Cedar Rapids IA

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Davenport, Iowa – Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms could develop across eastern Iowa and western Illinois on Sunday, bringing the potential for large hail, damaging winds, and a brief tornado....

An estimated 21,700 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowans, and a projected 6,400 Iowans will die from cancer in 2026, 100 more than in 2025, according to the Iowa Cancer Registry’s 2026 report published March 13. There are a projected 165 residents who will die from cancer and...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids Fire Department crews responded to a house fire Saturday on the 200 block of 27th Street NE, according to a department media release. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:12 a.m. and arrived to find smoke and fire coming from the rear of a single-family home. Hose lines were...

CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG) - A 22-year-old man has was sent to the hospital after the Sheriff’s Office says he drove into a ditch and hit a tree. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says Clay Berns lost control of his vehicle around 10:47 p.m. when he was driving on Lewis Access Road in Center Point. He drove into a...

CENTER POINT, Iowa — One person is recovering after a bad accident in Center Point. Just before 11 p.m. Friday night emergency crews were called to the area of Lewis Access Road and Indian Boundary Road. First responders say a car had left the access road and landed in...

An ongoing dispute between Gray Media and DISH Network has led to the loss of four Iowa channels.

For the Friday Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we go back to the charts on March 13th, 1982 for a song from a band who will be in Cedar Rapids in June. It’s the Little River Band with “Take It Easy On Me”. The song was the second...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Johnson County offers a community identification card to help residents verify their identity with law enforcement and access local services. Iowa lawmakers are now considering legislation that would ban communities from issuing the cards. How the program works. Johnson County Supervisor...

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has identified an Eastern Iowa hotel where an Illinois resident stayed during an infectious period with measles. Comfort Inn and Suites, 2100 Swan Lake Blvd., Independence, was where the person stayed between Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 5:30 p.m., through Thursday,...

With a winter storm watch in effect with the expectation of blizzard conditions, North Liberty will prohibit on-street parking beginning Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. The prohibition is set to expire on Monday, March 16, at 6 p.m. Tickets will be issued to cars remaining parked on public roads during this...