Cedar Rapids IA

University of Iowa Health Care added three new surgical robots, expanding robotic surgery capacity by an estimated one thousand operations per year and effectively doubling the current capacity. UIHC began using the robots on June 2. The model, da Vinci 5, is a robotic surgical system that allows surgeons to...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Few people outside Quaker Oats know exactly what the Cedar Rapids factory is making when a sweet, wholesome smell wafts from the plant north of downtown. Locals call it a Crunch Berry day because Quaker – the world’s largest cereal plant – makes Cap’n Crunch’s...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Phase 2 of the 1st Ave. W and I-380 Southbound Off-Ramp Intersection project starts Wednesday. On 1st Avenue W, between 5th Street and 3rd Street, the two westbound outside lanes will be closed. On the I-380 southbound exit ramp at 1st Avenue W, the two...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department announced that the city's splash pads will close on Tuesday, Sept. 2 as part of the annual winterization process. The splash pads are expected to reopen on Memorial Day weekend in 2026. Splash pad locations:. Wetherby Splash Pad,...

Lawyers for the family of an Iowa woman murdered by her estranged husband say that had it not been for Bellevue police officers’ “deliberate refusal to enforce the law” and “arrest their buddy,” the woman would be alive today. The family of the late Angela...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The City of Cedar Rapids and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cut the ribbon on the completed McLoud Run section of the city’s flood control system Tuesday. The project extends along the Cedar River from McLoud Run to just past Mount Trashmore. The...

In honor of National Dog Day 2025, we want to introduce you to some super cute pups here in Iowa!

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Monday marked the first day of school for Cedar Rapids Prep, a new charter school. The school is currently operating in two floors at the former Transamerica site at Edgewood Road and 42nd Street NE, which sat vacant for years. In its first year, CR...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - As students return to school one bus driver has a warning for everybody behind the wheel. Jeff Schmatt is a driver with the Mount Vernon Community School District, he picked up the position three years ago to help fill a need in the community. Schmatt says the most stressful part of his...

The two people killed when the ATV they were driving crashed into a watery ditch in northern Minnesota have been identified. The Carlton County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Lisa Westendorf, 48, of Cloquet, and Glen Burdick, 59, of Homestead, Iowa, were found dead in a ditch off Ditch Bank Forest Road in Progress...