Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A group of Iowans came together to stop the removal of historical records and artifacts from the Iowa Historical Society’s Iowa City Research Center. Over 4,000 people have signed a petition to stop the closing of the Iowa Historical Society’s Iowa City Research Center....

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Third graders in Iowa will begin their second year of cursive handwriting education this school year due to a June 2024 change to the state education board’s requirements. In 2010, the introduction of Common Core curriculum standards ended required cursive handwriting education in many...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - High heat for one more day with additional storm chances. If you’re south of I-80, it’s another steamy and hot one, and a Heat Advisory has been issued. If you have to be out working or playing, make sure to drink plenty of fluids and take frequent breaks in the shade or AC when you can.

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Iowa — An 80-year-old man from Vinton died Wednesday after his motorcycle collided with a deer in Buchanan County. The crash happened around noon on Benson Shady Grove Avenue near 280th Street. Officials say Marvin Wayne Andrews was riding a 2018 Harley Davidson north when a deer...

Lyman Dillon resides in the dusty recesses of Iowa history for his role in 1839 in one of Iowa’s earliest infrastructure projects. Dillon’s work also figures indirectly in a modern-day lesson on how not to run a government. This how-not-to-do-it tutorial occurred during a recent Jones County Board...

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field has hired Taylor Washington as an assistant coach. The announcement was made Monday by Director of Track and Field Joey Woody. IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field has hired Taylor Washington as an assistant coach....

Experts say the risk of wildfires in Iowa is on the rise.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Abbott and the Big Ten Conference will be holding a competition for a good cause. This will be the second year that the We Give Blood Drive is happening, giving the Hawkeyes will have a chance to compete and win $1 million to advance student and community health efforts.

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - The City of Marion conducted a community survey to get input on the design, amenities and funding for a proposed new aquatic center. The survey received 3,240 responses, representing a 17.5% response rate from invited households, with a +/- 1.76% margin of error. Respondents represented a...

It's not often that I visit four restaurants over the course of three days, but that's just how things worked out late last week! I tried four restaurants that I have never been to before: 1 in Mount Vernon and 3 in Iowa City.