Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids and the Iowa City Railway will receive $14.5 million in federal funding to purchase three line-haul locomotives for use in eastern Iowa. The grant is part of $62.6 million awarded for Iowa rail projects through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program.

University of Iowa Intellectual Freedom Center Interim Director Luciano de Castro urged the Iowa Board of Regents to pause its search for a permanent director and revisit procedures governing the center's finances and administration in his annual report to the Iowa Legislature. de Castro wrote in his Oct. 12 report that the center's governance structure gives the regents too much control over its operations, and warned that if it continues, the center will be "a lost opportunity." The center was

Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck met with the media on Monday as the Minnesota Golden Gophers prepare for the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. Here’s everything Fleck said. Never miss breaking news or another Gophers Nation article again. Click HERE to sign up for our Daily and Breaking News Newsletters! Opening StatementAll right, thanks everybody for being here. Proud of our guys during our bye week. Got a lot of work done, and coaches got out recruiting as well. Now we’re back ready to roll. We were

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa football team’s Homecoming contest against Wisconsin on Oct. 31 at Kinnick Stadium is officially sold out, the UI Athletics Department announced Monday. Iowa’s first five home contests of 2026 are sold out. Tickets remain for the final two home games versus...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — A 14-year-old Jesup girl is the Kid Captain for Iowa's away game in Minnesota this Saturday. When Kaelyn O’Brien couldn’t walk down the hallway and her speech became slurred, her parents thought their 11-year-old daughter was having a stroke. Tests...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A former truck driver training facility in Cedar Rapids is being transformed into housing for people experiencing homelessness, with volunteers helping prepare the building to open by the end of November. The Commons on 16th, a three-year pilot project at a former CRST building, will...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced there will be ramp closures on I-380 at the end of the week. The southbound Exit 4 ramp to Penn Street in North Liberty will be closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. Traffic will be...

A new Iowa City Community School District committee note that enrollment and capacity data suggest closing three to six elementary school buildings, though members are divided on how to proceed. The district’s newly formed, 27-member “Ad Hoc Attendance Boundary Analysis Community Committee (Community Committee)” will help the district to evaluate enrollment trends and attendance boundaries, building use, and possible closures as it works to reduce spending and cut $32.5 million from its budget o

There are a couple of new places to eat at Lindale Mall! One of them is inside of the food court, and the other is inside of its own storefront outside of the mall.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A jury says a Cedar Rapids man is guilty of selling methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. The jury convicted 61-year-old Anthony Harris following a three-day trial last week in the Cedar Rapids federal district court. The jury convicted him on three counts of distribution of a...