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Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Mary Green
Crews have started their inspections on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Brian Tabick
Raymond James Financial donated $100- thousand dollars to the American Red Cross on Thursday.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Becky Phelps
After the derecho, some people had trouble getting in contact with their landlord or manager to fix damage.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
Dubuque County has surpassed the 15 percent COVID-19 positivity rate. However, the school district is not considering going online anytime soon.
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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Ethan Stein, Adam Carros and Aaron Hepker
Documents show the City of Cedar Rapids was struggling with manpower and a desperate need for shelters in the days after the Aug. 10 derecho but in the immediate aftermath never formally requested that help from the Iowa National Guard.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
An insulation and energy efficiency company in Cedar Rapids wants people to know there could be hidden dangers in their homes, after the derecho.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A second Test Iowa clinic site is scheduled to open in Dubuque County on Monday, September 28, 2020.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Dozens of students in Iowa schools were quarantined after both staff and students tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Iowa City Deer Friends (ICDF), represented by Jamie Hunter, of the Des Moines law firm Dickey, Campbell & Sahag, filed a petition in Johnson County today to stop Iowa City’s first urban bow hunt.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Phil Reed
Family of Hiawatha man wanting justice after his murder
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Updated: 8 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Starting on Monday, September 28, 2020, the intersection of Center Point Rd and 29th Street NE will be closed for reconstruction.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Cedar Rapids police officers and firefighters were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident on U.S. Interstate 380 northbound just north of 29th Street NE at 3:25 p.m. on Thursday, September 24.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Attorney General Tom Miller announced a settlement by 48 states and the District of Columbia with C.R. Bard, Inc. and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Co. requiring payment of $60 million for the deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Vice President of the United States Mike Pence will be speaking at an event dubbed “Faith in Leadership, America’s Need for Revival” at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, October 1.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A multiple-time convicted felon who unlawfully possessed guns was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The University of Northern Iowa is partnering with the University of Iowa to bring a seven-week course to local innovators as part of a continued effort to build upon Iowa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The City of Marion is close to having completed the first pass of tree debris collection following the August 10th derecho.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
Belle Plaine Police arrested Lewis Charles Burns, 36, of Belle Plaine on charges of Assault on Peace Officer (aggravated misdemeanor), Interference With Official Acts (serious misdemeanor), and Domestic Abuse Assault (simple misdemeanor).
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
On Thursday, September 24, 2020, former Plymouth County Deputy Aaron Leusink was taken into custody by agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Leusink has been charged with multiple criminal charges related to burglaries and thefts that occurred while he was employed as a Plymouth County Sheriff’s deputy between December 2017 and January 2020.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a large coronavirus outbreak that sickened its workforce. The $957 fine was for a minor record-keeping violation. Inspection records show the outbreak at the Iowa Premium Beef Plant in Tama in April resulted in 338 of the plant’s 850 workers testing positive for the virus. That’s 80 more than the state previously acknowledged.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC) and the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will conduct a test of the Johnson County Emergency Notification System (JCENS) on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
The victim overdosed for hours in front of her before dying
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A woman who lied to a federal grand jury about her boyfriend’s drug use was sentenced to federal prison.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By KCRG Staff
A man who sold heroin that caused a near-fatal overdose pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Updated: 13 hours ago
The Iowa City city council approved an ordinance at its Tuesday meeting prohibiting the feeding of deer within city limits.
Updated: 13 hours ago
Mediacom Communications said it will issue a total of $5.7 million in credits to 340,000 of its customers in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana whose services were impacted due to the derecho on August 10.
Updated: 13 hours ago
Six Iowa schools have been recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020.
Updated: 14 hours ago
Credit Card Company Discover said its awarding $25,000 to Willie Ray’s Q Shack in Cedar Rapids as part of its “Eat it Forward” program.
Updated: 14 hours ago
An event to break ground on Marion’s new public library and begin the fundraising campaign is now scheduled for 4 p.m. on October 1.
Updated: 15 hours ago
The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 1,341 more COVID-19 cases and six more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A Fort Dodge man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting last weekend of a woman there.
Updated: 15 hours ago
Iowa Workforce Development is reporting a total of 6,601 initial unemployment claims were filed in Iowa between September 13 and September 19. That’s an increase of nearly 2,000 claims from the previous reporting period.
Updated: 16 hours ago
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reporting campgrounds, cabins, and shelters have reopened at Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area after being closed due to storm damage caused by the derecho in August.
Updated: 16 hours ago
A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center is scheduled to close in Marshalltown at 6 p.m. on October 3.
Updated: 17 hours ago
Dozens gathered for a vigil in memory of a man found dead and burned in a ditch in Jasper County last week.
Updated: 17 hours ago
More Iowans disapprove of Gov. Reynolds handling of the coronavirus pandemic than approve, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released on Thursday.
Updated: 20 hours ago
I-380 is back open after firefighters closed it overnight due to a crash.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
People without a home after the derecho who need to quarantine can’t stay at shelters in Cedar Rapids, but city officials are hoping to use federal funds to alleviate that issue.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Brian Tabick
One of those is Bo James in Iowa City, though local health officials said rules restricting bars have helped.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Six months into the pandemic, some people are still struggling to collect unemployment benefits.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
A 24-feet high sculpture honoring Chaplain Aloysius Schmitt is the latest addition to Dubuque's Veteran's Memorial Plaza.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
A young child was hurt in an incident involving a vehicle in Marion on Wednesday afternoon, according to law enforcement officials.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 9:37 PM CDT
|By Aaron Hosman
The second day of the virtual appeal hearing over the firing of former Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Lucas Jones wrapped-up Wednesday evening.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
Restrictions on recreational fires in another Linn County community have been lited.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 8:28 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
KCRG-TV9′s I9 investigative unit reviewed hundreds of emails and documents which showed that city staff ran the storm response rather than the city’s elected officials.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 8:10 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
Law enforcement officials in Cedar Rapids are reminding people about regulations on signage near streets, citing safety concerns.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By AAMER MADHANI and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By KCRG News Staff
Organizers of the NewBo Halloween Parade said that the event has been canceled, but they are encouraging people to support a different event a week before the holiday.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By Lacey Roberts
This year officials with county and city tourism along with SAM 103.9 decided something needed to be done to keep the spirit alive.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Taylor Holt
A Cedar Rapids-based Tree Removal company says some businesses are being accused of price gouging during clean-up from last month’s derecho. But the owner says it’s because they’ve been mistaken for another company with the same exact name.