Emily Andersen

The end may be in sight for a downtown Cedar Rapids project that started eight years ago to reduce the sounds of train horns heard regularly throughout the day and night in the area.

Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year across the United States, and the Iowa Donor Network — the nonprofit that organizes organ donation in Iowa — is working to increase that number. .

Three new sexual exploitation charges were filed this week against a former University of Iowa social worker who previously has been charged with multiple counts of sexually exploiting his patients.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested last week on charges that she misused Social Security deposits and stole thousands of dollars from a disabled woman for whom who she was the legal guardian for more than 10 years.

The Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control Center has been closed to the public this week as the center struggles to balance the amount of staff available with the amount of animals that need their care.

The Urbana City Council held a special meeting Monday to vote on whether to terminate the contract of Police Chief Josh Baker, who has been on paid leave for more than a year and has sued the city.

An Iowa City man was arrested Sunday night on charges that he attempted to entice a 10-year-old child to have sex with him.

At least six Iowa cities have them: Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Iowa City, University Heights, Dubuque and Ames. The law takes effect Aug. 16.

A Cedar Rapids man was shot to death in Minneapolis last week after a fight inside a vehicle, according to press releases from the Minneapolis Police Department and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

As summer weather is starting to arrive, the city of Cedar Rapids has brought back rental electric bikes and scooters to downtown streets for the seventh year in a row.

The Dubuque County Sheriff sent a letter to his Board of Supervisors this week, indicating he will not sign an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows agency officers to perform immigration enforcement in their jurisdiction, despite pressure from the National Sheriff’s Association to do do.

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Protesters gathered Wednesday outside the Iowa State Patrol office in Cedar Rapids to hand-deliver a complaint that initially was filed last month about immigration enforcement during an April traffic stop -- and has yet to receive a response from the patrol.

More than 100 people gathered Tuesday in Cedar Rapids in support of Afghans who arrived in Iowa after U.S. troops pulled out of the war in Afghanistan, but who now could face deportation.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Sunday night, after police responded to reports of a shooting, on charges that he threatened a woman with a knife.