Becky Phelps
Weekend Anchor/Reporter
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Becky Phelps is the Weekend Evening Anchor and Producer at KCRG-TV9. She also reports during weekday evenings.
She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2020 with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Theatre Performance, and a minor in Creative Writing. While in college, she worked as an anchor, reporter, and executive producer at KUJH. She also acted in several plays and musicals and enjoyed attending football and basketball games. Rock Chalk!
Becky grew up in Cedar Rapids and is thrilled to be back telling stories in Eastern Iowa. She started out at KCRG as an intern in 2019 and joined the team full-time in the summer of 2020 as a nightside reporter. She began anchoring weekend mornings in the fall of 2021.
When Becky isn’t reporting, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and tending to her 30 (plus) plants.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Inside Out Reentry Community is finishing up remodeling work on it’s first reentry house, after a successful capital campaign to help purchase the house at 719 Page St. in Iowa City. The nonprofit, based in Iowa City, works with individuals incarcerated throughout the state to help them develop reentry plans.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
She got the idea for her clothing business, “Recreated by Rey”, from her love of thrifting.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 11:38 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for their new Busse Unit, located at the corner of Washington Ave and 16th Street SE in Cedar Rapids. The building will be the organization’s first stand alone home since their previous home was destroyed in the 2008 flood.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The University of Iowa and VictoryXR, a Davenport-based company that focuses on virtual reality and augmented reality educational products, held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for UI’s new virtual campus, and then gave a tour.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The $16 million “Next Stage” project will build a 300-person-capacity indoor event space for public events and fairs, an outdoor stage for free and ticketed events that can hold audiences of 500 to 10,000 people, an open-air pavilion, an honor garden, and more.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 1:16 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Paramount Ambulance, based in Dubuque, is partnering with Loras College to offer a training program for people interested in a career in Emergency Medical Services.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:25 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Kids First Law Center hosted its “14 under 14″ awards in Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 12:16 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Disability Resource Library, located inside the Center for Disabilities and Development at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, is a home to hundreds of books, toys, software and more, all providing information for, by and about people with disabilities.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Allamakee Community School District recently implemented a calendar that plans ahead for snow days by building extra days into their schedule.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 11:01 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
A statewide organization is helping students who have a disability find resources in their community.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 7:42 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
New data from Iowa Workforce Development is showing the state ended 2022 on a strong note.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:21 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Iowa Chamber Alliance, a statewide organization that focuses on promoting economic growth, released its 2023 Talent Poll. The poll asked 826 registered voters in Iowa between the ages of 18-65 what they like about living in the state in order to help find ways to attract new workers.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:44 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Iowa’s courts are facing serious staffing issues, and it’s impacting how quickly cases are handled. Iowa’s Supreme Court Chief Justice delivered the Condition of the Judiciary on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 11:06 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
After her daughter passed away after being hit in a car accident, her mother Janessa Carr is making sure her legacy of kindness and love is carried on.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
A Cedar Rapids couple was delayed in getting home Thursday, after their flight back to the United States from Paris was cancelled due to weather conditions.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2022 at 10:54 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
A Cedar Rapids program is working to remove barriers for children to participate in music programs.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 10:39 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
A new non-profit, Foundation for the Trades, based in Iowa City, is encouraging more students to pursue careers in the trades. The goal is to raise awareness about the opportunities and programs where people can learn those skills.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:23 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Linn County Public Health Department is aiming to lower barriers for people to get tested for sexually transmitted infections. They partnered with the Iowa Department of Public Health and Lets Get Checked to offer STI testing you can do in your own home.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 10:49 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new program to get Naloxone into Iowa schools. Naloxone is the medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, often referred to by the brand name, Narcan.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
With election day coming up, KCRG-TV9 is sitting down with Iowa’s candidates. Mike Franken is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The People’s Law Library of Iowa is a new website that’s working to serve as an accessible resource for understanding state law and legal resources in Iowa.
