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Former Iowa preschool teacher faces charges after incident with 4-year-old

VINTON, Iowa (KCRG) - A former Vinton-Shellsburg preschool teacher is charged after police say she left bruises on a 4-year-old boy after an incident at the school. 51-year-old Kimberly Murray, of Manchester, was charged with child endangerment and assault causing bodily injury or mental illness on December 15, 2025....
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Nordex Brings Manufacturing Jobs Back To Iowa

Founded in 1985 in Denmark, Nordex Group entered the North American market in 2000 with wind turbines designed to help meet energy needs. Over the years, the company has been at the forefront of innovation in its industry, leading the mass production of 1 MW turbines starting in 1995, becoming the first to produce...
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Grass fire burns 35 acres in southeast Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A grass fire in southeast Cedar Rapids is still burning after hours on Monday night. Crews responded near the 900 block of 44th Street Southeast around 5:45 p.m. A TV9 reporter said fire and smoke were visible at the scene. Police say no one was...
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📅 Free Goodwill Career Workshop at Ladd Library March 30

Goodwill Career Services is hosting a free World of Work (WOW) Workshop on Monday, March 30, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ladd Library in Cedar Rapids. The session is open to all ages and focuses on helping participants build job skills and confidence for the workplace.
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One small step for privacy: Artemis II astronauts get a toilet upgrade

MARION, Iowa — As excitement builds around this week’s launch of Artemis II mission, a surprisingly down-to-earth upgrade is getting attention: astronauts are finally getting a bit of privacy in space. For the first time in a crewed lunar mission, astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis program spacecraft will have...
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Iowa City bakery returns historic building to its roots

More than a century ago, the building at 203 North Linn Street housed the Union Bakery, providing bread and sweets for the Iowa City community.
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Lawsuit seeks to recover insurer’s payout on ‘illegal human-life wager’

A lawsuit has been filed against an Iowa company over an alleged scheme that involves investors betting on an elderly woman’s life expectancy by taking out a life insurance policy on her. The lawsuit involves the late Evelyn Zeman of Michigan and a Cedar Rapids company called ULI Funding....
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First Alert Forecast: Sunday Evening, March 29th

KCRG-TV9 First Alert Storm Team Meteorologist AJ Rickman has your latest First Alert Forecast, featuring a big warmup, then multiple rain chances.
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Future ready fair draws hundreds of students exploring college and career paths

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hundreds of high school students and their families spent Sunday afternoon in Cedar Rapids exploring options for life after graduation at the Future Ready Career and College Fair. The event, hosted by ICAN, brought together colleges, apprenticeship programs, military branches and career...
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KXEL Morning News for Mon. Mar. 30, 2026

OELWEIN, Iowa (KCRG) – An Oelwein man has been arrested after police say he shot another man in the face. In a Facebook post, the Oelwein Police Department said officers arrested 69-year-old Donald Raymond Forney. Police were called to a home around 8:30 Saturday night for a report of a person who was hurt in an...

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