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Award-winning coverage of Eastern Iowa's news, weather and sports since 1953.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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BREAKING: Recount results from the Iowa caucuses show Pete Buttigeig is still the winner, retaining the same number of delegates. The Iowa Democratic Party plans to certify them on Saturday.
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New analysis shows Gov. Reynolds is most disliked U.S. governor.
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Iowa Attorney General had wanted to join a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a new lawsuit based in Texas. He says the Constitution does not provide the basis for one state to second-guess the courts of another.
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Stacey Walker endorses Bernie Sanders for President.
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NEW: Biden admin. poised to escalate battle with 6 states, including Iowa over banning mask mandates in public schools.
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Johnson County Auditor Erin Shane said county officials have confirmed 63 people on a list of 'potential non-citizens' sent by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate are citizens and are eligible to vote.
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Senator Bernie Sanders, the unofficial leader of the progressive movement, has released a statement of support for 10,000 union workers at John Deere now on strike.
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Over 110,000 homes in Iowa still don't have power. The power has been out since Monday.
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UPDATE: We've obtained the letter the Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sent Gov. Kim Reynolds today.
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WATCH LIVE: Students from Stoneman Douglas High School are holding a town hall at Linn-Mar High School about gun safety @AMarch4OurLives.
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Sports Anchor @CurtisFeder_ was on the floor for @CaitlinClark22 's incredible buzzer beater. You can't see her after the shot goes in, but she made her presence known as she knocked Curtis over in the rush to celebrate the win (WARNING: very shaky video!)
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NEW: USDA criticizes Gov. Reynolds for summer food pilot program request:."The governor is asserting that the State knows better than its own families do about what their needs are.".
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BREAKING: Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke found guilty of second degree murder in the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old LaQuan McDonald . #VanDykeMurderTrial
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BREAKING: Caitlin Clark's new Nike deal worth $28 million over 8 years, according to multiple reports. Details:.
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Incredible footage from the Sioux County Sheriff's Office of the flooding that forced people in Rock Valley to evacuate.
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Iowa's News Now caught up with folks waiting in line to see former President Trump in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.
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WATCH LIVE: Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a Pizza Ranch in Cedar Rapids to rally against a local school’s transgender policy.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit Cedar Rapids and Dubuque on Thursday to highlight infrastructure law.
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"All Iowans, regardless of gender or sexual identity, deserve love and support — and deserve support from their elected officials.".- Matt Sinovic, Executive Director of Progress Iowa.
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VOTE 2020: Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is proposing bargaining rights for all American workers.
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BREAKING: CRSCD announced effective Wednesday, September 15th all staff, students and visitors will be required to wear a mask.
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BREAKING: Governor Kim Reynolds says due to a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases among ages 19-24, all bars in six counties are required to close Thursday at 5PM until Sept. 20. Those counties include Linn, Johnson, Black Hawk, Dallas, Polk Story.
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BREAKING: U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opens investigation into mask mandate bans in 5 states, including Iowa.
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Rick Heller has played or coached baseball within the Iowa borders for nearly his entire life. Now in his 10th year with the Hawkeyes, he's celebrating his 1,000th career win, while representing the only Division I program in the state.
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HAWKS WIN! Heading to the National Championship Game for first time ever. Will play LSU on Sunday.
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'I just cry': Dying of hunger in Ethiopia's blockaded Tigray.
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Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart held a press call Thursday, blasting 2024 Republicans’ "extreme MAGA agenda" as Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, and Nikki Haley campaign in Iowa.
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Lisa Bluder jokes Caitlin Clark had a little bit of an "off" night shooting and still shot 47% while scoring a triple-double. Full postgame comments here:.
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Remembering Chris Street: Thursday marks 30 years since Chris Street died in a car crash in Iowa City. His teammate Kenyon Murray describes his decision to name his son Kris, after Street. Full story:
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Sports anchor @owensiebring interviews Jack Campbell's parents Dave and Jen about Jack playing in his final game Saturday for Iowa.
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NEW THIS MORNING: Willie Ray's Q Shack is planning to head to Kentucky to feed people as they clean up from Friday's destructive tornadoes.
