Cedar Rapids IA

MARION, Iowa — Marion’s newest pocket park is now open, offering a scenic stop along the Grant Wood Trail and honoring the city’s deep railroad roots — and one of the people who helped preserve them. Community members gathered Monday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at...

Springville Volleyball talks about improvements they want to make moving forward. The Springville Volleyball team joins the show to talk about improvements they want to make this week.

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) announced Friends of the Family and Iowa Legal Aid as winners of its second annual Innovation in Homelessness Pitch Competition. The event took place at the Housing Iowa Conference in Cedar Rapids last week, awarding a total of nearly $200,000 to groundbreaking initiatives that...

PALO, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — A Palo woman is accused of driving drunk with two kids in the car. According to court documents, 44-year-old Dawn Marie Stiffin was pulled over Saturday near Blairs Ferry Road and 1st Street. Officers say she smelled strongly of alcohol and failed a...

There are two Gardens of the Gods, but the one in Southern Illinois fit our budget. On the drive down from Iowa City, we listen to podcasts about Norse and Greek mythology to fill the twins’ heads with ideas of magic, with the hope that they might complain less about the hiking. From their car seats, they point out...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — One person has been arrested following a disturbance and shots fired incident at the 1500 Block of K St. SW in Cedar Rapids. 41-year-old Toby Smith and several others were part of a yelling fight Tuesday night around 8:40 p.m. Smith then shot off a firearm in the area.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - In day five of the murder trial of Dakota Van Patten, associate state medical examiner Dr. Kelly Kruse provided testimony about the autopsy she performed on Melody Hoffman. People found Hoffman’s body at Lily Lake in Amana the morning of February 18, 2024. 19-year-old...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — St. Luke's Hospital's new portable ventilator is helping to ensure premature babies being transported to St. Luke's from other hospitals are getting the respiratory support they need while on the move. The hospital was able to to buy the cutting-edge ventilator using grant money awarded...

When an 80-year-old senior center resident dances like she’s on the second floor of ReUnion Brewery, it’s bound to grab the attention of passersby. Clad in tie-dye pants and a sparkly pink jacket, Susan Henke danced Saturday night away at the Iowa City Senior Center Soul Train Block Party.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Abbe Center for Community Mental Health is settling into their new home near Downtown Cedar Rapids. The new location at 615 5th St. SE combines the services offered at their former locations in Hiawatha and northwest Cedar Rapids. "The location was perfect for us,"...