Cedar Rapids IA

One person died after falling from a cell tower on the 3600 block of North 10th Street in Marion, IA last Friday, according to the Marion Fire Department who responded to the call and were the first on the scene. The Marion Deputy Fire Chief said the individual who had fallen from the tower was found at the site...

BERTRAM, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — A Linn County farm now has a new guest making itself at home: a goat that's believed to have wandered there from miles away. Stephanie Howard says the goat first showed up on her property in Bertram back in September - getting into her pasture and scaring her horses.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — One person is facing charges after a traffic stop on Highway 100 ended with a low-speed chase to Highway 30. The Iowa State Patrol says it started with a traffic stop. The passenger in that stop got into the driver's seat and drove away. Stop...

One Hospitalized After Cedar Rapids Home Fire, Five Others Rescued I woke up to the news of a house fire […] This article originally appeared on BuildLikeNew.com — visit us for more home security guides.

Having already won big in the Iowa Lottery this year, a woman stuck to her plan — her calm, cool and collected plan. Using her favorite number combination, Marie Johnson-Fernandez won for the second time in six months with matching Pick 4 tickets she purchased at a convenience store in her hometown of Williamsburg....

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Together We Achieve is excited to announce the return of its Turkey Time Together event on November 22, 2025, along with the Thanksgiving Food Box Collaborative, a coordinated registration system designed to ensure more families across Cedar Rapids, Linn County, and surrounding communities receive a complete holiday...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance considers the “volunteer-driven beverage tents” at the annual Market After Dark to be one of the event’s “most impactful traditions.”. Now they say those tents raised a record amount for local nonprofits. Metro Economic Alliance...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Domestic Violence Intervention Program and the Rape Victim Advocacy Program will host the biannual Clothesline Project on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. at MERGE, 136 S. Dubuque St. The free, public exhibit uses hand-decorated T-shirts—created by survivors or by people honoring...

Iowa author Erin Becker first saw her name in print when she was 5 years old. The fourth Harry Potter book had come out and was being pulled from school libraries in Cedar Rapids for incentivizing witchcraft. “I thought that was really terrible and I was a big fan of...