This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 2009
Page
2
Townspeople start a project to build a museum honoring Norway’s twenty state baseball titles as a new chapter in the ongoing series. In other sports, the Orlando Magic edged the Los Angeles Lakers 108-104 to cut their finals series deficit to 2-1 with Dwight Howard netting 21 points.
An Oregon man has built a device that separates solids from liquids in hog manure. The solids, with 13 percent protein, are fed to cows. In North Carolina a Slim Jim factory roof collapse after an explosion left two dead and four seriously injured. Local authorities investigate the incident and casualties.
The Iowa City Board of Education, by a 7-0 vote, approves closing Roosevelt Elementary built in 1931 and plans a new campus off Camp Cardinal Boulevard in the Crossings area. Superintendent Lane Plugge backs the move. opponents number about 65 attendees. The new school would likely open in the 2011-12 school year.
Gov. Chet Culver calls federal 516.7 million in HUD grants a huge step for Iowa disaster recovery. Cedar Rapids may receive 175 million for buyouts of flood damaged homes as council members push to repair the Time Check neighborhood amid substantial flood losses in the state.
The Gazette revisits life in Eastern Iowa a year after the 2008 floods. Building permits show robust post flood construction in the Corridor from June 1, 2008, to June 1 this year. Cedar Rapids issued 304 new single family homes, Iowa City 101, Coralville 68.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.