Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids Police have released crime stats for February. Homicide, aggravated assault, theft from vehicle, theft of vehicle, and shots fired are all lower than they were in 2025. Burglaries are the only crime reported higher this February than in February of 2025. The report...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Des Moines, Iowa – Drivers along Interstate 35 and Interstate 80 should prepare for multiple rounds of thunderstorms beginning late Thursday night, with a higher risk for severe weather developing by Friday...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Heather Murr put $30 in her gas tank Tuesday and got 9.681 gallons — not even half a tank. “It is very hard, and it’s only going to get harder. So I hope America knows how to use coupons,” she said.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa House passed a bill Tuesday that would require schools to accept cash as payment for after-school activities, including sports events. Many Iowa school districts have stopped accepting cash for events, instead requiring attendees to purchase tickets online or pay with a card at...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Linn County hires workers across a range of industries, with officials pointing to retirement benefits and community impact as key draws for job seekers. “One of the main benefits that really entices people is IPERS, it’s Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. So this is a...

Spring craft and vendor markets will be popping up all over the place these next few months! Check out 10 of the big ones happening in Eastern Iowa in 2026!

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - LifeServe Blood Center is opening a new, year-round blood donor center in Cedar Falls this month. The Cedar Valley Donor Center opens to the public March 13 at 924 Viking Road, Suite 125 in Cedar Falls. The new center gives Cedar Valley residents year-round access...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — March will be coming in like a lion as an active stretch of weather sets up across the Upper Midwest this week. Monday night into Tuesday morning we will see a chance of rain, mainly north of Highway 20. Temperatures will be...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The City of Iowa City plans to begin planting trees in residential rights-of-way on the far west side of the city this spring. According to city officials, Parks and Forestry staff will plant trees in the strip of land between the sidewalk and the road in neighborhoods north of Rohret Road, west of...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids man originally charged with attempted murder has entered an Alford plea to four charges stemming from a February 2025 shooting. 34-year-old Ray Robertson Jr., entered an Alford plea to willful injury causing serious injury, second-degree robbery, going armed with intent, and...