Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa football team’s Homecoming contest against Wisconsin on Oct. 31 at Kinnick Stadium is officially sold out, the UI Athletics Department announced Monday. Iowa’s first five home contests of 2026 are sold out. Tickets remain for the final two home games versus...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — A 14-year-old Jesup girl is the Kid Captain for Iowa's away game in Minnesota this Saturday. When Kaelyn O’Brien couldn’t walk down the hallway and her speech became slurred, her parents thought their 11-year-old daughter was having a stroke. Tests...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A former truck driver training facility in Cedar Rapids is being transformed into housing for people experiencing homelessness, with volunteers helping prepare the building to open by the end of November. The Commons on 16th, a three-year pilot project at a former CRST building, will...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced there will be ramp closures on I-380 at the end of the week. The southbound Exit 4 ramp to Penn Street in North Liberty will be closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. Traffic will be...

A new Iowa City Community School District committee note that enrollment and capacity data suggest closing three to six elementary school buildings, though members are divided on how to proceed. The district’s newly formed, 27-member “Ad Hoc Attendance Boundary Analysis Community Committee (Community Committee)” will help the district to evaluate enrollment trends and attendance boundaries, building use, and possible closures as it works to reduce spending and cut $32.5 million from its budget o

There are a couple of new places to eat at Lindale Mall! One of them is inside of the food court, and the other is inside of its own storefront outside of the mall.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A jury says a Cedar Rapids man is guilty of selling methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. The jury convicted 61-year-old Anthony Harris following a three-day trial last week in the Cedar Rapids federal district court. The jury convicted him on three counts of distribution of a...

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — With less than a week before a key vote on the proposed Morgan Valley Energy Center, the Linn County Board of Supervisors has approved a host community agreement intended to protect county taxpayers if the natural gas power plant is built. The agreement passed during...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Officials at the Eastern Iowa Airport said no one was injured after an incident at the airport Sunday night. The airport said a single-engine, general aviation aircraft landed in a cornfield just east of CID’s primary runway around 8:15 pm. Eastern Iowa Airport Public...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - More than 1,500 families ran through Iowa City on Sunday to raise money for students in the Iowa City Community School District. Mother and former teacher Stephanie Field ran the mile race with her son, Hudson. “The funding is just never enough for schools,” Field...