Lightning sparked a fire at an apartment in northeast iowa this morning. Firefighters from four departments responded just after 5 this morning to the apartment at main and jefferson streets. Firefighters say no one was hurt in the fire. In polk city, a person died after a house caught on fire. Firefighters responded to the home, located north of des moines, just before 9 last night. Fire investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the flames. It took crews about 15 least 1 person did escape, but crews found a body of someone else in the basement. The victims name is not yet public. Cedar rapids fire investigators say a fire at rileys caf near downtown cedar rapids started in or near a ventilation fan by the dishwashing area. Its located at 836 1st avenue east. It took firefighters more than an hour to get control of the fire that broke out before 4 pm yesterday. One firefighter crews had to remove most of rileys food and check to make sure the fire wasnt spreading. The d
Court records show he was jailed in cedar rapids three times for minor offenses like theft and public intoxication. The most recent arrest of the victims was 11 days ago. A Police Spokesperson said this is the first Homicide Investigation in cedar rapids in 2016. There were six death cases last year with one of those still unsolved. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman, kcrgtv9 news. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highlyeducated. We won with poorlyeducated. I love the poorlyeducated. Were the smartest people. Were the most loyal people. Make it three straight states for donald trump last night, nevada. 45 of republican caucusgoers in nevada backed trump last night. Florida senator marco rubio had another second place finish with nearly 24 of the vote. Texas senator and iowa caucus winner ted cruz in third at 21. 5 . Dr. Ben carson and Ohio Governor john kasich were far back in the pack. Nevadas 30 delegates are split. Trump gets 14, rubio 7, cru
Pennsylvania senator and republican president ial candidate Rick Santorum sat down with us for an interview in the kcrgtv 9 studios. Just yesterday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses wrote on facebook that quote i cant stand the media. From the start of this campaign, theyve decided that were not worthy of them. This was from a usa today article that suggested santorum would drop out already. Hes yet to recapture his momentum from four years ago. Yet hes trying to find a place in the race. Through manufacturin g. Santorum i believe its the only way for republicans to really ascend and win the presidency. We are not talking to the vast majority of americans that feels like Neither Political Party cares about them. I always talk about the 74 of americans age 25 or older who do not have a college degree. I believe the key to doing that is bringing back the Manufacturing Base here and i believe we have an opportunity here now that china is in a downturn to take advantage of that. The fo
Republicans by a wide margin in national polls. Its still tight here in iowa in recent polling against ted cruz. Yesterday, trump stopped at the university of iowa yesterday where plenty of supporters and protestors showed up. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy has more. This space inside the university of iowa fieldhouse was completely filled with people waiting to hear from republican president ial frontrunner donald trump. But not everyone was a supporter. Scenes like this stopped Donald Trumps speech at least half a dozen times tuesday night. An organized group of protestors with bright red tshirts reading i stand with my muslim neighbors interrupted trump with plastic whistles. For one iowa city mother, shes here for her son. Stand up when he sees things that he doesnt agree with, so i feel like i needed to be here. I really feel strongly that love is more powerful than hate. But several supporters also stood in the crowd including several university of iowa football players. Cj beathard and
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