Brian Tabick
Reporter
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Brian Tabick joined the KCRG-TV9 News team in June 2019.
Prior to coming to KCRG-TV9, Brian spent five years covering news in north-central Iowa at Mason City's KIMT-TV.
Brian graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2013 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He grew up in Algonquin, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Brian is a very big Chicago Cubs baseball fan and played baseball himself for around 15 years.
If you want to leave Brian a tip you can email him at brian.tabick@kcrg.com.
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Police said a group of protesters was crossing Second Street SE along Eighth Avenue SE legally; then the change gave the right-of-way to the truck driver.
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The attorney for a family suing a Manchester Police Officer and the department said the police tried to cover up what happened.
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A family has opened their porch door to try and get donations for their neighbor whose house caught fire on Tuesday.
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Derecho victims who need legal help received a boost in the form of federal dollars to Iowa Legal Aid.
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A Luther College graduate, Karla Bloem, has raised thousands of dollars for the children of Ukraine through an art auction.
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Lost Island theme park in Waterloo opened its doors to the public Saturday with hundreds of people taking advantage of the nice weather and short lines.
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A Cedar Rapids organization started as a dance crew but has now grown to mentorship to steer youth away from violence.
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Investigators took time Wednesday to speak to media outlets ahead of the 10-year anniversary of two Evansdale cousins who went missing in 2012.
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Neighbors in Fairfax took to the city council about a 3,200-square-foot American flag that was erected by Fairfax State Saving Bank in May.
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Police say there has been a string of car thefts in Eastern Iowa and a felony lane gang made a stop taking stealing people’s cars. Money, and bank information.
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Wednesday’s Vinton Library Board meeting took place at the Vinton City Hall to accommodate the more than 100 people who attended.
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“Wear Orange” events were held across the country on Saturday, including Dubuque and Iowa City, calling for stricter gun laws.
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Grassley condemned the nationwide string of violence Friday, with one of the most recent shootings taking place at a church near Ames. The Longest-serving Republican Senator pointed out the shooter had a relationship with one of the two people he shot and had an active restraining order against him.
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Hundreds of people in Meskwaki nation hosted a run/walk for one of its missing members, Rita Papakee.
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An eastern Iowa teacher said he wanted meaningful conversations to start after the Uvalde school shooting.
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Four-year college enrollment has been slowly dropping since 2012, but a study conducted by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed it plummeted over the last two years.
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KCRG-TV9's Brian Tabick has more on research showing a drop in college enrollment, and what some seniors have planned next.
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It has been one year since 10-year-old Xavior Harrelson went missing from his home in Montezuma. Four months later, his remains were found by a farmer about 3-miles outside of town.
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An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye.
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The Dubuque Police Department said it wants people to report social media posts to police if they believe it could lead to violence.
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This weekend, Iowa Civil Air Patrol trained in Johnson County to prepare for any type of event.
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One year ago, Ryker Bailey, of Vinton, received a life-changing surgery: he received a kidney from a complete stranger.
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The family of a man killed in Cedar Rapids says they want more answers after police arrested someone they say their son was friends with.
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An Iowa woman is helping to combat the baby formula shortage by donating her extra breastmilk.
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An organization said all people deserve proper oral care, and some with disabilities or who are elderly aren’t getting it.
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An Eastern Iowa mother has been trying to help other moms who have been struggling to find baby formula among a nationwide formula shortage.
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On Friday, Judge Besler handed down a 50-year sentence to Johnnie Osborne IV for killing his pregnant girlfriend, Asia Grice, on May 1st, 2020.
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A groundbreaking event Wednesday marked the official start of the 1st and 1st West project in Cedar Rapids.
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Hundreds of people headed to the Pentacrest Saturday in light of the Supreme Court leaked draft opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade.
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The Dubuque County town of Farley is distraught over a fire that severely damaged its only grocery store.
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Marion Police received a 911 call from 38-year-old David Scott Sheppard at 9:30 p.m. Friday night.
At least one person is in custody at the scene of a large police presence at a Marion apartment complex Friday night.
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This week, the county public health department unveiled a new way to try and get more accurate numbers. A section was added to its website where people can self-report antigen take-home tests to the county.
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A state law that was put into place last year has one Eastern Iowa volunteer department saying they need more to be done.
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Asia Grice was killed in 2020, and her family thinks that additional charges are needed.
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On Sunday, family and friends honored Asia Grice on the two-year anniversary of her death. KCRG-TV9's Brian Tabick reports.
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Organizers said it can be challenging for convicted felons to get back on their feet.
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Horizons stepped up to help Metro High School students with transportation to childcare after the school district announced it would be closing its daycare program.
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The biggest driver of this increase is the current bird flu outbreak.
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Nearly one in three Americans have a criminal record. That can make it difficult for people to find housing and jobs, and obtain certain documents.
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The city of Iowa City has waived patio fees for restaurants for the last two years, but now that they are back, some business owners would like to see the fees lowered.
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Trailblazer Marion Fire Chief retiring at the end of the month
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The Kirkwood work-week will look a little different this summer as they start a new four-day work week pilot program.
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Chief Bill Hall said the town had grown around 230% over the last decade and needed more volunteers. With that growth comes more calls.
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On Tuesday, the Iowa City city council approved a program for people living at the Forest View Mobile Home Park to apply for $15,750 to help them move or pay rent.
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The Hamburg Inn has been a candidate’s mainstay since the 1980s.
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On Friday, a local nonprofit was gearing up to hide thousands of eggs in people’s front lawns, but it’s not all for fun.
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A surgeon with Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids said the mass shooting at Taboo Night Club Sunday morning was highlighting an alarming trend.
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Iowa Republicans announced Thursday that Iowa will remain the first in the nation’s caucus.