Cedar Rapids IA

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids/Linn County landfill would be run by a 14-member board under a new proposal to expand the facility. The landfill on County Home Road is expected to reach capacity in 2036. A plan to expand the site would keep it in operation until 2044.

CORALVILLE, Iowa — The Coralville City Council voted Tuesday to end their contract with Flock Safety for the use of their automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The vote comes after the city received a letter from the Iowa Attorney General's Office threating legal action because city policy bans the use of the...

For the first time, the initial police interrogation of the oldest Baseme brother, Christian, was playing in court. He is one of the three Cedar Rapids brothers on trial for the death of their younger brother Ezekiel. Tuesday Morning. Christian was interrogated for nearly two hours, by two different investigators....

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa City Community School District is planning approximately $8 million in cuts across administrative offices, elementary, middle, and high schools, but the district’s superintendent said the reductions will not be enough to address the district’s long-term financial challenges. The...

University of Iowa Health Care transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany, MD, PhD, recently performed the first robotic living donor nephrectomy, paving the way for more living kidney donations in the state. Today, just over 20% of kidney transplants come from living donors. Nephrectomy is the medical term for the surgical...

Despite a nationwide shortage in court stenographers, or court reporters, Iowa’s 6th Judicial District, which includes Johnson County, does not hold any court reporter vacancies. Demand for the service, however, remains an issue in the state. Steve Davis, the Iowa Judicial Branch communications director, said only...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — An 18-year-old Waterloo man has been arrested in connection with a December robbery in rural Linn County in which authorities say a scam escalated into a violent theft of $10,000. Quenden Hart was taken into custody Feb. 23 in Waverly with assistance from the U.S....

After a delay in Glide & Go Skate City’s opening, owner Alicia Crews said the new Iowa City Marketplace skating rink will open in the coming weeks. Crews explained that her personal family issues and the building’s fire code compliance had unexpectedly pushed the opening of Glide & Go, originally set for January.

One of Cedar Rapid’s free meal providers shared that it is closed indefinitely following a dumpster fire.

Just after sunrise, when the Iowa River is edged with ice, and the trees along the bank stand bare, University of Iowa professor Patrick Weiguo Fan raises his camera toward the treeline. The city is quiet, but above the river, wings cut through the cold air. Fan said winter mornings...