Cedar Rapids IA

The City of Cedar Rapids utilizes a wide array of tools in its efforts to provide a safe, secure living environment for residents and businesses. Cedar Rapids Police employ automated license plate readers (ALPR) as an investigative tool to assist in the location of vehicles associated with reports of crime, missing...

LOCO CR is the new local way to order food in Cedar Rapids.

New district maps for future Johnson County Board of Supervisors elections were released, placing some of the current supervisors in the same district. Due to the way the districts were drawn, the supervisors will now have to either move to a district with no sitting supervisor, or run against each other for the...

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa — A Williamsburg Girl Scout has earned the organization’s highest honor after building a new flag disposal box to help community members retire worn or damaged American flags with respect. Samantha Baumgartner received the Girl Scout Gold Award for designing, constructing and installing the new...

CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is conducting layoffs across Iowa, officials confirmed Thursday. IDT says 4.7% of the company’s Iowa workforce has been affected but did not give a specific number of people. The company is headquartered in Coralville. The timing of the layoffs is unknown...

-- An easily adaptable cats is ready to be adopted from Better Together Rescue. Gordy was originally part of a Trap Neuter Release project, but he kept running up to people and convinced them he should be an indoor cat. Gordy is about eight months old. He’s described as outgoing...

Scott Whitson from BIT Brewery shared the details on Central City Growth Organization's upcoming Holiday On Main happening Dec 13.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A new organization coming to Cedar Rapids wants to help out women who own their own business. Small Business Sister Circle is a Midwest-based women's entrepreneur community. They just opened a new chapter in Cedar Rapids. The group gives women a chance to gather in...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids is looking for more volunteers for its Snow Buddies program to help residents clear their sidewalks this winter. Paulette Wenzel signed up for Cedar Rapids’ Snow Buddies sidewalk removal program for the first time this year. With the unpredictability winter can bring, she said...

Coe College will lead universities in Iowa and across the U.S. in research of “high-level physics” with the aid of a seven-figure federal grant. The Cedar Rapids university announced Thursday in a news release that it received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of High Energy Physics to...