Cedar Rapids IA

Has been promoted to associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College at the University of Iowa. She has held the role on an interim basis since July 2025. Dr. Ali, a professor of counseling psychology, has taught at the University of Iowa for over two decades. Earlier in her...

In the middle of January the UI Office of Strategic Communications put out a news release that the University of Iowa would conduct a review of low enrollment undergraduate majors to assess their demand and alignment with the current job market. The decision to review UI majors came from a...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Two of the last original walk-up Dairy Queens in Cedar Rapids are taking divergent paths. One, at 3304 First Ave. NE, has closed and will not reopen after owner Jill Muckler died last year. She had been the third-generation owner of the popular spot, where customers of all ages — sometimes with...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned the murder conviction of Duval Walker Jr., ruling that one of the jurors should have been removed from the case. The three-judge panel issued its decision Wednesday, reversing Walker’s convictions for first-degree murder and going armed with intent...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase last June while illegally possessing a firearm. 31-year-old David Abrams, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm as a felon and two...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Kansas City, Missouri – A pronounced late-winter warmup is lining up across Missouri and Iowa in the Feb. 21–27 window, bringing a higher likelihood of above-normal temperatures and increasing rain chances...

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (KCRG) - A Mount Vernon is scheduled to enter a plea next month after police say he accidently shot a 10-year-old boy in the head. 62-year-old Kevin Gouchee is charged with reckless use of a firearm causing bodily injury and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 40 years in prison Friday for killing a man in 2023. Darnell Bays, 30, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and gun charges. The judge gave him the maximum sentence because of his prior crimes. Bays shot Michael...

A head-on collision near the Cardinal Community School District on Thursday resulted in a teen being airlifted to Iowa City with serious injuries, according to the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office. The accident occurred on Ashland Road, a gravel roadway adjacent to the school district, at approximately 3:50 PM. The...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa City City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to renew the liquor license for Fieldhouse Bar and Grill, which has been operating as a bar despite being licensed as a restaurant. The new owners have operated the downtown business for only a few...