Cedar Rapids IA

Things are getting SPOOKY here in Eastern Iowa! Here's a list of Halloween-themed events happening across the region in October of 2025. They are broken down by county (in alphabetical order). *Looking for other October events across Eastern Iowa? Click HERE!*. BENTON COUNTY. Bloomsbury Farm, Atkins. Friday, October...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Community School District is breaking ground Thursday on the new Van Buren Elementary School. The new building, which is slated to open in 2027, will replace the current Van Buren Elementary which has stood on 29th Street SW since the 1970s and not compliant with the...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Court TV) — A state medical examiner said Wednesday that 20-year-old Melody Hoffman was killed by ligature strangulation, and that lab testing pointed to either a very early pregnancy or a recent miscarriage at the time of her death. Dr. Kelly Kruse’s testimony came on day 5 of the Linn County...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The former Iowa woman charged with First Degree Murder in the death of a newborn baby boy found in the Iowa City Landfill nearly years ago, is now booked in the Johnson County Jail. Jail records show 58-year-old Cindy Sue Elder was booked at around...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The woman accused of killing her newborn baby and throwing him in the trash more than 30 years ago had her arraignment hearing in Johnson County on Thursday. Cindy Elder was arrested in Missouri and charged with first-degree murder in early September. She was extradited...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested and charged with arson after a fire and explosion at Greene Square Park. Police say Damien Brummet was seen on security video lighting cloth inside a trash can at the park just before midnight on Sept. 16.

An Iowa man allegedly helped his friend kidnap and murder a woman that the pal used to date and then snapped 200 selfies while wearing her glasses, prosecutors say. The post Teen smoked cigar and took selfies wearing glasses of dead woman he beat, stabbed and strangled with his buddy after dumping her in a pond: DA...

Sept. 25, 2025 — The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation is proud to announce a transformational $3.5 million gift from the Busse Foundation, closing out the organization’s $10 million Inspiring Big Dreams capital campaign to build a new westside library. In recognition of this extraordinary gift, the new library...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says the roof of a restaurant on Edgewood Road NE has major damage stemming from a fire early Thursday morning. The department said in a press release that firefighters were called to the 5400-block of Edgewood Road NE at 12:32 a.m. by a passerby who...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Kolache and polka-lovers can get their fill during the annual Czech Goulash Day at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The popular festival is set for 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, on the church grounds at 1224 Fifth St. SE, Cedar Rapids. A...