Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) — An immersive Spanish language teacher says her classes now have a permanent home on Iowa Avenue. Raquel MacKay is an elementary English Language Learning teacher with the Iowa City Community School District. She founded La Escuelita in 2018. Her La Escuelita classes teach students...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A group of veterans has launched a fundraising campaign to preserve an F-86 Sabre jet that has stood outside the Iowa City Municipal Airport since 1972. The F-86 Sabre was at risk of removal last month after the Airport Commission considered hauling it away because of rising maintenance and repair costs.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Linn County man who possessed a loaded gun illegally was sentenced May 7 to 51 months in federal prison. Devieon Jermaine-Oliver Irvin, 21, received the prison term after a Dec. 3, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm as a felon, according to the U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa.

As a cruise ship with hantavirus patients sails halfway across the world, research happening at a lab in Tiffin could help prevent future outbreaks.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The City of Cedar Rapids is closing two streets Saturday for Benz Beverage Depot’s Beerfest. Fifth Street will be closed from Seventh Avenue to the alley between Seventh and Eighth Avenue. Seventh Avenue Southeast will be closed from Fifth Street Southeast to Sixth Street Southeast.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Drivers on Interstate 380 or those in the Southwest side of Cedar Rapids may have noticed a row of bright-colored homes. The properties, located on M Street SW, are part of a project by developer Eric Gutschmidt called "Rainbow Road." The name is inspired by a famous course from the Mario Kart video game franchise.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Police Department says its officers detained a man who is suspected to have stolen from Fleet Farm sometime around Friday afternoon. The department shared that they tracked an adult male to a nearby field with two replica guns. Investigation continues and charges...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — Emergency crews responded to a single-vehicle semi crash early Friday morning on Interstate 380 in Linn County. The Linn County Hazardous Materials Team was dispatched at approximately 6:04 a.m. to the southbound lanes near the 31-mile marker. Officials have not released details about what caused the crash or whether any injuries were reported.

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A train crash near Central City that seriously injured two people is raising new questions about railroad crossing safety in rural Iowa — specifically why some crossings only have basic warning signs while others have flashing lights and gates. In the wake of the...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — A 19-year-old University of Iowa student is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was intoxicated and incapacitated earlier this year at Hillcrest Hall. Cameron Frattalone bonded out of the Johnson County Jail on Wednesday after his first court appearance on a...