African Festival of Arts and Culture returns to Iowa City
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Music, dancing, food and art representing more than 20 African countries will fill downtown Iowa City when the African Festival of Arts and Culture returns for its third year. The free festival runs from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, on the Pedestrian Mall....
We Ranked 11 Of Iowa’s Best Mexican Restaurants And Here’s Who Made The List
Eleven Mexican restaurants just earned bragging rights across Iowa, and the competition was fierce. Stone-bowl molcajetes and fajitas that hit the table still hissing set the bar sky high here. Rooftop patios, quiet dining rooms, and buzzing college-town counters all fight for the same crowd. Birria broth runs rich and
Two hospitalized after crash at Main Street and Bonneville Avenue
Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at South Main Street and East Bonneville Avenue.
Replanting of trees lost to the derecho hits halfway point in Cedar Rapids
(Cedar Rapids) -- Cedar Rapids lost about 70% of its trees in the 2020 derecho that tore across the state and the creates of a program to restore the trees says they’ve passed the half-way point. Trees Forever put together the program to replant trees in public spaces and...
Omaha, Des Moines, Sioux Falls and Rochester Face a 15 Percent Chance of Severe...
DES MOINES, IOWA — Severe storms are still on track to target the middle Missouri Valley and Upper Midwest this Monday, September 14, with Max Velocity Weather calling for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms to develop late Monday afternoon and continue through the night across a corridor stretching from Sioux Fal
Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Omaha Face Rainfall Totals of 4 to 5 Inches...
DES MOINES, IOWA — A heavy rain bullseye is setting up over parts of the Corn Belt next week, with BAM Weather projecting rainfall totals of 4 to 5 inches or more centered on Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Omaha, even as the Northern Plains catches a brief 48 hour dry gap from Tuesday through Thursday.
Go inside the $10.2 million Iowa mansion getting national attention
A mansion in Toddville, just listed for $10.2 million , making it the most expensive home for sale in Iowa. That price tag includes nearly 80 acres of private woodland in rural Linn County, a giant lake right next to the house and — perhaps the most interesting part of it all — international artifacts woven into the ma
Eastern Iowa doctor recalls helping 9/11 victims 25 years later
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa doctor was in New York City 25 years ago tonight, trying to help victims of the terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan. 25 years later, he said he still remembers the dust. Dr. Vincent Reid is the director of surgical oncology for Mercy...
Lil’ Drug Store Acquisition Provides Entry Into Grocery, Drug
Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Navajo Incorporated‘s health, beauty and wellness business, including its trial and travel division. The deal takes the convenience-channel HBC distributor into grocery and drug for the first time. The trial- and travel-size health and beauty sets that Den
Traffic Alert: Multi-vehicle crash blocks I-380 southbound
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT reports there was a multi-vehicle crash that blocked I-380 Friday afternoon. The crash was in the southbound lane between Highway 30 and 33rd Avenue Southwest (Exit 17) in Cedar Rapids. Traffic cameras showed a backup for several miles. Traffic has since returned...
