Custom Fitness of Cedar Rapids is now engaged in two lawsuits related to government oversight of its swimming pool. (Photo via Google Earth) The state of Iowa is contesting a Cedar Rapids company ...

Custom Fitness of Cedar Rapids is now engaged in two lawsuits related to government oversight of its swimming pool. (Photo via Google Earth) The state of Iowa is contesting a Cedar Rapids company’s ...

Over the course of the nine years that I've lived here in Eastern Iowa, I've eaten at some amazing local restaurants. Unfortunately, not all of those restaurants have survived. Vivian's Soul Food was ...

The City of Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department has temporarily closed Ellis Pool due to water quality issues. The pool will be super-chlorinated and will reopen on August 9 at 10 a.m ...

This photo from the 1940s shows the first public swimming pool in Cedar Rapids at Ellis Park. The pool, which opened in June 1941, initially barred people of color from entry, but that policy was ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids is taking a staggered approach to closing its public pools, as the new school year is fast-approaching. Ellis Pool and Jones Pool are already closed for ...

Cedar Rapids, IA – The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department hosted the Back 2 School Bash at Ellis Pool on Friday, August 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The first 500 school aged kids who came ...

Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department has released plans to open up Bever Pool, located at 2700 Bever Ave SE in Cedar ... Other pools in Jones and Ellis Park are looking to open around this ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ... Ellis, and Jones pools are supposed to open in late June, but the city said that timetable could change, depending on staffing levels. Tuuri, who visits the Noelridge pool ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- Police say two people did not need medical treatment after a rollover crash. Emergency crews responded to Ellis Boulevard and 16th Street Northwest around 7:45 p.m ...

Viola Gibson knew it was wrong that Black children and teenagers, like her nephew, weren't allowed to swim in Ellis Pool in Cedar Rapids. So in 1942, she helped reactivate the Cedar Rapids branch ...