Category Archives: KXEL News

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom: Oneperson has died and three others suffered minor injuries after an apartment fire Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of 19th Street and A Avenue in Cedar Rapids. Wit...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An eighth grader at Prairie Point Middle School and his mother have been identified as two of the four people killed in an accident in Cedar Rapids Friday night, according ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Juan Daniel Lopez, a 36-year-old man from Tiffin, was arrested as part of a narcotics investigation. During the investigation, the United States Postal Inspector intercepte...

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom: Book publisher Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit against Iowa as a result of its new parental rights law. Thelaw bans books depicting sex scenes and requires administrat...

BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The former members of the Benton County Board of Health have filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors and Benton County, saying they were terminated without warnin...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - A Keokuk woman has been charged with First Degree Arson after police said she started a fire that caused substantial damage to a Waterloo home last month. In a criminal complai...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids mobile home is a total loss after a fire that killed multiple pets on Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Ripon Street SW at the Kir...

SHELL ROCK, Iowa (KCRG) - Around 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, first responders were called to an explosion at the Poet Ethanol Plant in Shell Rock. Upon arrival, responders reported no visible flames. Offic...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids man will serve up to 25 years in prison after sexually abusing a child. Jeffrey Beaman accepted a plea deal after being charged with sexually abusing an 8-ye...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Iowa Capitol Bureau) - 59 additional Iowa churches are leaving the United Methodist Church. In 2019, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its ban on ...