Cedar Rapids IA

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - The Marion Fire Department is providing the community with safety guidelines for lithium-ion batteries as part of Fire Prevention Week. Fire crews are urging residents to practice device safety by following the Buy, Charge, and Recycle Safely method. This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme is...

Two people were injured in a pickup/semi collision near Coggon on Thursday night. It happened on Highway 13 and Nugents Road around 8:30 pm. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says upon arriving, first responders discovered a pickup truck with heavy front-end damage in the ditch and a semi with significant side damage...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ahead of what’s predicted to be a warm, dry and windy weekend the Iowa Fire Marshal has placed several counties under a burn ban. Despite record rains in July, Iowa has seen low rainfall across August and September along with clinging heat as we head into fall. This weekend is predicted […]

CENTRAL CITY, Iowa — Fire crews in Linn County responded to a report of a plane crash near Central City. Crews were called to the intersection of Wolf Way and North Alburnett Road near the Wapsipinicon River just before 2 p.m. Friday. They were directed to a white object that looked like a plane across the river.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hope is on the horizon for patients struggling with depression as a cutting-edge treatment, known as SAINT therapy, is now being offered at the University of Iowa. SAINT stands for Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy. SAINT is a rapid-acting, relatively new treatment for major...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Two organizations are teaming up to make sure the Cedar Rapids winter shelter is prepared for the colder months ahead. Central Furniture Rescue and Waypoint are holding a blanket drive through November. The drive is seeking donations of there most needed items...

COGGON, Iowa (KCRG) - Two drivers were injured after a two-vehicle accident in rural Coggon Thursday night. According to a press release, Linn County Sheriff Deputies and multiple other departments were dispatched at 8:30 P.M. to a crash on Highway 13 and Nugents Road. They arrived to find a Dodge...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A teenager accused of stabbing three people during a bar fight in Iowa City is now pleading guilty to charges. Christopher Torres, now 19 years old, is charged with three counts of willful injury causing serious injury, three counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, and one count of...

McKenna Woliczko sent a handwritten note of appreciation to Dawn Staley and South Carolina after choosing Iowa over the Gamecocks' program, and her attitude stunned the head coach

Johnson County officials are pulling their support for a new joint law enforcement facility that would house a new county jail, the sheriff’s office and the Iowa City Police Department. After both the county and the city agreed to continue discussions on the shared facility, Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel said he...