Cedar Rapids IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Unhoused Veterans in Iowa City could soon have a place to call home in Iowa’s first-ever housing complex specifically for Veterans. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors bought an apartment complex on Hollywood Boulevard in Iowa City in the summer of 2024. The county sent out a call for...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A historic mansion in Cedar Rapids has a new life, this time as a plant shop. Crazy Plant Gal opened Feb. 12 inside the longtime building on Third Avenue SE, which has previously served as a home, funeral home and restaurant. Owner Kim McGraw, a...

Thirty-five wrestlers from the Iowa City-area qualified for the Iowa boys state wrestling tournament during district competition on Feb. 14. In Class 3A, Iowa City High hosted the District 6 meet, while Iowa City West competed at Bettendorf in District 2 and Iowa City Liberty battled at Cedar Falls in District 3....

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - We are seeing mostly cloudy skies this morning, and we expect to see this continue throughout the day. The gradual warm-up will continue through this weekend and into Monday. Highs today will be in the mid 50s. Winds will stay between 5 and 10 mph...

MACON, Ga. – The University of Iowa softball team won all four of its games this weekend at the MUSB Invitational I. The Hawkeyes posted wins over Army (8-2) and Western Kentucky (8-6) on Saturday to improve their overall record to 7-2. HOW IT HAPPENED. Game 1. The Hawkeyes...

Parker Macho, Finn Martin claim state golds in record-setting fashion.

Hundreds of donors and faculty came together in the Iowa Memorial Union ballroom for the IMU Centennial Gala on Feb. 14, rounding out months of celebrations commemorating 100 years of the historic building in a cozily lit black tie affair, also functioning as a symbolic kick-off for an $81.4 million renovation project.

Libraries across the state are turning to individual and collective action to advocate for continued materials access. CEDAR RAPIDS — When Dara Schmidt entered her library science program in 2005, she thought she knew what to expect of the field. Schmidt, now the director of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, went in...

FAIRFAX, Iowa — Linn County deputies and multiple fire agencies responded to a structure fire in the 400 block of E Southview Road in Fairfax at 9:11 p.m. Saturday. According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were assisted by Linn County Rescue, Fairfax Fire, Atkins Fire, Cedar Rapids Fire, and Area...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says three people are in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries Sunday after an early morning crash. The accident happened just before 5 a.m. along Highway 151. A southbound driver crossed the lanes on into the wrong way and hit another vehicle...