One Person Died, and 2 Others Hurt in Eastern Iowa Crash
(Nashville, Iowa) One person died, and two others suffered injuries in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Jackson County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 2:09 p.m. on Tuesday on 84th Avenue and 33rd Street on a gravel road. The deceased’s identity is being withheld pending notification...
Iowa Pizza Chain Hopes to Return to the State Following Abrupt Closings
Four remaining Marco's Pizza locations in Iowa all closed on January 5th. Is a return coming?
Cedar Rapids school board faces backlash over budget deficit plan
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — The Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Board of Education faced intense public scrutiny during a meeting and work session that lasted more than five hours as members discussed how to address a projected $10 million to $12 million budget deficit. The...
Meet the new pastors in town
With the new year comes new beginnings. On Jan. 1, Trinity United Methodist Church of Waverly did just that, welcoming Kristina and Ryan Roth-Klinck as its new pastors. Moving from Cedar Rapids to Waverly, the married couple is excited to be pastoring for the church’s community, with Kristina as a full-time pastor...
KXEL Morning News for Tue. Jan. 13, 2026
TAMA COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Two people are seriously hurt after a head-on collision on a rural Tama County gravel road Monday afternoon. At approximately 4:12 p.m. Monday, the Tama County Sheriff’s Office received a report through an automated crash detection system on a driver’s phone in the 2400 block of M Avenue....
Expert of the Day: Mercy Cedar Rapids receives dementia-friendly designation
Our expert of the day is Kindel Dillon, Director of Mission Integration & Patient Experience with Mercy Cedar Rapids.
Cyclist defying traffic stops arrested after police chase in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A 26-year-old man lead Cedar Rapids police on a chase after police say he wouldn't stop for officers after committing several bicycle traffic violations. An officer attempted with lights and sirens to stop Felix Garcia just after 10 p.m. Monday night in the area of...
Film critic and UI grad Jason England explains why he found this Oscar frontrunner...
One Battle After Another, the latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson, is a critical darling, picking up numerous award nominations — and, on Sunday, four big wins at the Golden Globes. Loosely adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, it follows the crumbs of a revolution and the fallout of an activist squad known as the...
4 hospitalized after rollover crash in Johnson County
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Four people were taken to the University of Iowa Health Care after a crash Saturday night in Johnson County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a BMW sedan was headed south on Sutliff Road and Highway F14 around 11 p.m. when it left the road on a curve and rolled several times before...
Iowa Pizza Chain Hopes to Return to the State Following Abrupt Closings
Four remaining Marco's Pizza locations in Iowa all closed on January 5th. Is a return coming?

















