Emily Andersen

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Library has opened part of the lobby for returns and hold pickup after a small fire on July 27 caused the library to close.

One person died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday in Benton County.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Monday near the corner of Underwood Avenue and Burdette Drive SW.

City High School in Iowa City will put up a plaque to honor a man who drowned while saving a child from the Iowa River Friday. The man, Wegayewu Faris, had been a custodian at City High since 2005.

A Wisconsin man was arrested Wednesday night after a robbery and burglary that led to a stand-off with police during which one officer fired a gun. One resident was treated for injuries caused during the incident.

“Race-Based Calls Hurt Us All” is the name of a new campaign in Iowa City that reminds residents not to call 911 based on someone’s race when no crime is occurring.

The charges stem from the death in July of a Palo woman, Jodie Bevans. One of those charged is her stepdaughter

A Cedar Rapids-based church is hosting a free week-long camp in August that will help children cope with traumas related to the 2020 derecho and other crises.

James “Jim” White, a former softball coach at Solon High School and Clear Creek Amana High School, was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a student 15 years ago.

A man who was shot by Cedar Rapids police officers Saturday has been identified by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation as Brandon Lee Nelson, 23, of Cedar Rapids.

The Safer Communities Act — a bipartisan gun safety bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25 — closed what was known as the “boyfriend loophole” on a national level, but gaps still in exist in Iowa that keep the loophole open in most cases, experts say.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor has announced a project to build a permanent location for the club in southeast Cedar Rapids.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department has identified the man killed in a stabbing incident Wednesday as Christopher Anson, 52.

The Downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library doesn’t yet have an estimate of how long it will take to reopen after a small fire closed the building on Wednesday.

Those who worked with him said Swore will be remembered as a man who loved the city of Cedar Rapids and was always looking for new ideas to improve the lives of its residents.