Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS — He wanted to know what he would be devouring Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Joey Chestnut approved when told it would be kolaches. “Dude, it's a great breakfast food,” he said. “It's kind of a little bit of a sweet pastry. I'm excited.” The world’s most renowned competitive eater is makin

LISBON, Iowa (KCRG) - Dean Mallie’s sons pushed him in a wheelchair through the Lisbon Sauerkraut Days 5K on Saturday, nearly two years after he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Mallie, a Lisbon native, had run the course dozens of times before his diagnosis. He also ran...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Kaleek Lewis, charged with first-degree murder in the September shooting death of Dedric Arnold, took the stand in his own defense Friday. Lewis claims he acted in self-defense and repeated those claims during his testimony. Lewis testified about prior interactions with Morris Gray, who was.

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to serve five years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor. 25-year-old Jonathan Painter was arrested and charged by Cedar Rapids Police earlier this year on charges of enticing a minor, grooming and dissemination of obscene material to a minor.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Flock Safety is adding new restrictions to its license plate reader camera system after more than 70 nationwide reports of officers misusing the data, raising questions about privacy and police access in communities across the country. Flock cameras scan and record where vehicles are seen,..

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The owner of O’s Grill on Center Point Road Northeast is looking for a stranger who stopped to put out a fire set outside his restaurant, saying the person could have kept driving. Otmane Benjilany said he and his team arrived at the restaurant...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Two eastern Iowa men have died in e-bike crashes less than a week apart, prompting renewed attention to e-bike safety and the increasingly powerful electric bikes available to riders. The crashes happened under different circumstances — one on a trail in Marion and another on...

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A roadway on I-380 near North Liberty reopened after a closure lasted for around 45 minutes due to a crash. A crash on I-380 near North Liberty is causing delays in traffic. Iowa State Patrol reports the crash is Between Exit 4: Penn Street and...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Cedar Rapids high school bowling coach is facing multiple felony charges following an online sting targeting suspected predators. Scott Bader is charged with four felonies, including sexual exploitation of a minor and enticing a minor for sexual purposes. The investigation began in May when...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The local voices on WMT radio that once filled the Eastern Iowa airwaves — and beyond — are off the air. In late June, iHeartMedia, the corporate owner of WMT and almost 900 other radio stations, abruptly cut staff throughout the company, citing financial losses and replacing local voices with nationally