Emily Andersen

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of different types of financial frauds and scams that have been increasing around the country.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she abandoned two children on the side of a busy street, telling them that nobody loved them, records show.

The store manager of an Iowa City Jimmy John’s was arrested last week on a charge of second degree fraudulent practice after she lost more than $8,000 that belonged to the restaurant and tried to cover it up, authorities said.

Marion police have not been able to find evidence to back up a report that an open box cutter was thrown at a student during Linn-Mar High School’s Homecoming Parade, according to a news release from the police department.

A Hiawatha man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old child at his residence in Hiawatha.

Food pantries and food-based nonprofits are being overwhelmed with increasing need, and many have been unable to keep up. Community food providers are worried that without better collaborative efforts between pantries, and increased support from local government, food is going to become increasingly difficult to access in Linn County.

The Iowa Department of Transportation this week rejected permit applications for most of the automated traffic enforcement cameras used to catch speeding around the state, but the rejected cameras can still be used for red light enforcement.

An Anamosa man was arrested Thursday in Linn County, accused of sexually abusing a child while living in Cedar Rapids in 2017.

The Cedar Rapids cameras that were denied permits issued more than 64,000 citations in 2023; city leaders have not yet said how they will replace funding from citations that supports police positions

A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested last week on two counts of attempted murder shot multiple times at another man, hitting him once, according to a criminal complaint.

A Gazette reporter recently spoke to Kyle Nicholson to get an idea of what he hopes to accomplish as the new head of the police department.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on two counts of attempted murder in relation to a shooting that happened in July.

The Iowa State Patrol has released the identity of a woman who died in an ATV crash over the weekend in Jones County.

A North Liberty woman was charged last week with first-degree harassment after police say she threatened the principal of her daughter’s school.

A Cedar Rapids man who is charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal crash last month had a .189 blood alcohol level more than two hours after the crash, according to a criminal complaint.