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NEW: A judge has struck down a large portion of Iowa's 2017 voting reform law declaring much of it unconstitutional.
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Former Hawkeye Dallas Clark spotted in the corn talking to Dwier Brown (John Kinsella in Field of Dreams)
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In over 40 years as a program prior to the arrival of head coach Courtney Boyd, Clarke University had only seen two 20-win seasons in its entire history. But in six years as coach, Boyd has never had fewer than 20-wins in a season.
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MISSING: Xavior Harrelson was last seen in Montezuma, Iowa on Thursday, May 27th, at 11 am.
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Given the Stuel-key of the City. Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke honored at Thursday State of the City address in Cedar Rapids.
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Here's Carson King (@CarsonKing2) making his donation announcement on @1460kxno this afternoon. MORE:
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"In a matter of days, Fairley had become an exemplary leader, which is why he’s on our 2021 list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders."
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Check out what you can expect when @jamessmurray @truTVjokers comes to Cedar Rapids this week!.
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GAME OF THE NIGHT: @WesternDubuque wins on a last second 54-yard touchdown from Brett Harris to Daviyon Gaston.
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A U.S. judge has set aside roughly 7,000 visas allowing people who won a lottery aimed at increasing the country's diversity to try to go to the United States after the government issued only a fraction of the visas allocated for the past year.
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HAPPENING TODAY: @IvankaTrump is campaigning in Iowa for her father a day before the election.
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State Auditor Rob Sand is pushing back on the Iowa GOP's policies and warning about a law he says is an attack on his office and terrible for transparency in the state.
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WATCH: The storm that turned the city on it's side. This is a timelapse of the derecho moving through downtown Cedar Rapids on Monday via Thalia Adams. #IAWX #Iowa #IowaDerecho
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Caitlin Clark takes the day off from basketball. to play golf with Zach Johnson at the John Deere Classic Pro-Am. Full story:.
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BREAKING: IC Mayor Bruce Teague issued a mask order Thursday night. It defies the state law signed back in May preventing cities, counties and K-12 schools from implementing mask mandates .
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Cedar Rapids mayor Brad Hart announced tonight that the city's mask mandate will remain in place despite Governor Kim Reynolds' new health proclamation which is set to go in place tomorrow.
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Video captured by TJ Miller shows a tornado touching down and damaging homes in #Bondurant #Iowa. DETAILS: #iawx #wx #tornado
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What do you think of the removal of confederate statues?.
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Sergeant Anthony Beminio went 10-42 for the final time. Watch his emotional End of Watch #officersdown
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As vaccine distributors develop Omicron-specific COVID-19 boosters, new research from the University of Missouri posits that the virus may be evolving too quickly for vaccines to keep pace.
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The Williamsburg teen inspired thousands with his #TaterTough mantra and attitude. We'll all miss you, Tate.
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With some chatter about how local news outlets are covering the devastation from Monday's derecho in Iowa, we stand with our fellow journalists across the state, working hard to get the most important information out to those who need it. #iaderecho #iowastrong #CRStrong.
Umm hi 👋🏻 as one of the Iowa reporters whose reporting is extensively quoted in this piece, I can assure you my colleagues in the local press have been running absolutely ragged reporting the devastation of the #iowa #derecho . God bless @gazettedotcom @KCRG @KWWL @KGAN_Weather.
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Here's Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague standing by his decision to issue a mask order. Watch his full remarks here:
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Moms for Liberty-backed candidates fail in Linn-Mar school board race results.
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Our Ed Thomas Coach of the Week is IC Liberty football coach James Harris, who's led a huge turnaround for the Lightning in just his second season as head coach.
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Senator Bernie Sanders will visit Cedar Rapids to rally support for the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal.
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RELIEF! A missing K-9 dog has been found tonight!.Volunteers told us she was located near Airport National Golf Course. More details:
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Police: Man caught trying to steal home plate at Principal Park in Des Moines.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg returned to Cedar Rapids on Thursday to check in on the progress made at the Eastern Iowa Airport.
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.@IowaWBB is the favorite to win the Big Ten by coaches and media. @CaitlinClark22 is also the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year.
