Emily Andersen

One person died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Washington County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol. A passenger was injured.

Horizons Family Services, a nonprofit that offers Meals on Wheels, neighborhood transportation and other services, has announced a new president and chief executive officer.

In 2023, the total number of Iowans who died by suicide dropped from 581 to 496 — a success that researchers are trying to determine how to replicate. However, the portion of those suicide victims who were teenagers increased from 3.1 percent to 5.2 percent, or around 18 teen suicides in 2022, to 26 in 2023, according to data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

The man who was pulled from the fire and a firefighter who was injured fighting the blaze were taken to the hospital. Firefighters rescued and revived one dog who’d been in the house, and another dog died in the fire.

A Hiawatha man was arrested last week after police say he attempted to meet up with a 15-year-old, who was actually a police officer using a spoof account on a website known for prostitution.

A 15-year-old was arrested Saturday night after crashing a stolen car into a house in southeast Cedar Rapids while fleeing from officers, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

An Iowa City man was sentenced last week to 80 months in federal prison for a charge of receiving child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Two people were found dead with gunshot wounds at a home in Springville Sunday, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

In Iowa, and across the country, ambulance services have been struggling to attract and retain staff. Data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services shows that the number of certified EMTs in the state has decreased every year since 2018. But ambulance service professionals have been working to reverse that trend, and changes made to state law in 2021 may have been the first step in the right direction.

Holiday travel in Iowa and across the nation is predicted to be up this year over Thanksgiving as travelers can expect to see lower gas prices, busy roads and airports -- and potential weather delays. Here’s what to expect.

Horizons Family Services, a Cedar Rapids nonprofit that offers meals on wheels, neighborhood transport and other services, has announced a new president and chief executive officer.

The driver of a semi-trailer truck died early Wednesday after veering off the road in Johnson County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

The city of Marion has submitted a request to the Iowa Department of Transportation to appeal its initial denial of five stationary traffic cameras and two locations for mobile traffic cameras.

A Marion man was arrested Sunday on charges that he stabbed another man multiple times and hit him in the head with a lead pipe, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

An employee at a senior living center in Coralville has been arrested and accused of giving a patient almost six times the amount of medication she was prescribed in order to sedate her.