Crime and Courts

The Iowa Department of Corrections fired Amanda Dodson, a registered nurse at the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, after an investigation found 77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day

Members of a task force deliberating ways to address what is arguably the most pressing issue facing the Quad Cities — persistent gun violence — will continue to do so without the public's involvement.

A teenage girl who took advanced classes and played on her high school basketball team — and dreamed of someday running her own business — was found dead this week with a bullet wound in a crashed car she had borrowed while visiting her older sister in Cedar Rapids, according to interviews and authorities.

Drew Blahnik, in interview with law enforcement, denies killing Chris Bagley, or even being at the trailer where he was fatally stabbed in 2018.

Quentin Latrell Hitchcock arrested in connection with robberies in February and June

Emergency responders and a hospital that treated a Cedar Rapids man for a gunshot wound after he allegedly killed his parents and sister must share his medical records with prosecutors, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day