Emily Andersen

An Urbandale man was arrested Monday in Johnson County on charges that he sexually abused a female child continuously over a four year period and regularly gave her marijuana before abusing her.

A North Carolina woman is facing charges in Johnson County after police say she attempted to take her 11-year-old child — who she has no parental rights over — from Iowa City to North Carolina.

No one was injured when a small plane landed Saturday evening on Highway 218 west of Iowa City

A young man was injured Thursday night in a shooting in southeast Cedar Rapids, according to police.

A political newcomer and a Hiawatha City Council member are running against each other to fill the open Iowa House seat for District 80, which covers Hiawatha, Robins and northeast Cedar Rapids.

A Fort Dodge man was arrested in Linn County Wednesday and charged with violently killing a cat.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of a man who died Wednesday in a crash near Palo -- Rodney Dean Boren, 65, of Cedar Rapids.

A chemical leak in The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque last week has resulted in the death of two-thirds of the fish in the museum’s Gulf of Mexico exhibit, according to a news release from the museum.

A 72-year-old man was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hit by a car while walking Wednesday morning in southeast Cedar Rapids, according to a Facebook post from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

One person died early Wednesday morning after a single-vehicle crash near Palo, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

He was arrested last Friday when he arrived at the location in Iowa City where he had agreed to meet the would-be child, a complaint shows.

The car crashed early Sunday into a semi, whose driver was injured after both vehicles became ‘fully engulfed in fire.’

As Iowa legislators continue to debate how best to use more than $25 million intended for treatment and prevention of opioid use disorder, individual organizations across the state are working to support addiction recovery efforts.

A Jesup woman died Tuesday after a crash in a Walmart parking lot in Independence, according to a news release from the Independence Police Department.

A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested Wednesday after a shooting at Westdale Town Center fired his gun at someone who was driving away from the mall after a confrontation, according to a criminal complaint.