Cedar Rapids

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (136+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids firefighters put out a kitchen fire in a multi-family home on the 1300 block of 15th Street Southeast. Fire crews were dispatched at 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday. When they arrived, they found a two-story building with no visible…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (70+ words) KTIV Lake Park voters to decide $4.6M bond for shared fire, rescue station Winners selected for the 2026 Sioux City International Film Festival 19-year-old charged in courthouse burglary case enters his plea South Sioux City woman facing charges after authorities say 9 of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (179+ words) GRAND PRAIRIE, TX — The City of Grand Prairie is inviting residents to meet the three finalists vying to become the next chief of the Grand Prairie Fire Department. The search comes as Fire Chief Robert Fite prepares to retire later…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (137+ words) Twenty years ago, the inkling of what would later become a small-town business empire began on a farm off a country road most don't travel down. The two men who died in a fatal crash in rural northern Scott County…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (404+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz has selected Brent Smith to serve as the city's next fire chief. After Chief Greg Smith retired over the summer. Pomeranz announced the appointment in a letter to the Mayor and…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (162+ words) kcrg.com CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz has announced Brent Smith as the city’s pick for the next Fire Chief. Pomeranz sent a letter to Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell and the city council asking for Smith’s…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (222+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids city manager revealed Friday evening the city's pick to be the new fire chief of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department. City council will vote next week on whether to promote Assistant Fire Chief of Operations…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (213+ words) The Lakewood Police Department is celebrating the retirement of Captain Gregory Staffordsmith #264 following more than 25 years of dedicated service to the department and the Lakewood community. Born and raised in Lakewood, Staffordsmith has spent much of his life serving the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (296+ words) Colorado Springs Fire Chief Randy Royal announced Wednesday that he will retire in March after 40 years with the Fire Department. Royal grew up in Monument and joined the CSFD on March 9, 1987, as a firefighter and paramedic. He plans to retire…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - Colorado Springs Fire Chief Randy Royal is retiring next year on the day he marks 40 years with the department. The fire department announced Wednesday that Royal will retire March 9, 2027, exactly 40 years after his first…...