Cedar Rapids IA

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KWQC) - Scattergood is a boarding school and working farm where students take regular classes while getting hands-on experience running a farm. For students at Scattergood, studying there is about creating community. “I am really big on community. My favorite part of Scattergood is definitely dorm...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — A new, more reliable bridge will be built on Matsell Park Road, closing part of the road for about nine months. Matsell Park Road will be closed at the bridge between Merritt Road and Hart Road starting Monday, Nov. 17. That’s between Stone City and Waubeek in rural Linn County.

MARION, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Survey work will be done in Willow Park this week for the Alburnett Road Extension project in Marion. The surveys are required as the city is working to get federal approval for the project. The City of Marion says the Alburnett Road Extension...

(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Enrollment in Cedar Rapids public schools is down. The Community School District says enrollment dropped 4.27% percent this year compared to last year, but remains above the ten-year low in 2021-22. District leaders say enrollment is up at new and renovated elementary schools, and declining at...

We have a winner! This weekend's Mac 'n Mingle at North Point in Cedar Rapids featured nine competitors vying for the title of 'Master of the Mac,' but the REAL winners were all of us that got to spend our Saturday eating delicious mac & cheese!. What Local Restaurants Competed?

As NextEra Energy moves ahead with plans to reopen the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Linn County, concerns are being raised about waste storage and water use. The Iowa Utilities Commission held an informational meeting last Thursday where NextEra officials spoke to residents. Rich Patterson, of Cedar Rapids, says he...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa — Luke Truesdell was found guilty Monday just before noon of first-degree-murder on three counts. He was found guilty of second-degree-murder on one count. Truesdell chose not to take the stand in his own defense against four charges of first-degree murder. Truesdell is accused of killing Brent...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Popeyes’ parent company now says it may reach an agreement with an Iowa franchisee operating in violation of a franchise agreement and who owes the state nearly a million dollars in unpaid taxes. An amended federal lawsuit filed this month now says 7 Iowa...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Two Iowa City police officers were hurt while arresting a man Saturday morning. Police say Jaquon Hemphill, 25, of Iowa City brandished a gun from his waistband and said he’d kill someone around 3:18 a.m. at The Quarters parking lot of Highway 6. When...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Linn County Board awarded $80,000 to HACAP this month to help fund food pantries throughout the area, money provided by the Weaver Witwer Trust. The trust stems from a Cedar Rapids grocery store owner who built a business empire a century ago and left...