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FOR THE KIDS: Carson King announces $2.95 million will be donated to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. @CarsonKing2 @UIchildrens. The hospital is thanking him for his generosity.
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Here's the woman who said the truck ran over her foot at protests today in Cedar Rapids. She says the driver "charged into the crowd" and she went over to try and stop the truck. More details:
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BREAKING: Body of missing 6-year-old Faye Swetlik has been found. She went missing earlier this week in South Carolina. Officials are treating this case as a homicide.
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BREAKING NEWS: Missing 6-year-old Mackenzie Goddard from Denison has been found safe!.
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School days canceled due to coronavirus closure recommendations will NOT have to be rescheduled.
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Iowa basketball player and Cedar Rapids native Hannah Stuelke hosting first basketball camp.
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Cedar Falls mother, breast cancer survivor, disability rights advocate, and small business owner Sarah Corkery has launched a new website in her bid for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District seat.
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Mount Vernon's boys went 1 and 4 to close out the first day of State track. Zach Fall won the title for the Mustangs.
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MISSING TEEN: Police are searching for Makayla Hyche, a missing teen from Cedar Rapids who was last seen in Iowa City on June 12. Anyone with information should call police.
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'I am a witness to history' - Jon Bon Jovi tackles 2020.
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Congratulations to Caitlin Clark for winning the Naismith National Player of the year!! .
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For now, the Caitlin Clark Craze is at its zenith in the state of Iowa. There’s no bigger celebrity between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and last season’s AP player of the year easily ranks among the most popular American female athletes.
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WATCH: Iowa City West student Dasia Taylor appears on @TheEllenShow for creating a special kind of stitches that change color when a wound is infected. More details:
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WATCH: A tornado touches down in Johnson County on Friday. Meteorologist Nick Stewart was in the CBS2/FOX 28 Road Warrior as the twister touched down @NStewCBS2.#iowa #iowawx #Tornado.
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Fairley says he gave away 400 meals a day for a month and a half. This gift of a free meal was fueled by donations from across the country.
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Check out our full feature on Hannah Stuelke Sunday on our I on the Hawks Pregame Show ahead of the Hawkeyes game against #2 Ohio State. Coverage starts at 11 a.m. on Fox 28.
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When a North Linn Elementary student found out some patients form the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital won't be home for Christmas, she decided to bring Christmas to them.
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Twin sisters on the front lines of pandemic contract COVID-19, but only one survives
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The journey to the major leagues looks different for every player. But for Colin Rea, who grew up 20 minutes from the Field of Dreams, it's only appropriate that his career path would rival any Hollywood script.
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Iowa basketball star Hannah Stuelke is now teaming up with a local bank to push financial literacy.
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Hawkeyes delay again at 10:07pm due to a nearby lightning strike. Here's an earlier photo from the first delay at Kinnick via Steve Hart/Hawkvision. @HawkeyeFootball #iawx
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FINAL FOUR BOUND: Iowa Hawkeyes beat Louisville to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1993. Iowa plays next Friday in Dallas.
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A cafe in Marion hosted an all-ages storytime that was presented by area Drag Performers in support of LGBTQIA Pride Month.
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TEXAS STRONG: Willie Ray's Q Shack owner Willie Ray Fairley says he's heading to south to help Texans in need and is looking for help pulling smokers. #TexasStorm #Texas #texassnowstorm2021.#TexasStrong #cedarrapids.
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Big Noon Kickoff hosts are in Iowa City. @JetthroTV and former USC QB @MattLeinartQB talk Iowa vs. No. 4 Michigan ahead of the game.
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Check this out, Iowa put this new logo on the court. It's at the exact same spot where Caitlin Clark broke the Division I women's scoring record last week.
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Kohawks continue historic postseason, hosting Super Regionals this weekend.
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BREAKING: Iowa City's historic Hamburg Inn to close its doors.
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Local parents raise awareness to rare pediatric cancer.
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Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank Providing Diapers in to Those in Need due to the Derecho.
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We are so sorry to all the Iowa State Cyclones fans out there! We recorded a promo on Friday for either outcome to the game and the wrong one aired. #2020StrikesAgain Congratulations on an amazing win!.
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