The City of Eldridge officially hired its first municipal fire chief Monday night. A funeral service for Bill R. Burton, 89, of Eldridge, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Chambers Funeral Home, Eldridge. Visitation will be one hour prior to the…
The Oct. 24 explosion and fire at Quaker Oats’ downtown Cedar Rapids plant destroyed the fifth floor of the building where it started and left the fourth and fifth floors structurally compromised, according to Cedar Rapids Fire Department incident records. As…
by Tyler Garnet | Oct 28, 2026 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News CHICOPEE — Katie Collins-Kalbaugh is no stranger to making Chicopee history within the city’s Fire Department. On Oct. 20, when Collins-Kalbaugh was promoted from captain to deputy chief, she became the first woman…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KGAN) - An Iowa fifth grader’s quick thinking helped save a bus driver who was struggling to breathe. And it was all caught on camera. It started as a routine ride home from Viola Gibson Elementary School, until…
“She was wheezing. She was struggling to breathe, and obviously she needed help.” That is how Bella Scott, a fifth grader at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, describes the moment she realized her school bus driver was…
WECT Firefighters respond to fire in Cedar Rapids INTERVIEW: Southeast North Carolina Veterans Parade returning to downtown Wilmington Investigation underway after man drives himself to La Grange gas station after being shot
President Trump will be back in Iowa on November 1 — two days before the election. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Damage assessments are continuing after an explosion and fire at the Quaker Oats facility in downtown Cedar Rapids, and PepsiCo has not yet…
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says advance planning with Quaker Oats helped crews respond to Saturday’s explosion and fire while keeping track of employees and maintaining emergency coverage across the city. Firefighters and police were dispatched to the plant around…
TV9 crews on the scene saw first responders cleaning the scene after a crash at 3rd Ave. SE and 8th St. SE around 1:40 pm. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A crash closed off 3rd Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids Saturday afternoon. TV9 crews on the scene…
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KTIV) - Firefighters from several area agencies were sent to a house fire in South Sioux City, Nebraska, on Thursday, Oct. 29, which caused enough damage to displace nine people and a pet. Crews were dispatched shortly after…
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