Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - More than 1,500 families ran through Iowa City on Sunday to raise money for students in the Iowa City Community School District. Mother and former teacher Stephanie Field ran the mile race with her son, Hudson. “The funding is just never enough for schools,” Field...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A 54-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison after officers found more than 16 pounds of methamphetamine in a car he was driving and at his Cedar Rapids apartment. Demetrius Stone received a 259-month sentence after pleading guilty...

MOUNT VERNON — Mitchell Frahm was perfect. And the Rams needed every point his left foot delivered. Frahm converted all four of his field goal attempts and added two extra points in Cornell College’s 26-24 home victory over Midwest Conference foe Knox College (1-5, 0-4) in NCAA Division III football action Saturday. For Frahm, a Linn-Mar graduate, his four field goals are believed to be a school record. His 14-point performance also moved him into fifth place on Cornell’s all-time scoring list f

CEDAR RAPIDS — Danielle Arnold said Friday losing her son, Dedric, “stopped my world from spinning.” She had just gotten home from vacation two days before Kaleek Lewis, 23, of Cedar Rapids, shot her son. She only knew her son had been shot in the neck as she drove to the hospital from Coralville, where she worked. She was “begging and pleading with God to save my son.” “When the doctor came into the room I knew he was gone,” Danielle, in her victim impact statement, said Friday during Lewis’ se

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kennedy Coach Brian White saw it pregame. His team looked primed for a big night. Boy, were they. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-3) played near-perfect football in a 37-0 rout of Bettendorf (5-3) on Friday at Kingston Stadium, keeping the Cougars’ playoff hopes alive. “I thought our kids were ready to play,” White said. “I could tell pregame, they just had a little edge about ‘em. We’ve talked about trying to play a perfect game. You’re never going to play a perfect game, but eliminate a

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A North Liberty woman faces an assault charge after police say she pointed a handgun at a mother during a confrontation over a dog defecating on her lawn. Crystal Harper is charged with assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, an aggravated misdemeanor, in connection with...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A new driving study has ranked Cedar Rapids as one of the deadliest cities to drive in the fall. The study by auto loan provider Uplift Legal Funding compared data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System across 400 metro areas.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Supporters gathered in Cedar Rapids Thursday night to show support for Chris Jones, the Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture. Jones is running against Iowa’s current secretary of agriculture, Republican Mike Naig. Water quality a top focus. Water quality is a top focus...

Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport face uncertain snowfall prospects as El Niño develops.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Frontier Airlines has paused service between Cedar Rapids and Denver without setting a return date, leaving some travelers looking for other ways to visit family during the holidays. Travis Bockenstedt, an Iowa native who moved to Denver 10 years ago, said he typically flies back...