Emily Andersen

Reina Marroquin arrived at the Cedar Rapids Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office Monday morning for an immigration check-in with her two children and more than 100 community supporters. About five minutes after entering the office, she emerged and was greeted by cheers from the people there to support her.

A woman was injured Monday morning in a crash between a pedestrian and a vehicle in the south parking lot of Washington High School, according to a social media post from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Thursday on charges that she shot a gun at the ground multiple times in order to intimidate people around her.

Linn County Public Health has teamed up with Mercy Medical Center, UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and the Eastern Iowa Health Center to launch an informational campaign about the risks of measles and the importance of vaccination.

A man was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas on Linn County charges of first-degree murder and nonconsensual termination of pregnancy, three weeks after a woman was found dead in Cedar Rapids.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested last week on charges that she stole more than $11,000 from her aunt while operating as her aunt’s financial power of attorney.

Matthew Schleier, 46, was arrested in October on a charge of first-degree murder after police say he admitted to strangling his son, who he had been thinking about killing for a week.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department recently finished installing 70 stationary license plate reader cameras, which scan license plates and run them through national crime databases to search for missing person alerts, stolen vehicle reports, and arrest warrants.

The Chain Reaction Bike Hub opened last May in Cedar Rapids with ambitious goals about breaking barriers to reliable transportation by providing cheap bikes for in-need community members. Ten months later, community support for the program hasn’t slowed down, according to Chain Reaction Executive Director Evan Schmidtke.

Construction is set to start next week at Jefferson High School to begin an expansion that will provide extra space for the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s future College & Career Pathways program.

The Eastern Iowa Airport has opened four new gates this month, just in time for an expected influx of travelers for spring break.

A Florida man is facing charges in Linn County, Iowa that he scammed a Marion woman out of $20,000 by telling her it was needed for her grandson who was in jail.

A North Liberty man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he hit a pedestrian with his car in November and left the scene.

Linn County’s Alliance for Equitable Housing is still seeking landlords to participate in a pilot program announced in October that would provide financial incentives to Linn County landlords to offer housing to individuals who have had difficulty getting approved for leases in the past.

He and others worked together to forge and cash more than $13,000 worth of checks, with help from people recruited from homeless shelters and food banks, criminal complaints state.