Cedar Rapids IA

Southeast Iowa saw another round of severe weather Wednesday evening, prompting severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for locations within the KCII listening area. The KCII Severe Weather Action Team first took action at 7:09 p.m. when the National Weather Service of the Quad Cities issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Washington, Keokuk, Iowa, Johnson and Louisa counties until 8:15 p.m...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on April 15 for the fiscal year 2027 proposed budget for the county, which drew criticisms from community members on the budget’s spending allocations. During the public comment section of the budget hearing, six community members voiced their disapproval...

Amid ongoing financial concerns and public outcry, the Iowa City Community School District Board of Directors is planning to analyze administrative salaries and contracts. The board discussed the framework for renewing, modifying, or terminating administrator contracts under Iowa Code Sections 279.23 and 279.24 during their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 14. The discussion comes as the Iowa City Community School District tries to stabilize...

The Iowa City Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a 60-year-old man with dementia.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque has announced its plans to reorganize, with a Charles City priest reassigned to Cedar Rapids. Archbishop Thomas Zinkula says the Archdiocese will reorganize its 160 parishes serving 180,000 Catholics into 24 pastorates beginning July 14th. Catholic churches in the Charles City Area pastorate include Holy...

An new report ranked 182 major U.S. cities based on rent affordability.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Chicago woman was sentenced to federal prison for lying to multiple government agencies to collect benefits she wasn't entitled to receive. Gladys Louise Stephenson, 48, received a 10-month prison sentence after pleading guilty in October to theft of government property, supplemental security income benefits fraud and false statement or representation.

State regulators have imposed a $3,000 fine against an Iowa City man accused of running a multimillion-dollar ring of unlicensed massage parlors in which workers were required to have sex with customers. The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy has fined Zhenshi Liu of Iowa City $2,000 for practicing massage therapy without a license on at least two occasions, plus $1,000 for employing an...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A woman from Tama was given a five-year, three-month sentence in a federal court in Cedar Rapids Tuesday for an assault charge. Ashley Thompson, 38, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury on March 31. At the hearing, she admitted that she stabbed and injured another woman in the neck with a piece of wood trimming. During the...

Johnson County is being accused of negligence in a lawsuit over the alcohol-withdrawal death of a 36-year-old jail inmate. The estate of Nathaniel Davis Jr., who died in March 2024 after serving a portion of his seven-day sentence for drunken driving, is suing Johnson County and 19 individuals in U.S. District Court for the Southern […]