Another leak of chlorinated water into McLoud Run has killed hundreds of fish, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday the same day it released an order saying the city of Cedar Rapids will pay $22,000 for a fish kill there last year also caused by chlorinated water.
Lifelong Cedar Rapids resident Rae Jeanne Kilberger has donated and helped fund a new nature preserve named “Bird Preserve” in honor of her grandfather. According to a plaque at the new preserve, Clayton “Jack” Bird valued "the land, its beauty, the wetlands, the wildlife & birds, beauty and giving and sharing with others.“