Emily Andersen

Erin Schmidt-Rundel is the sixth of seven kids in her family to earn the highest achievement possible in their scouting programs, and she started by researching a hereditary dental issue that affects about half her siblings.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of prostitution that’s connected to a human trafficking case two people were arrested for in July, according to charging documents.

One person died Wednesday in a head-on crash in rural Jones County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

According to search warrants filed in both cases, the Mobile Assist Team with the Cedar Rapids Police Department has been running an online operation to catch sexual predators by making false accounts on online dating apps and chat rooms where people seek dates, relationships and sex.

A Tama man was arrested Monday and charged with stealing a firearm after the Tama County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle threatening to kill family members.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will resume housing federal inmates at the jail in Cedar Rapids one year after ending its previous agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.

Heeding pushback from parents, the Cedar Rapids school district announced Monday it will slow the launch of a new program aimed at better preparing high school students for careers and further education after they graduate.

Fewer people died in traffic crashes in Iowa in 2024 than did the year before, but the rate still is higher than seen in recent years -- as high speeds, distracted driving, lax use of seat belts and wrong-way drivers continue to pose dangers on the state’s roadways.

A New York man was arrested this month in Cedar Rapids on charges that he sent inappropriate images to a person he believed was a 14 year old girl. It was actually a Cedar Rapids police officer in an online site.

Three firearms were stopped by TSA at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids in 2024. That’s down from 6 guns each in 2022 and 2023.

Tyler Jacobson’s 8-year-old daughter was away with a friend when a fire broke out in their Urbana home.

A man from Rockwell City has been arrested in Linn County on charges that he sexually abused a woman in Cedar Rapids in April 2024.

One person was found dead when first responders were called to a house fire in Urbana on Wednesday night.

The city of Cedar Rapids saw a notable decrease in 2024 in cases of violent crime — including murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault — and police are anticipating similar numbers in 2025 with the help of increased technology use, including the addition of several license plate reading cameras to the city.

One person was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision in Tama County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.