Updated: 11 minutes ago
|By KMIR Staff
Dr. Stephanie Loe found a way to bring smiles inside a place that can be particularly scary for children.
Updated: 26 minutes ago
|By Associated Press
Pope Francis is meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf.
Updated: 1 hour ago
|By ALAN FRAM
The bill would provide direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans and money for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, aid to state and local governments, help for schools and the airline industry and subsidies for health insurance.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
A recreational marijuana shop is opening this weekend in Galena, Illinois.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Brian Tabick
County health leaders said they will be spending the weekend scrambling to adapt to new state rules about who can get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By ALAN FRAM
Eight Democrats voted against the proposal, suggesting that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other progressives vowing to continue the fight in coming months will face a difficult fight.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal between Northern Iowa and Drake was canceled Friday night because of a positive COVID-19 test and contract tracing within the Panthers program.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Becky Phelps
The Iowa legislature’s first major deadline has passed, effectively killing dozens of bills that didn’t make it past a full committee. One bill that did survive the cut is looking at altering the state’s bottle bill from 1978.
Updated: 4 hours ago
A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after getting hit by a minivan on Friday morning.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
MercyOne Dubuque Pharmacy vaccinated more than 2,000 people in a vaccination clinic in Peosta on Friday.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Phil Reed
Kirkwood Community College students getting on the job training to help fight the pandemic
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Phil Reed
Washington County Public Health preparing for vaccine demand
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s top public health official, said the state is acting now because the rates of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are declining while the number of people receiving the vaccine is increasing.
Updated: 7 hours ago
MercyOne Dubuque Pharmacy vaccinated more than 2,000 people in a vaccination clinic in Peosta on Friday.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Kristin Rogers
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held today for the first 24-7 Mental Health Access Center in Linn County. It will allow immediate access for people who are in crisis and need help whether it be thoughts of suicide or a substance use issue.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The study was released just as some states are rescinding mask mandates and restaurant limits.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Ethan Stein
An email KCRG-TV9′s i9 Investigative Unit received shows the Iowa Department of Public Health only alerted county health departments it was expanding eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccinations 8-minutes before the announcement was made.
Updated: 9 hours ago
Newly eligible can start receiving vaccines from pharmacies on Monday, while the County won't be ready until March 15th.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines — including Star Alliance and OneWorld members — has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they are negotiating contracts and exclusive licensing deals with producers on a case-by-case basis because they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Federal prosecutors for Iowa say a Webster City man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Associated Press
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi installed mounting brackets and struts for the improved solar wings due to arrive in June. They also tightened some sticky bolts that hampered Sunday’s spacewalk and left some duties undone.
Updated: 11 hours ago
The Tama County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are investigating a shooting in Chelsea that sent a man to the hospital on Friday morning.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Unemployment fell from 6.3% to 6.2%, the Labor Department reported Friday. That is down dramatically from 14.8% last April.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The National Transportation Safety Board said the blade found “multiple fatigue fracture origins” on the inside surface of the hollow fan blade.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Riser was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder and was being held Friday on $5 million bond.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By STEVE KARNOWSKI
A three-judge panel said Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill erred when he rejected a prosecution motion to reinstate the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Prosecutors have pursued the misdemeanor case against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Police on Friday identified the victims as Roseann McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son Kayden Johnson and her 6-year-old daughter Kaylee Brooks.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Still, Biden faces more skepticism from Americans on the economy, which has been battered by the pandemic.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A felon from Cedar Rapids, who police say attempted to ditch a firearm while running away from them, was sentenced to two years in prison.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Kalie Pluchel
A great afternoon ahead across eastern Iowa. Expect a mix of sun and clouds and highs in the low to mid-40s across the area.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Associated Press
"Coming 2 America," originally planned to hit theaters last year, was sold due to the pandemic by Paramount Pictures to Amazon, where it will begin streaming Friday.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By KCAL/KCBS staff
Neighbors have been trying for three years to get an extremely full yard cleaned.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The Cedar Rapids Community School District on Friday announced it plans to hold in-person graduation ceremonies in May for the Class of 2021.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By NICOLE WINFIELD and SAMYA KULLAB
Pope Francis brushed aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to resume his globe-trotting papacy after a yearlong hiatus spent under COVID-19 lockdown in Vatican City.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Maia Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac-12 and Conference USA.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
An 85-year-old California man wanted for multiple sex offenses dating back to 1987 was arrested in Hampton, Iowa on Thursday.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO
The California Democrat’s suit was filed Friday in federal court in Washington.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By CNN staff
Children were not part of the initial tests in the rapid approval process of the vaccines, because they have a very low chance of becoming severely ill from COVID-19.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Friday reports a total of 208,429 people in Iowa are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report that the true number of people who had died in nursing homes in New York was altered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aides in a state Health Department report in July.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Montse Ricossa
Jim Nelson has been in a nursing home, unable to see his wife Gina due to the pandemic. On Thursday, they were both at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Hospital and finally got to see each other just a few days after their anniversary.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A British judge has ordered the Mail on Sunday to publish a front-page statement highlighting the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory over the newspaper.