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|By KCRG News Staff
A man who was serving a life sentence for kidnapping at the Anamosa State Penitentiary has died, likely due to the novel coronavirus, officials said.
Updated: 49 minutes ago
|By Kristin Rogers
Thanksgiving week is usually one of the busiest travel times of the year, but there has been an 11% decrease in travel on the roads statewide this year according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
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|By KCRG News Staff
A University of Iowa student-athlete has been named a Rhodes Scholar, which is one of the highest academic honors in the world.
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|By KCRG News Staff
An eastern Iowa soldier is being promoted to Specialist more than a year after he died in an accident on a Texas military base.
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|By Ethan Stein
The new form, which is only for people living in Linn County, is meant to improve the efficiency of contact tracing efforts by Linn County Public Health.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Kristin Rogers
A Cedar Rapids woman is making free masks to give out during the pandemic. Aleasha LeClere learned to sew just a couple months ago with the help of her daughter. The two have already made more than 500 masks to give out.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Taylor Holt
In the eight months since the pandemic hit Eastern Iowa, plenty of businesses had to close as the customers stopped coming. The Iowa Restaurant Association projects up to 1,000 more will close permanently, across the state, by March 1st.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By KCRG News Staff
Two separate incidents where gunshots were heard in Iowa City over the weekend are being investigated, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
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|By the Associated Press
A slim lead held by a Republican candidate for an open congressional seat in Iowa has gotten even smaller as counties recount their votes.
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|By KCRG News Staff
A collision between two large vehicles resulted in one driver being hospitalized and another receiving minor injury, officials said on Monday.
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|By KCRG News Staff
An officer for the Ottumwa Police Department was arrested after an alleged incident in a nearby town, according to officials.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By KCRG News Staff
An incoming storm system will bring the threat of snow to parts of Iowa on Monday night into early Tuesday.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By the Associated Press
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization says it’s “extremely important” for its international team to visit China to look into the origins of the coronavirus, saying the U.N. health agency has been reassured such a trip will happen “as soon as possible.”
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The University of Iowa Athletics Department reported four more positive COVID-19 tests from November 16 to November 22.
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|By KCRG Staff
The Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission on Monday voted unanimously to uphold Police Chief Wayne Jerman’s decision to fire Lucas Jones.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Major League Baseball announced on Monday it has scheduled a game at the Field of Dreams for the 2021 season.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Senator Chuck Grassley gave a brief update on Twitter on Monday saying he is still feeling good after announcing he tested positive for COVID-19 on November 17.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
U.S. Marshals say they arrested a man in Cedar Rapids who was wanted for reckless use of an incendiary device, and parole violation in an incident that occurred outside a U.S. Courthouse on November 19.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Cedar Rapids Police say a pedestrian is at fault for a crash that cost him his life on November 13.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported on Monday 13 more Iowans died of COVID-19 as positive cases surpassed 211,000 in the state.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The Linn County Fair Association announced it is holding its annual kickoff event online this year rather than cancel it.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The city of Cedar Rapids announced its bridge replacement project on 34th Street SE, south of Cottage Grove Avenue SE, is complete and 34th Street is open to traffic.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Two teenagers have died after a car accident near Chariton.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Doctors are looking for plasma from people who’ve recovered from COVID-19.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A Colorado woman has been arrested in Linn County after leading law enforcement on a brief pursuit in a stolen vehicle Sunday night.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Associated Press
House Democrats lost enough seats in this month’s elections that they’ll have the smallest majority in more than a century.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Hope Sears
Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, Iowa claims they have the world’s largest cornucopia.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
Two comic book stores in eastern Iowa are coming together to bring some joy to children this Holiday season.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Mary Green
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ latest emergency proclamation labels bowling leagues as “private gatherings” and limits them to no more than 15 people.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 9:46 PM CST
|By KCRG Staff
Police arrested a Dubuque man accused of causing multiple injuries to his 2-month old child.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 6:52 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
HyVee offering reserved shopping hour
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 6:50 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
Vehicle hit by gunfire in Cedar Rapids
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 6:45 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
Gardener Golf Course closes for the season
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 6:40 PM CST
|By Taylor Holt
As the winter season approaches, many area families are rushing to get repairs done to their homes from the August derecho, and a local non profit organization is helping the families who can't afford it.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 11:13 AM CST
|By KCRG News Staff
The number of people who were reported by Iowa officials to have died in the past week from the novel coronavirus was over 200 for the first time during any seven-day period of the pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 11:33 PM CST
|By Hope Sears
Police in Waterloo arrested 20-year-old Jumonie Wilson in connection to a shooting on Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 10:56 PM CST
Eastern Iowa Hy-Vee stores are donating 1,550 Thanksgiving meals this weekend and throughout the week to help local families in need.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Shelter House in Iowa City is opening a day shelter for the winter to give people experiencing homelessness a place to stay safe and warm.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 8:11 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
Jones County Sheriff’s Office looking for missing person
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 8:06 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
Two Eastern Iowa organizations partnering to provide hot Thanksgiving meals to people
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 1:03 PM CST
|By Whitney Hemmer, Fareway Dietitian
Today we are talking all about ways you can fix some common Thanksgiving cooking mistakes.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:52 PM CST
|By Brian Tabick
COVID 19 positive care facility workers allowed to continue working as last resort
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:06 PM CST
|By KCCI
An advocacy group took hundreds of postcards to the Gov. Kim Reynolds’ official residence in Iowa on Friday, each grading her handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 11:46 AM CST
A man was killed after being hit by a vehicle on a highway near Muscatine, according to law enforcement.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 11:09 AM CST
|By KCRG News Staff
The recent average daily number of people with newly-reported infections with the novel coronavirus continued a downward trend on Saturday.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 7:46 AM CST
|By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press
A contestant on “Wipeout” has died after completing the game show’s obstacle course.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 7:41 AM CST
|By TAMEEM AKHGAR, Associated Press
An Afghan official says at least 23 mortar shells targeted different residential areas in Kabul, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2020 at 11:11 PM CST
|By Beth Malicki
University of Iowa lecturer’s act of Thanksgiving kindness becomes a viral sensation
Updated: Nov. 20, 2020 at 10:13 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
With so many Iowans getting COVID-19 and needing care in a hospital, many health care workers are working overtime to care for COVID-19 patients.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2020 at 7:33 PM CST
|By Phil Reed
Some Iowa pastors oppose Governor Reynolds mask mandate