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Mount Vernon Road in Southeast Cedar Rapids has been undergoing a lot of construction for some time, and that will continue into the summer.Right off of Mt. Ver
The derecho hit three years ago this week, forever changing Iowa’s tree canopy. But what happened to all of those trees after they were removed?
Radio Iowa You are here: Home One phase of derecho clean up coming to a close in Cedar Rapids Thousands of trees in Cedar Rapids were damaged in the derecho. Debris is still being picked up from curbsides in Cedar Rapids more than five months after the derecho swept across the state. Iowa’s second-largest city was hit with the worst of the powerful storm’s 140-mile-an-hour winds. Taylor Burgin, Cedar Rapids’ construction engineering program manager, says they’re starting to approach what should be the final pickups of nonorganic debris from the August 10th disaster. “Nonorganic debr...