Cedar Rapids IA

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Arctic air has been pouring into eastern Iowa Wednesday, sending temperatures down through the afternoon. With snow on the ground, clear skies, and light winds, temperatures will continue to tumble until daybreak on Thursday. The average low temperature for Dec. 4 in...

CORALVILLE, Iowa — An Iowa City man is in jail after police say he led officers on a high-speed chase in a U-Haul van. According to court documents, staff at the Coralville Post Office reported Breon Holmes, 25, for attempting to use bad checks. When Holmes saw an officer...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Police Department told KCRG TV9 they found a credit card skimmer at a Family Dollar in Cedar Rapids. The skimmer was found Tuesday morning at the store on 32nd Street Northeast, near the intersection of Oakland Road. The police are actively investigating.

Last month, the New York Times ran a glowing profile of Iowa City’s fare-free bus pilot program. Since eliminating fares in August 2023, the college town of 75,000 has seen ridership increase, boarding times shrink, and transportation emissions drop—all for roughly $1 million a year. The piece lands...

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The Iowa Utilities Commission has issued its final decision order and an electric transmission line franchise to ITC Midwest for a project in Marshall, Tama, Benton and Linn counties in Iowa. The franchise allows ITC Midwest to construct, erect, operate, and maintain 345 kV and 161 kV electric transmission line...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa — A crash on Interstate 80 heading east blocked two right lanes Tuesday afternoon, creating a traffic jam in Johnson County. It's between IA 1 and Exit 249: Herbert Hoover Highway aka County Road F44 (Iowa City) and happened around 4 p.m. No word yet on...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids City Council has approved changes to the data center agreement with QTS to build data centers at the Big Cedar Industrial Park. One major change was to cap the project at seven phases. Previous language in the agreement specified only "two or more" phases. Each phase will have a...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Thousands of trucking schools across the country may be forced to close, after the Department of Transportation found 44% of trucking schools are out of government compliance. Almost 3,000 schools are in jeopardy of losing their certification if they do not meet federal government training...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A dispute over a privately-owned drive is putting a Cedar Rapids development plan on hold, as a property owner raises concerns about what city action could mean for his land and access rights. The stretch in question is a small portion of a private drive...