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Free Admissions Available For 10 Cedar Rapids Attractions 'Freebie February' has arrived. Looking back on a year that's been difficult for so many, including area attractions, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation and Cedar Rapids Tourism Office have launched a collaboration that allows area residents and visitors to get free admissions and memberships to ten local attractions. At the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (above), you can get a family membership with unlimited free general admission to the museum, as well as the Grant Wood Studio. It covers two adults and all kids in that house...

Together We Achieve Launches 12k in 2021 Giveaway The Iowa Derecho Storm Resource Center, the headquarters of a community nonprofit also known as "Together We Achieve" is setting a goal to give away 12,000 boxes of free food in 2021. The Resource Center opened and sprung into action after the derecho as a centralized stop for those in need of resources, supplies, food, and more after the August 10 storm, and, after moving multiple times, is in its permanent location, at 1150 27th Ave. SW. CBS2 said the organization and volunteers were doing their first drive-through giveaway at Hawkeye Downs...

The 2020 SaPaDaPaSo (Saint Patrick Day Parade Society) Parade was the first major event in Cedar Rapids that was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within days of its cancellation, our lives were drastically changed. Ten months later, the continuing battle against the virus has forced the parade's organizers to decide on a very unique approach for this year's celebration of St. Patrick's Day. SaPaDaPaSo, a 501(c)3 non-profit, announced on their Facebook page today that they'll be hosting a "first and last, one of a kind, race track parade." The parade will be a drive-thru, allowing vehicles t...

DES MOINES - Public safety officials want to ban hand-held cellphones while driving, Republicans want to bolster gun rights and weaken abortion rights in the Iowa Constitution and Democrats want the state to regulate marijuana like alcohol.