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After celebrating and shopping over Thanksgiving weekend, people geared up to donate to local organizations for “Giving Tuesday.”

KCRG-TV9 First Alert Storm Team Meteorologist AJ Rickman has your latest First Alert Forecast, featuring record cold expected tonight.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An active and wintry weather pattern will continue this week, with a bit of a break today. Primarily cloudy skies ahead for our Tuesday with a bit of clearing for some. Temperatures remain chilly with highs only in the mid to lower 20s. Our next...

The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a...

URBANA, Iowa (KCRG) - The former Urbana police chief has dropped a lawsuit against the city, the mayor and city clerk after being placed on paid leave back in April 2024. In May, Urbana’s city council voted 3 to 2 to end the police chief’s contract - firing Joshua Baker without cause. This came more than a year after...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Temperatures tumble this afternoon as a sharp cold front moves to the east. Snow flurries are possible early afternoon. The real story is the falling temperatures throughout the day. It’s going to get noticeably colder as we head toward evening, with winds picking up from the northwest at...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Arctic air has been pouring into eastern Iowa Wednesday, sending temperatures down through the afternoon. With snow on the ground, clear skies, and light winds, temperatures will continue to tumble until daybreak on Thursday. The average low temperature for Dec. 4 in...

CORALVILLE, Iowa — An Iowa City man is in jail after police say he led officers on a high-speed chase in a U-Haul van. According to court documents, staff at the Coralville Post Office reported Breon Holmes, 25, for attempting to use bad checks. When Holmes saw an officer...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Police Department told KCRG TV9 they found a credit card skimmer at a Family Dollar in Cedar Rapids. The skimmer was found Tuesday morning at the store on 32nd Street Northeast, near the intersection of Oakland Road. The police are actively investigating.

Last month, the New York Times ran a glowing profile of Iowa City’s fare-free bus pilot program. Since eliminating fares in August 2023, the college town of 75,000 has seen ridership increase, boarding times shrink, and transportation emissions drop—all for roughly $1 million a year. The piece lands...