Cedar Rapids IA

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...

CORALVILLE, Iowa — The city of Coralville will begin its annual fall cleanup at Oak Hill Cemetery on Nov. 2. Families and friends should remove flowers and decorations not contained on a monument or its foundation by Sunday, Nov. 1. City staff will remove remaining decorations, flowers, bushes and shrubs beginning Monday, Nov. 2.

Temperatures will take a dip as we head into the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Watch in effect late Friday night through Saturday morning for Delaware, Dubuque, Buchanan, Clayton, Fayette, Jones and Linn counties. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 will be possible. Frost and freeze...

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A Hiawatha man was arrested Wednesday after Iowa State Patrol says he drove recklessly in a high-speed chase and tried to escape officers by running into a corn field. An Iowa State Patrol trooper in a criminal complaint says a white BMV sedan driven by...