Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Toys For Tots donations almost filled up an entire semi truck on Thursday. Iowa's News Now is partnering with the Salvation Army for the toy drive. The team spent the day at Fleet Farm in Cedar Rapids collecting donations from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

DES MOINES, IOWA — A record-shattering Arctic outbreak is set to grip the Midwest starting Sunday night into Monday, sending temperatures across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota plummeting as much as 40°F below normal for early December. According to GFS weather model data, the incoming Arctic front will...

Des Moines, IA – The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors today awarded more than $11 million in 4% federal housing tax credits to support the construction and rehabilitation of 781 affordable rental homes across five projects in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa City and Sioux City. “Recent...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — With the cold temperatures often comes a rise in illnesses. Linn County Public Health is urging everyone to dress up warm and in layers. You should also have your car ready to go with a full tank of gas, extra blankets and a first aid kit in case you get stranded.

As winter weather sweeps across the Midwest, drivers face treacherous road conditions that can quickly turn dangerous. Curt Wheeler, a program developer of transportation and mandated programs at Kirkwood Community College's Continuing Education Training Center, says the most common mistake drivers make is...

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - Police are investigating after an incident occurred near Linn-Mar High School on Thursday. The Linn-Mar High School Superintendent communicated Thursday evening that the school district is in contact with police and the message to families says there is “no indication of a safety concern.”....

Fixer Upper star Joanna Gaines will speak in Cedar Rapids next spring!

In 1951, Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret was fired from her job as a photojournalist at the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The reason: she was pregnant. She responded by photographing the birth to her son — an audacious proposition at the time. The photos — mostly shots of the doctors, nurses and newborn Artie from her POV on the...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ali Younes, a former University of Iowa student, accused of attempted murder, first-degree robbery and first-degree theft, will soon learn his fate. Prosecutors say Younes strangled a woman until she was unconscious near the Art Building West, on the University of Iowa campus, then stole her earring...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Quad Cities, IA/IL – A round of dry, fluffy snow is set to move across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois Saturday night into early Sunday, bringing travel hazards and slick road conditions, according to...