Ingredion workers on strike ask county officials to address safety concerns with replacement workers
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 11:01 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
A large crowd marched from the Ingredion plant to the Jean Oxley Linn County Public Service Center on Thursday evening, as the union workers continue their nearly two month long strike. They’re negotiating for better pay and hours, and protections of their health care options.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Iowa House Democrats are focusing on four main goals: investing in public schools, protecting reproductive freedom, legalizing marijuana, and putting more money in the pockets of Iowans by raising wages and lowering costs.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 11:58 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
“Prompt for the Planet: Community Creates” will be held Saturday, September 11th, at 2pm in the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. It’s being put on by several organizations, including PromptPress and the Lena Project.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
After years of hard work, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art is back open and its extensive art collection is home for the first time in 14 years. The museum had to close and its art was scattered after the Iowa river flooded in 2008.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The term “red zone” describes the time from the start of classes until Thanksgiving break when there is a spike in sexual assaults on college campuses.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The Linn County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace is looking for people to help build beds for its Bunks Across America 2022 event.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Planned Parenthood North Central States says clinics in Iowa are seeing an influx of people coming from neighboring states like Missouri and Nebraska. But they’ve also seen people travel from as far as Texas and Louisiana, where trigger bans went into effect following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Starting next week, elementary aged children who go to public school can sign up for the Fresh Air After School program. Small groups will spend most of the time outdoors, playing and learning in all kinds of weather, for an immersive experience.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Kids on Course University worked with the Zach Johnson Foundation, HACAP, Americorps, and CRCSD on Wednesday morning to make a plan to hand out 2,000 food bags between 18 stations across the city on Friday from 10am to noon. Each bag will have two meals inside.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The House has passed two bills to address background checks. Both are still waiting for a Senate vote.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Team Biking to Remember started on March 12 in San Diego, CA and rode through Tempe AZ, El Paso and Austin TX, New Orleans LA, Pensacola FL and finally to St. Augustine FL on May 17. So far, they have raised over $32,000 towards their goal of $50,000.
Updated: May. 22, 2022 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Table to Table is a non-profit in Johnson County that works to keep fresh food from going to waste.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 8:04 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
The Cedar Rapids based non-profit Matthew 25 held a grand opening for its new Cultivate Hope Corner Store on Wednesday.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Tanager Place is expanding its Freedom Schools program after seeing significant improvements in students through summer learning. The six week long program is held at McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Becky Phelps
Amel Ali has spent more than 20 years in Iowa City, after moving there from Sudan with her family in 2000. At CommUnity, she will lead grassroots outreach efforts that build relationships and create personal connections with the goals of reducing stigma and increasing access to crisis services for all.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:10 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Some people are getting ready to move back into Geneva Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids after an accidental fire displaced dozens last month.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 1:21 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The events will be Thursday, February 24th from 3-7pm and Saturday, February 26th from 8-11am at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 3:33 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
For 30 years, Marla Schiess has been a dedicated, driving force behind the Camp Courageous Manchester Garage Sale.
Cedar Rapids adopts $37 million ReLeaf program helping replanting damage done by August 2020 derecho
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 6:43 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The city of Cedar Rapids will plant more than 42,000 trees in public parks and along public streets over the next 10 years.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:28 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
After the pandemic forced many couples to reschedule or postpone their wedding or reception, experts are looking at 2022 for a record number of nuptials.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Chains Interrupted is a Cedar Rapids based nonprofit that works to stop human trafficking. It’s hosting a webinar this Thursday to educate people on how technology is used by traffickers.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 5:00 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The city of Marion is looking into a new plan to expand public transportation’s reach.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 9:00 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Linn County Board of Supervisors will vote on approving three new positions within Linn County Public Health during its meeting Wednesday at 11am.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 11:01 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Governor Kim Reynolds laid out her legislative priorities for the 2022 session during the annual Condition of the State Tuesday evening.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 7:51 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
150 Iowa lawmakers gaveled in at 10am Monday morning at the State Capitol, opening the 2022 legislative session. Republicans control both the House and Senate, as lawmakers on both sides are looking to tackle a wide range of topics this year.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 10:37 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The story of the Iowa City Reading tree goes back a year and a half ago, to the August 2020 derecho.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2021 at 5:13 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers says the August 2020 derecho destroyed many units being used for rapid-rehousing, and the eviction moratorium impacted local shelters, both contributing to the increased levels of people experiencing homelessness in Cedar Rapids.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 10:31 PM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Corridor Community Action Network launched its Mobile Clothing Closet in November. Since then, it’s made stops across Eastern Iowa and served nearly 150 individuals and 12 families.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 6:17 AM CST
|By Becky Phelps
The Atkins City Council approved a contract in October for a newly created city administrator position. KCRG-TV9 obtained a copy of the contract for the city administrator, which states it is a two-year-contract paying $92,000 annually.
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