Emily Andersen

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday night after police say he went to a bar and threatened patrons with a gun.

An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday at Bread Garden Market in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, by three plainclothes men who — in a bystander video of the incident — identified themselves only as “federal agents.”

A Mexican restaurant in northeast Cedar Rapids was damaged in a fire that happened just after midnight Thursday morning, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday after police say he fired a gun into the air to scare four people.

An Iowa City couple and their son have been arrested after a police investigation into two massage parlors owned by the couple, where police say employees were providing sex acts to clients.

A North Liberty woman arrested last year in Minnesota after crashing a car with the dead body of her ex-girlfriend inside has been convicted of murder by a Hennepin County jury.

The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened early Sunday morning, according to a press release from the department.

Iowa’s highways are built to withstand a wide variety of vehicles, from compact cars to eighteen-wheeler semis and large farm equipment. They do have their limits, though, and according to the Iowa State Patrol, that limit is about 80,000 pounds.

The U.S. General Services Administration is looking to lease office space in Des Moines and several other cities across the country for “law enforcement operations.” Immigration advocates in Iowa fear that could mean an additional processing facility and detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A former CEO of a telecommunications provider in northern Iowa was sentenced Friday to three years and two months in federal prison after he stole more than $600,000 from the company he worked for, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday after police say he started a trash can fire and several smaller fires at Greene Square park while carrying a sword.

The Iowa City Police Department was one of several law enforcement agencies across the country who helped with the investigation of four men, who have now been charged and sentenced, that police say scammed victims in several states by pretending to be law enforcement officers.

An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he had multiple videos of child pornography saved in an app on his phone.

Three people were injured Tuesday night in a fire at an apartment building in the 400 block of Jacolyn Drive SW, Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

First responders found a man dead Saturday while putting out a vehicle fire in rural Tama County, according to a press release from Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt.