In March 2001, sister CBS affiliate station KGAN in Cedar Rapids began producing a 9 p.m. newscast for KDSM-TV. The program was presented by KGAN's news team using reporters based in the Des Moines area.
After KGAN began providing services to Cedar Rapids Fox affiliate KFXA in 2002, the program was renamed to Fox News at Nine and began to air in Eastern Iowa that October.
The regional newscast from Cedar Rapids was replaced in September 2008 with a new nightly local newscast produced by WHO-TV. The new 13 News at 9 on Fox 17 was an hour long on weeknights, whereas the KGAN-produced program was only half an hour long.
