Cedar Rapids IA

State duals tournament takes place on Saturday from Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

Janet Mary Boots, 75, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was born on May 13, 1950, in Dubuque, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Dingbaum) Luensmann. Janet was raised and educated in Manchester, a 1969 graduate of West Delaware....

TIFFIN, Iowa (KCRG) - The roundabout connecting Coralville, North Liberty and Tiffin is moving forward. The City of North Liberty awarded a construction contract to CJ Moyna & Sons / Progressive Structures joint venture in Ankeny. The city said the company’s offer was the lowest responsive bidder at $5 million....

Some comments questioned why the county doesn’t recognize Christian holidays, while others called the hijab a symbol of oppression. “This is a joke right?” one commenter wrote. Another asked, “When is world cross day?”. Some comments referenced Minnesota, with one stating, “I feel like this is exactly...

The arraignment of a Coralville resident charged with murdering his wife on Jan. 16 has been postponed until the state can complete an evaluation to determine the defendant’s competency to stand trial, according to court documents. James Martin, 47, is undergoing a review to determine his mental competency after...

The Hawkeye State is often thought of as a landscape of unyielding pragmatism: grids of cornfields, farms, and small towns stretching out toward the horizon. Yet, tucked within this quiet geography you’ll find architectural anomalies that feel almost like glitches in the matrix. From a historic jail designed to spin...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Regina Catholic Schools in Iowa City has cancelled all classes and activities Thursday, Feb. 6 and Friday, Feb. 7 due to an “exceptionally high and rapidly increasing rate of illness.”. In a notice on its website, Regina said 248 students were absent as of...

When comedian, actor and writer Tom Arnold was growing up in Ottumwa, it was hard for him to believe that his dreams of a career in entertainment could ever come true. Through his career, Arnold has had many highs - from his breakthrough writing for the sitcom "Roseanne," a role in the 1994 film "True Lies" that...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — A wrong-way driver crashes with a deputy's vehicle Wednesday evening, the Linn County Sheriff's Office says. The deputy saw a red Dodge Dakota traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Highway100 near Edgewood Road at around 7:40 p.m. The deputy pursued the car with his lights and sirens on to try...

Each February, we review the sabbaticals (or, as stated by the Iowa Board of Regents, “professional development assignments”) granted to the professors at the state’s three public universities: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa. For us common folk, a sabbatical may be...