Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Original drawings by Iowa artist Grant Wood, hidden away for decades, were carefully uncovered for just one day this week — offering a rare glimpse into how one of Eastern Iowa’s most recognizable works of art came to life. Inside the Veterans Memorial...

Cedar Rapids officials are weighing a budget plan that could shut down seven local schools.

PALO, Iowa (KCRG) - The Linn County Board of Supervisors has approved a financial partnership between the Linn County and NextEra Energy in its Rezoning Agreement for the Duane Arnold Energy Center. The approval is one step in the process to reopen the nuclear power facility. The board says this...

The Linn-Mar Community School District is now looking for a new superintendent after Amy Kortemeyer announced her retirement last month.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Some students at the University of Iowa are getting hands-on medical experience before the spring semester officially begins — and they’re doing it inside a mobile simulation lab. Wednesday, Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA) brought its high-tech training truck to the university’s main...

Iowa’s Ava Heiden has given opposing teams problems all year by averaging over 16 points per game. The standout sophomore, however, has been dealing with a problem of her own: foul trouble. Heiden has fouled out once this year, and had four other games where she had four fouls. It’s a part of her game […]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Community School District revealed phase one of its two-phase proposal to cut $11 million from its budget during a meeting Monday night. CRCSD Board budget cut proposal by brian.tabick. The district presented a graphic showing enrollment peaked during the 2017-18 school...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A Michigan man is facing charges after officials said a traffic stop turned into a chase on I-80 Wednesday night. Iowa State Patrol troopers stopped a pickup driven by John Kucala, 53, at 5:28 p.m. on eastbound I-80 at mile marker 275 in Cedar County, according to an arrest affidavit.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Protesters gathered outside of the Cedar Rapids ICE building on Thursday morning over the shooting death of a Minnesota woman. 37-year-old Renee Good was fatally shot by an unidentified ICE officer in a Minneapolis neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Echo, an organizer with the 50501 Iowa...

A national restaurant chain has pulled out of Iowa, shutting down every pizza location.