Emily Andersen

The Cedar Rapids Police Department responded to a report of shots fired early Saturday in downtown Cedar Rapids. No one was injured and no property damage was reported.

One person was injured early Friday morning in a shooting in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Marshal’s Office on Tuesday placarded the Kiteville Minimalist Living Community after it failed to remedy multiple safety violations, including failures of the fire sprinkler and alarm systems.

Songs, chants and prayers rose up from in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in southwest Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning as community members gathered in the cold to rally in support of immigrants visiting the office for their required check-ins with federal immigration officials.

An Iowa City man was arrested Monday after a 16-year-old boy, who had chatted with the man online while posing as a 14-year-old girl, reported him to the Iowa City Police Department.

A man who was wanted in relation to a stabbing in Marion last year was arrested Friday by United State’s Marshals in Indiana, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Two people were arrested this weekend on charges that they took guns to an apartment in Cedar Rapids where they believed there were narcotics and attempted to break in.

Three multilingual employees of the Linn County Treasurer’s Office are helping immigrant community members by providing services in English and three other languages.

Cedar Rapids schools officials met with families this week to share information about adjustments to the schedule for implementation of a new district program intended to prepare students for careers and education after high school.

The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying an individual who was involved in an armed robbery earlier this week at a Casey’s.

Two men have been arrested in relation to an assault in the Iowa City Ped Mall in December, and police are seeking the public’s help to identify another person of interest in the case, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, during a visit Tuesday to Alburnett schools, said school districts losing students because of a recent law on school choice have the responsibility to make families choose to stay in the district -- rather than asking the state government to help address the decline.

The Cedar Rapids airport beat its all-time high for total passengers in 2024, with 1.5 million people using the facility last year.

Two teens were injured Friday in a crash between a sport utility vehicle and a train at a railroad crossing in Robins, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

Iowa City police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred Sunday.