Many experience storm anxiety after devastating derecho in Cedar Rapids, help is available
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — From the outside, much of Cedar Rapids looks recovered from the derecho that hit five years ago. What you can’t see is the anxiety, the nightmares, the triggers that still live on in many. For Barb Hartgrave, the owner of County...
Taylor Swift themed concert in Marion pushed back due to weather
MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - ‘Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience’ concert at the Klopfenstein Amphitheater at Lowe Park has been pushed back to 6:00 pm Saturday. In a press release, the city said the move was made for the safety of performers, staff, and attendees due to forecasted weather conditions.
National Delivery Service to Lay Off More Than 80 Iowa Workers
84 individuals in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids will be impacted by this move.
Brain Remembers the Damage From the 2020 Derecho
Brain remembers the day his family took cover from the 2020 derecho.
UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital runs mock emergency drill
Projected new starters on defense are done waiting their turn. “I’m 22. It’s almost a quarter of my life that I’ve been working to get to that spot."
Cedar Rapids to Davenport Faces Flash Flood Risk With 3 Inches of Rain Per...
Davenport, Iowa – Dangerous rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms could lead to flash flooding across eastern Iowa and western Illinois from midday Saturday through early Sunday morning. Rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches an hour are possible, raising the risk of rapid flooding in low-lying areas and along creeks and...
Packaging plant closing in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - 100 people will be losing their jobs as a packaging company gets ready to close its location in Cedar Rapids. According to a listing on Iowa WARN, employees at Smurfit Westrock Company on Blairs Ferry Road NE were notified about the closing earlier this week.
‘We’ve lost everything’: Family says landlord’s lack of maintenance has left them homeless
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - A family of five is now homeless and has been given just days to move out because their rental house was deemed too dangerous to live in. So dangerous, it put one of them in the hospital. “We’ve lost everything in this house,” Sarahmarie...
KCRG First Alert Forecast
Heat is present on Friday, with storms likely this weekend. First Alert Forecast: Thursday Morning, August 7th. KCRG TV9 First Alert Storm Team's Justin Roberts has a stormy morning forecast with plenty of heat, humidity, and storm chances for the weekend.
QTS announces $10 billion data center campus in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — QTS Data Centers has unveiled plans Friday for a new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, marking the largest economic development in the city's history. It claims the project, with a planned $10 billion investment, is set to transform the region's infrastructure and economy. Iowa...
