussion at the council’s May 10 […]
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‘Gone but not forgotten’: Iowa City commemorates 68 workers who died last year in Iowa
For Workers’ Memorial Day on Thursday, union-sponsored events across Iowa sought to “put a human face and name” to the 68 Iowans who died while at work in 2021. “Every worker on this list has a story, a family and friends whose lives have been forever altered, when their loved one went to work one […]
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Jill Dodds resigns from Coralville City Council following husband’s arrest for ‘a horrible crime he didn’t commit’
Coralville City Councilmember Jill Dodds resigned during Tuesday night’s council meeting, following what she called “false allegations” against her husband for “a horrible crime he didn’t commit.” Jeffrey Dodds was arrested on April 18 by Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies on two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. The Dodds own and operate Simple Abundance Child Care […]
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Coralville Farmers Market changing days and location
The Coralville Farmers Market will no longer be on Mondays when it kicks off its 21-week season next month. Instead, the market’s sessions will be every Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. starting on May 18. The market is also moving slightly, from one part of Iowa River Landing to another. It will now be […]
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‘It all feels like a dream’: Cookies & Dreams opens location in Coralville
Stephanie Sellers didn’t sugarcoat the reality of starting a business in 2020. “It was definitely terrifying,” she said. But the pandemic also inspired people to try and brighten their loved ones’ days — and cookies were a sweet way to do that. “[People] would drop cookies off on their friend’s doorstep if they were having […]
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Ways to celebrate the Fourth of July in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Coralville
Activities are plentiful for anyone looking to celebrate Fourth of July in the CRANDIC. Enjoy the sunny weekend with the Freedom Festival in Cedar Rapids, Jazz Fest in Iowa City, 4thFest in Coralville — or festival hop and try to make it to all three. Cedar Rapids The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival is having its […]
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What do on the Fourth of July in Iowa City, Coralville and Cedar Rapids
Like every year, city governments are celebrating the beginning of American independent governance by closing down for the day. (Although garbage pick-up will continue on its normal schedule in Cedar Rapids). But all the cities in the CRANDIC (the greater Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area) will be sponsoring events. Enjoy food, fireworks, and family-friendly fun for the 4th of July.
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Younkers is closing its last two area stores
The stores in Coralville’s Coral Ridge Mall and Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids are among seven Younkers stores that the department store’s parent company, Bon Ton, Inc., told Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) it plans to close.
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Free community meal for Coralville residents
The Coralville Community Food Pantry is presenting the first of its community meals for 2018 this week, on Friday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m.
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New Pi Co-op Café coming to the Coralville Public Library
Visitors to the Coralville Public Library who are hungry for more than just knowledge will soon be able to snag a sweet roll or a salad, in addition to books and media. New Pioneer Food Co-op announced on Thursday it will be opening New Pi Co-op Café in the space at the library previously occupied by Caffe Crema.
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New restaurants and other changes on the local food scene in 2017
Fifteen restaurants — serving everything from burritos to bao — opened in the Iowa City area this year. Some were entirely new ventures, some belonged to local favorites that expanded (you no longer have to go downtown to get a pie shake). Taking a big step beyond its NewBo District coffee shop in Cedar Rapids, Brewhemia started distributing its nitro coffee throughout the corridor. And in Iowa City, a new, locally-owned food delivery was launched, to provide an alternative to big, national services like GrubHub.
