Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Early voting ended Monday with Election Day on Tuesday, and groups in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids held events to encourage people to vote. The Alliance for a Better Iowa Education Fund held a “Party to the Polls” in Black Hawk, Clinton and Johnson counties.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Improvements continue along Wright Brothers Boulevard Southwest as two more intersections are scheduled to transition from stop-controlled to signalized operation during the week of Nov. 9, according to Cedar Rapids Public Works. Crews will activate new traffic signals at:. Wright Brothers Boulevard SW and Cherry...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Police Department is replacing Flock cameras with Axon-brand automated license plate readers as it gets closer to launching its real-time operations center. Cedar Rapids Police announced the project in August, partnering with Axon on a $14-million agreement to create an operations center...

MARION, IOWA — A Linn-Mar High School student is earning national recognition for a podcast that shares her relationship with her grandpa and his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Fourteen-year-old Kate Baker was named a national finalist in NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge for “Dear Kate,” a project that highlights the experiences of people living with Alzheimer’s disease while also focusing on the bond she shares with her grandpa, Ted.

Food trucks and free shuttles are part of a series of nonpartisan events planned Monday in Clinton, Johnson and Black Hawk counties to encourage voter participation. In Black Hawk County, free shuttles will run from the University of Northern Iowa Multimodal Transportation Center bus stop on West 23rd Street in Cedar Falls to the Jesse Cosby Center, 112 Mobile St. in Waterloo. Hot beverages and doughnuts will also be available from noon to 6 p.m.

Tom Drury has separation anxiety. For more than 30 years, the Iowa City author has written about the characters in Grouse County as they fall in love, make mistakes, grow older, and find ways to persevere in the rural Midwest. Characters like Louise Darling, Tiny Darling, and Dan Norman aren’t real, but Drury writes about them like old friends. The Iowa Writer's Workshop professor first introduced them in “The End of Vandalism,” which was serialized in The New Yorker before its 1994 publication.

CORALVILLE — Holy Trinity’s volleyball team is back at the Class 1A state tournament after missing out last season. The Crusaders (30-6) are the fifth seed, and will play fourth seed Wapsie Valley (28-13) in an 8 p.m. quarterfinal Tuesday at Xtream Arena. A breakdown of the matchup:

The Crow's Nest is now open for business! The new bar at 912 1st Ave NW in Cedar Rapids held its grand opening celebration on Saturday night.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A man from Hazleton faces multiple charges after Cedar Rapids Police say he led them on a high-speed pursuit on Sunday. A criminal complaint says an officer tried to pull over Rylan Sawyer for speeding. An officer saw the vehicle go onto I-380 northbound and...

McKenna Woliczko is the second-highest recruit out of high school to sign with the Iowa women’s basketball team. She was ranked in the top ten and is only behind the legendary Caitlin Clark in program history. On Monday, Woliczko will play her first minutes as a Hawkeye. “Sold out Carver. I mean that’s going to […]