Emily Andersen

The Iowa chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union released a report Wednesday outlining the ways that automatic license plate reader cameras, or ALPRs, are being used across Iowa, and urging state legislators to implement regulations regarding their use.

Investigators with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are seeking the help of community members in Cedar Rapids and two other U.S. cities to identify a man who was found dead last year in a Colorado.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he shot a 13-year-old boy in January, in retaliation for a different shooting.

Three organizers with Escucha Mi Voz, a nonprofit that hosts regular accompaniment rallies for immigrants attending immigration check-in appointments at the Department of Homeland Security Office in Cedar Rapids, were issued trespass warnings Wednesday morning after two of them crossed a police tape barrier to talk with people waiting in line outside the office, according to a news release from the nonprofit.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating credit card skimming devices that were discovered this week on the registers at two Family Dollar locations, according to a press release from the department.

Hundreds of community members huddled together Tuesday morning outside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Cedar Rapids to show their support for more than 50 immigrants who were attending regular check-in appointments with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Two people were treated on scene at the fire in southwest Cedar Rapids.

One person has died after a car crashed into a house in Independence Sunday, according to a press release from the Independence Fire Department.

Alejandra Escobar is comfortable in front of a crowd, and not just because of her work as a protest organizer. She has been studying and performing music for most of her life, and before she started working for Iowa City nonprofit Escucha Mi Voz, she was pursuing a doctorate degree in piano performance at the University of Iowa — a program she never finished, because she decided to dedicate her time to advocacy work instead.

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department will work with nonprofit Worldmaker Resilience Institute to bring mental health resilience training to first responders across Iowa, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday after police say he robbed an Iowa City Casey’s Sunday while claiming to have a gun.

The Iowa State Patrol is asking for the public’s help in an investigation into a crash that killed a pedestrian who was walking on Interstate 80 east of Grinnell, according to a social media post from the state patrol.

The number of immigrants arrested by ICE in Iowa this year is at an all-time high, and many of those arrested do not have criminal convictions, despite repeated claims by President Donald Trump’s administration that increased immigration enforcement this year is meant to target dangerous criminals.

Two Cedar Rapids speed enforcement cameras that the Iowa Department of Transportation approved for use in October will begin enforcement operations again on Jan. 1.

Police confirmed that the sexual nature of the massage “was not allowable or typical practice at this business,” according to the complaint.