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Today’s edition · Tues., Nov. 3

Collins lays off 31 and polls close at 8 p.m. tonight

Plus, Google will pay for a Linn County water study and two Wright Brothers Blvd intersections get signals.

The Good Day Cedar Rapids team2 stories17 sources5 min read

BusinessTop story

Collins Aerospace will lay off 31 workers in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 30

Collins is cutting 31 jobs at a company with about 7,000 nearby

31
workers being laid off in Cedar Rapids
7,000
Iowa Collins jobs in or around Cedar Rapids
$30.2 billion
in adjusted sales for Collins in 2025

Source: The Gazette

If you work at or near Collins Aerospace, here's what's public. The company posted a "mass layoff" notice on Iowa's WARN website on Oct. 29, and the 31 positions end Nov. 30. The Des Moines Register reports employees were notified that same day.

Collins cited the need to "reduce costs and optimize our organizational structure" but didn't say which jobs are going. Corridor Business Journal counts several small to moderate job reductions across Iowa, including 102 workers in Cedar Rapids in June 2025.

  • Parent company: RTX, which also includes Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon
  • Collins worldwide: about 80,000 employees, about 9,000 in Iowa
  • 2025 adjusted operating profit: $4.9 billion, up from 2024

This layoff is smaller than Collins' Cedar Rapids cut in June 2025

Sources: The Gazette, Corridor Business Journal

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Cedar Rapids, June 2025102
Decorah, June 202529
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 202631

Linn County

Google will pay up to $242,323 for an independent Linn County water study

If you've been following Google's plans near Palo, the county is now getting its own read on water. Linn County supervisors approved an agreement on Wed., Oct. 28, and Google will pay up to $242,323 for a study by , an independent engineering firm the county selected.

$242,323most Google will pay for the study

Google has no say over the study's scope or final results.

Source: The Gazette

“Google will not review the results while the study is underway and will not see the results before the public.”

Charlie Nichols, Linn County Planning & Development Director

The study will look at water use, future demand, drought risks and gaps in data, including the Cedar River and its alluvial aquifer, in average years and in extended drought. It's part of the county's work during its data center moratorium.

Linn County leaders say the study could help inform water policy but wouldn't commit the county to any decision on Palo.

  • Results expected: March 2027, released publicly
  • Google's payment covers the study's first phase
  • Who chose the firm: Linn County, not Google

Linn County's water study runs from a moratorium to March results

  1. July 2026Linn County adopts a moratorium on new large-scale data centers.
  2. Oct. 22A Google manager speaks at a town hall at the Palo Community Center.
  3. Oct. 28Supervisors approve the agreement with Google for the study.
  4. March 2027Linn County expects the study to be complete.

Sources: The Gazette, kcrg.com

News Notes

Ballot

Polls close at 8 p.m. tonight, and Cedar Rapids voters are deciding a $60M bond for fire facilities, including a new training facility and rebuilt stations five and six. Voters across 18 counties are weighing an $88 million bond for four Kirkwood Community College buildings: Jones, Linn, Nielsen and Benton Halls. KCRGKCRG

Today's ballot asks for $88 million for Kirkwood and $60 million for fire facilities

Source: KCRG

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Kirkwood bond$88 million
Cedar Rapids fire bond$60 million

Quaker Oats

PepsiCo, which runs the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, still has no timeline for production to resume after the Oct. 24 fire. The company says it will communicate directly with employees about when production will restart. KCJJ

Landfill

Construction waste from two hyperscale data center projects near Cedar Rapids is putting significant pressure on the city's landfill. Interim solid waste agency director Joe Horaney says trash intake rose more than 10% during the 2026 fiscal year. Sioux Country Radio

Horizons

Horizons East Central Iowa has raised $5.5 million toward the , a 13,000-square-foot gathering place for older adults planned in the Horizons space at 819 Fifth St. SE. The nonprofit is now launching a final push to raise $500,000 more for increased construction costs and an endowment. The GazetteKGAN

Road Work

Eastbound Blairs Ferry Road NE is down to one lane between Crane Lane and Council Street since Mon., Nov. 2, with utility work expected to take about four days. Between Sammi Drive and Rockwell Drive, Blairs Ferry is one lane each way for about two days of fiber installation. On the southwest side, new signals at Wright Brothers Boulevard and Cherry Valley Road and at Tissel Hollow Road are scheduled to go live the week of Nov. 9. KGANKCRGKCRG

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RAIN MAN’S IOWA ALMANAC: As we kick off November, the trees are preparing for their final spectacular performance of the year, while the rain is aggressively auditioning to become snow.

“Once again, Eastern Iowa's climate is demonstrating that consistency is wildly overrated. Halloween and its overnight aftermath treated scenic southeast Cedar Rapids to a crisp 3/8th inch of rain, perfectly setting the stage for a first day of November that promises to be wonderfully windy and stubbornly cloudy…”

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The Wrap

A new neighborhood tavern just moved into a spot with some history. The Crow's Nest opened this weekend in the old Gilligan's Pub N Grub on 1st Ave NW, and the owners painted over the big Gilligan's Island mural that faced the parking lot. KHAK reports there are still more updates to come. Bon voyage, Skipper.

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Good Day Cedar Rapidsto me · Tues., Nov. 36:00 a.m.

Collins lays off 31 and polls close at 8 p.m. tonight

Plus, Google will pay for a Linn County water study and two Wright Brothers Blvd intersections get signals.

The TLDR

  1. Collins Aerospace will lay off 31 workers in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 30
  2. Google will pay up to $242,323 for a Linn County water study
  3. Polls close at 8 p.m. on a $60M fire bond and an $88M Kirkwood bond
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