Reported cases of violent crime — including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — were up slightly in Cedar Rapids in 2025 compared to 2024, but are still low in comparison to the last five years, according to data released Thursday by the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including fines for handling a cellphone while driving, a statewide ban on ranked choice voting and an overhaul of state business tax incentives.
Thomas J. Vesey was arrested Tuesday and remains in custody at the Linn County Jail.
According to a court documents, the man sent several sexual messages to a social media user he believed to be 15.
The trial for a Marion charged in a crash that seriously injured a woman and also terminated her pregnancy has been reset to Feb. 3.
Live footage from one or more public safety cameras in downtown Cedar Rapids was temporarily accessible to anyone with internet access, according to the security vendor that operates similar technology nationwide.
A man from Quebec, Canada was arrested Wednesday on charges that he placed credit card scanners on the registers at two Family Dollar Stores in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
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.
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.
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.
One person was injured Wednesday night in a shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Two speed enforcement cameras in Cedar Rapids that were nixed last year — along with most traffic enforcement cameras around the state — by the Iowa Department of Transportation will soon start issuing citations again after an appeal to the DOT by the Cedar Rapids Police Department was approved more than a year after it was submitted.
One man was injured in a shooting Saturday in northeast Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting that left one man with injuries that are not life-threatening, according to a press release from the police department.
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