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Willie Ray’s Q Shack to travel to Northwestern Iowa to help flood victims
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids restaurant owner Willie Ray Fairley says he is taking a crew to northwestern Iowa this weekend to help Iowans impacted by devastating flooding. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Fairley said the team with Willie Ray’s Q Shack will be serving meals Saturday...
‘Celebrate Indee’ festival brings thousands to Independence for 4th of July
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) - Independence Day is always a big deal in the town of Independence. The celebrations get bigger every year, thanks to the ‘Celebrate Indee’ committee, who works nearly year-round to bring everything together. “We have the longest-running 4th of July parade in Iowa, so we...
Marion woman flown to UIHC with serious injuries after motorcycle crash
LINN COUNTY, Iowa — Linn Co. emergency crews responded to a motorcycle vs. SUV crash on Thursday, July 4. It happened on Lucore Rd. at the Indian Creek Bridge north of Brookside Dr. When first responders got to the scene, they discovered Lisa Murdoch, 43 of Marion, was driving...
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival firework show starts early due to weather
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Live music, long lines for half-pound tenderloins, and large crowds eagerly awaiting fireworks are the culmination of a year’s worth of work for the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival. “It’s just thunderstorms is what we’re worried about and severe weather. So we can fire fireworks...
Recreational boating banned on Mississippi River near Dubuque due to flooding
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - An order by the U.S. Coast Guard bans recreational boating on the Mississippi River near Dubuque due to flooding. “When the high water comes up like this, it grabs everything on the islands, trees erode in,” said Brent Groesch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “It’s a very dangerous situation to be in.”
Cedar Rapids restaurant holds 4th of July hot dog eating contest
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the Fourth of July in 1916, four immigrants settled their argument over who was the most patriotic with a hot dog eating contest in Coney Island. Those hot dogs were from the first Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand, who held its first-ever official hot dog eating contest in 1972.
Motorcyclist airlifted after crash near Indian Creek Bridge
MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - Thursday afternoon, emergency crews responded to Lucore Rd at the Indian Creek Bridge, just north of Brookside Dr. for a report of a motorcycle versus SUV collision. Investigators say a motorcycle was traveling northbound and crossed the centerline striking a GMC Acadia traveling southbound. The operator...
PHOTO GALLERY: Car enthusiasts celebrate Independence Day at Freedom Festival Car Show
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It's Independence Day in eastern Iowa and folks celebrated with cars and pancakes at the Freedom Festival in Cedar Rapids. The Freedom Festival Car Show rolled into town on Thursday to showcase some of the area's latest -- and oldest -- classic cars. It also included vehicles, like:
NIACC student takes 3rd place at statewide Venture School competition
MASON CITY, Iowa – A student at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) has taken 3rd place at the 2024 University of Iowa’s Venture School Launch Day. Ten teams from across Iowa competed in the event which was held at EntreFEST, a two-day entrepreneurial conference in Cedar Rapids.
Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin Speak Out About Iowa Teammate Gabbie Marshall's Big Announcement
Teammates on the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team has formed quite a bond in recent years. While Iowa couldn't secure a national championship during their two consecutive championship game appearances, they still deserve a ton of credit for their success. Especially because Caitlin Clark and ...
Company hit with fine after leaking nearly half a million gallons of chlorine into vulnerable trout habitat: 'Fish are very sensitive'
Several hundred fish in Iowa died in January after a faulty pipe released chlorinated water into a local waterway. The Gazette reported that NS Holdings LLC has agreed to pay $7,500 after an unoccupied commercial building it owns polluted McLoud Run in Cedar Rapids with about 450,000 gallons of chlorinated drinking water, killing about 400 fish.
Cedar Rapids runners celebrate Fourth of July with 39th annual Fifth Season Races
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Corridor Running kicked off the Fourth with a bang Thursday morning with the 39th running of the Fifth Season Races. Runners took off in front of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Arts to complete in a 8K run, 5k run, Kids' fun run and Youth mile run.
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