Jackie Kennon
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Jackie Kennon is excited to return to the KCRG-TV9 News team and her home state.
She co-anchors KCRG-TV9 First News and the KCRG-TV9 Morning News. She also anchors the KCRG-TV9 News at Midday.
Jackie returned to KCRG-TV9 News as an anchor in June 2019. She first interned in the newsroom while attending college at Wartburg College in Waverly. After college, Jackie worked at KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Missouri, covering news in Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa.
Jackie grew up in Postville and graduated from Postville High School.
She enjoys baking sweet treats and going on runs with her husband and rescue dog, Mac. Contact Jackie at jackie.kennon@kcrg.com with story ideas or to say hi.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 8:10 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The KCRG-TV9 Student of the Month for January is Xavier High School senior Seth Williams.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 8:24 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Diana Myers has spent decades feeding the hungry and making Christmas a little merrier for children.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 6:02 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
It’s a home that for the last 25 years has been bursting with holiday cheer.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 7:51 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
November Student of the Month Ava Miles has accomplished something her senior year at Cedar Rapids Jefferson that not many people ever have.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 7:17 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Linn-Mar High School Senior Sanya Oli has made it her mission to make others comfortable talking about mental health.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 7:59 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Students celebrate their favorite book characters in pumpkin form.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 7:59 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Charlie Thompson is helping her classmates understand that what makes them different makes them special.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 8:26 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
All this week, we’re celebrating the people and places from “Our Town” Luana, Postville, and Monona. The Clayton County Pioneer Cemetery Commission is a group of people working to preserve this history of people who were in the same places 200 years ago.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 8:22 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
All this week, we’re calling the towns of Monona, Postville, and Luana ‘Our Town’ and sharing what makes them so special. A pocket of peace in Northeast Iowa is the Monona Butterfly Garden. It’s been a part of the community for 22 years.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 8:06 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
In Postville, the bakery Mi Dulce Elena is making creations for some of people’s most important moments.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The final KCRG-TV9 Student of the Month for this school year is Elliott Bourgeous.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 9:12 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
KCRG-TV9 Student of the Month Marcelle Strait
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 7:45 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Students on the Jefferson Academic Decathlon spend hundreds of hours a year preparing for competitions.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 8:22 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Galena High School student Abby Ehrler makes blankets for children facing tough medical conditions.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2022 at 11:03 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
From helping to start a free weekly meal for people in need for the past 10 years, to planting or giving away 13,000 trees, Marde McConnell is working to make the town of Washington a better place.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 7:40 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Student of the Month Jessie Pospisil is motivated by her faith and her family.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 8:52 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
The KCRG-TV9 December Student of the Month is Midland High School Senior Trenton Rickels.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 7:47 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Anamosa High School senior Tristan Weers is the KCRG-TV9 Student of the Month.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 8:03 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The KCRG-TV9 Student of the Month is Chiara Dusanek.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 7:19 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Loralie says once she saw how simple it was to get a vaccine, she wanted other people to know it too.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2021 at 8:58 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Today, the Mississippi River provides recreation for the town with people boating and fishing, but 100-years ago, the river was a source of industry.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 5:59 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The Guttenberg Public Library has a 108 year old copy of the Gutenberg Bible.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 7:55 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The Mississippi River plays an important role to Guttenberg, from a past of industry, to a future of river recreation. It’s what brings people to the town to visit, and inspires others to move there.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 10:16 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The cafe and catering company started as a retail space for Jane and Tom Augustyn to sell their own pork and beef. They started the Picket Fence Cafe and Catering in 1997.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 7:49 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Iowa City West High School Junior Aashika Gadkari started her own bakery. Besides brightening other's days with treats, she also donates part of her profits.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2021 at 8:08 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Prairie High School senior Emma Speer totaled 406 hours of volunteering in high school. It's helped her classmates see the impact of helping others.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 8:10 AM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
March Student of the Month Kayla Wallace
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Seventeen- year-old Shye Johnson is used to balancing. She’s going to school in a pandemic, while also helping her younger siblings, ages five and seven, with their online lessons. She’s also learning the Meskwaki language, along with her other curriculum.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 5:36 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Noah Rich is a 16-year-old student at WACO Community Schools who stepped up to help his classmates share their music with the community during the pandemic.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 4:28 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Willie Ray Fairley fed hundreds of Iowans per day for weeks following the devastating derecho in August last year.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2020 at 7:02 PM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
After 17.5 years of working in aerospace, Connie Moyer said she needed a change, and opened up a quilt shop in Marion. That was 28 years ago. Her 28th year of owning Connie’s Quilt Shop was much different than the previous 27.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Volunteers and workers with the Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City have a virtual system this year to get gifts to children.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:21 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
While the new parents say caring for newborn twins is hard, they're thankful they had a little help to get through those days in the hospital.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 5:17 AM CST
|By Jackie Kennon
Looking back on 2020, the year could seem like a coal chunk in a stocking for Jordyn Redmond and Andrew Miller. But the way they see it, it’s more like a Christmas miracle with the arrival of their son.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2020 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Thousands participate in virtual Especially for You 5K
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
A non-profit garden now grows at the site of a former school in Vinton.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Carmen Legaspi and her husband are using multiple avenues to get their products to customer.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
John Gualtier was hit by shrapnel in the hand and the foot while treating soldiers in battle. No one logged his injuries so he could keep helping others, but it delayed getting his honor of a Purple Heart.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Benton County Conservation says it's taken more calls from people wanting to explore the outdoors locally.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
120 year-old Vinton Train Depot houses historical artifacts of the town.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:20 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Vinton is home to an AmeriCorps headquarters, who has had to modify its usual plans because of the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
The trail chairman says the Old Creamery Nature Trail is the best kept secret in the county.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 7:36 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Vinton Parks and Recreation working on several new projects for people to enjoy the outdoors.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kennon
Murals celebrating Vinton's 150th anniversary in 2019 are displayed around the town.
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