Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
Players on Liberty High School's girl's basketball team share what it means to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes head to the Final Four for the first time in three decades.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
It’s been thirty years, but the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team will once again be part of the Final Four showdown in the NCAA tournament.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
Assessments have been sent to people who own property in Linn County outside the city of Cedar Rapids and some are set to pay more in taxes, a lot more.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 11:20 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
Firefighters in Washington County are more prepared to work together thanks to a fire school training session Saturday and Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 10:48 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
Leaders in the Dubuque area are pushing back against bills that expand what teens can do for work.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
How will the new law allowing state money to go toward private education impact students with disabilities? That’s the question some are now asking after Governor Reynolds signed the Students First Act into law back in January.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
Doctors’ offices and clinics in Eastern Iowa are working to attract Certified Medical Assistants, or CMAs, amid a shortage.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
The Five Seasons Ski Team is ready to perform this summer after replacing about $12,000 worth of equipment that was stolen in December.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
A major construction project is getting underway at exit 242 on Interstate 80 in Coralville. Officials say to expect delays.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
The State of Iowa is developing a five-year plan for how to improve “digital equity,” and they’re looking for feedback to inform that plan.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
These compounds belong to a group known as PFAS chemicals, which are associated with several serious health effects.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Mollie Swayne
“I only make about seven—under $750 a month for SSDI. And that takes a lot of chunk out of that. And they’re not supposed to be taking that much out.”
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:45 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
“We can’t afford to create new markers, permanent markers, but we wanted to include them in the Rescuing our Roots project because we can at least make sure that they’re, they’re remembered and they’re found,” said Miller.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:29 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A nonprofit that gives a safe space to victims of domestic violence is getting an upgrade. Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) is expanding its emergency shelter.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The Cedar Rapids First Time Home Buyer Program is once again open for applications.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 10:55 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History is working to save a beloved exhibit: the Laysan Island Cyclorama.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 10:10 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A group of Linn-Mar High School parents is protesting proposed legislation regarding book bans.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Linn County prosecutors charged a man Monday in connection with a fatal stabbing, nearly two months after that stabbing took place. Shane Teslik, 37, is charged with Voluntary Manslaughter and Disorderly Conduct.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
ESPN set up shop in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for their College GameDay show. It was the first time the Hawkeyes have hosted College GameDay for a basketball game.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 11:06 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The focus put on racial justice and police reform by advocates in Cedar Rapids continued Saturday with a memorial for black lives lost to “racialized violence.”
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:32 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Wednesday’s freezing rain and dangerous travel conditions happened to coincide with Ash Wednesday, a day many leave home, hit the roads, and head to church.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 10:18 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
With a winter storm in the forecast, the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) is already at work treating bridges and overpasses in order to keep the roads as clear as possible.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 10:12 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Federal officials could announce whether or not a train merger that would impact Dubuque has been approved by the end of this month.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Some residents in Jones County are calling on leaders to improve road conditions after freeze-and-thaw weather has led to ruts and potholes.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 9:13 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Dozens more people in Eastern Iowa are now armed with life-saving skills thanks to an annual CPR class.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:42 AM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Wednesday night, the prayers at Christ Episcopal Church in Cedar Rapids were for those affected by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey earlier this month.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:48 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Kirkwood Community College is cutting programs, with officials citing declining enrollment.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:34 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A Cedar Rapids family is advocating for a bill that makes it illegal to use electronic devices while driving. Their push for the bill comes after a crash in which two sisters were killed.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 10:50 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A bill making its way through Iowa’s legislature aims to help rural hospitals stay open, but not everyone in the field agrees on how beneficial it will be.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 11:17 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
It’s only January, but the Cedar Rapids Kernels are already preparing for the 2023 season, and that includes finding homes and host families for the incoming players.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 10:31 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Balloons were released to remember Lonnie Burns, 31, who was killed in a shooting on Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 10:28 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
With a new program at Linn County’s Communications Division, callers don’t need to describe what they’re seeing—they can let their phones show dispatchers directly.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 10:16 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A social media post made by a Linn-Mar School Board member has a handful of people calling for her resignation.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 8:41 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
An Iowa man will be a guest of Rep. Ashley Hinson at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 7:09 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Protestors are continuing to push for an arrest after the death of Devonna Walker.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:50 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Advocates for Social Justice (ASJ) is a Cedar Rapids group that formed after the death of George Floyd in May 2020 in order to elevate the Black Lives Matter movement in Cedar Rapids. However, national stories of racial inequality are still on their radar.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
House File 9 passed through a subcommittee Tuesday and then the full House Education Committee later in the night.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:18 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A bill introduced in the Iowa legislature would limit the amount of money people could be awarded for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 10:53 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
About 50 people attended a town hall in the Cedar Rapids library Sunday afternoon, armed with questions and looking for answers after the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Devonna Walker on Jan. 2.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 11:44 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Iowa students of today imagined the cities of tomorrow at the Future City Regional Competition, held at Prairie Point Middle School in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 10:45 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The need for attention to residents’ well-being is why Haring advocates, not just for their health, but for other family members to stay involved with a loved one’s care.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:39 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The Students First Act, signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds on Tuesday, is a major restructuring of education in Iowa. However, the principal of Cedar Valley Christian School predicts not much will be different for his school.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The House vote was 54 for to 45 against.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 11:06 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
The Coralville Community Food Pantry opened a new, larger location to help address the increased need they are seeing. The executive director said that need could worsen if a bill changing SNAP benefits passes.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:33 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
A Cedar Rapids woman who lost 40 pounds and a University of Iowa professor talk about creating new habits in order to be healthy and lose weight.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 10:43 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
"Employment rates in Iowa are high and they’re higher than they are in lots of other states, so in that sense, there’s not an employment shortage."
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 11:18 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Fayette is without a chief for its Fire Department, even after the Department recommended someone not once, but twice.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 10:49 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Wedding vendors have changed some business practices in the face of inflation and couples' spending limits.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Small businesses in Eastern Iowa are weighing their options in the face of historically high egg prices.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 10:29 PM CST
|By Mollie Swayne
Devonna Walker's mother called the stabbing incident that killed her a 'racist murder.'