Cedar Rapids IA

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Drivers across eastern Iowa and western Illinois woke to thick patches of fog Friday morning, with visibility dropping to a quarter mile in some areas. The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities said conditions will improve after 9 a.m., but early commuters should be prepared for sudden changes...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A crowd of Iowans passionate about the state’s history gathered Aug. 23, 2025, to protest the closing of the State Historical Society of Iowa’s research center in Iowa City. Nearly 200 people listened to speakers inside the Iowa City Public Library for more...

NORWAY, Iowa (KCRG) - It was the country’s largest annual conference on herbs and sustainable living at the time. Frontier Co-op hosted its first of 13 Herbfests in 1992 at its site in Norway. Every year the event would draw more than 1,400 people to Benton County, roughly triple the size of Norway’s population.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa City 17-year-old previously on probation for jumping and stabbing a juvenile inside West High School last August is now charged with trying to kill a woman in early August. Iowa City police arrested Moayed Elsid, 17, and an unnamed juvenile in an early...

Mayor Boddicker opened the regular meeting at 6:00 PM. Roll Call: Council Present: Cross, Rinderknecht, Wendel, and Seeck. Approval of the Agenda: Motion by Cross, 2nd by Wendel approving the agenda, all yes, motion carried. Department Reports:. Public Works – Working on maintenance from all the rain; South Slope...

(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- The fate of a man charged with hiring two other men to kill an associate who prosecutors say had become a threat to his business is now in the hands of a Linn County jury. Closing arguments were given yesterday in the first-degree murder trial of...

University of Iowa alum Michael Fiddelke will be the new CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Target. He will assume the role of CEO and join the Board of Directors on Feb. 1, 2026. Fiddelke started at Target in 2003 as an intern and currently leads Target’s nearly 2,000 stores,...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (August 23, 1964) – Mid-Continent Racing Association point leader Red Droste copped the 50-lap feature and picked up two trophies plus over $350 in prize money at the All-Iowa Fair championship modified stock car races Sunday afternoon. Droste, the veteran driver from Waterloo whose hard to...

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa — A year after getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs, Williamsburg is hoping for a better run in 2025. The Raiders lost their QB and most of their offensive production to graduation. And their long-time head coach Curt Ritchie left to become the head coach at Cornell College.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame house.