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Let's settle the debate, Iowans: At what temperature do you set your AC thermostat?
It's a simple question, but an age-old debate: At what temperature should the air conditioning be set? The hot Iowa summer has been upon us, and 97% of the state's households use air conditioning equipment to stay cool, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. With the heat index in Iowa and Des Moines...
Off Podium Empire, July 30: In Which Iowa and UCLA Join the Scoring Club
UCLA: 23 (1x gold) Minnesota: 21 (1x silver) Penn State: 23 (2x bronze) Wisconsin: 16 (1x bronze) Alev Kelter of Wisconsin, Kayla Canett of Penn State, Alena Olsen of Michigan, and the rest of the USA women’s rugby squad had a last second dramatic as hell win. This is exactly why risk-averse college coaches play Prevent defense in the final seconds. What a phenomenal bronze medal win, what a run.
Cedar Rapids non-profit working to build community to ‘Save Us From Us’
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - New data from Cedar Rapids police show a decrease in shots fired calls every month so far this year. Leaders with the Cedar Rapids based non-profit Save Us From Us say that’s a good sign that events like the one they held on Wednesday are working.
HACAP working on details of a plan to buy Olivet Neighborhood Mission building
HACAP says its offer to buy the Olivet Neighborhood Mission building has been accepted. It's not a done deal yet, but it could be good news for the northwest side of Cedar Rapids. Olivet Church told the mission earlier this month it needed to be out of the building by...
Camp Winnebago Owner Rally Draws 550 Units to Forest City
FOREST CITY, Iowa – Winnebago Industries Inc. last year changed the name of its annual RV owners rally from its traditional “Grand National Rally” to “Camp Winnebago” just to keep up with the times. But that didn’t mean that the popular 55-year-old event itself, which...
New HBO Series Documents Eastern Iowa Abduction
(Waterloo, IA) -- An eastern Iowa abduction case is the subject of a new docuseries on HBO. The series 'Taken Together, Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth' covers the case of two cousins, ages 8 and 10, who vanished during a bike ride in the Waterloo, Iowa suburb of Evansdale in July 2012.
Waterloo School Board approves plan to merge East and West High Schools
The Waterloo School Board voted 5-2 Monday in favor of a $165 million plan that woud build a new high school onto the existing Central Middle School to combine East and West High Schools. Students in tenth through 12th grade would go to the new high school and eighth and...
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