Emily Andersen

Ground was broken Thursday for the new Domestic Violence Intervention Program emergency shelter in Iowa City. It will have ‘family pods’ to provide more privacy to residents

A Central City woman was arrested Wednesday on charges that she attempted to kill her father in April.

The Iowa City Police Department has started a surveillance camera registration program, similar to the programs already in use in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Iowa City businesses and residents who have surveillance cameras are invited to register those cameras to help with police investigations, according to a news release from the city.

Johnson County is rolling out it’s new apprenticeship program this year, starting with an EMT apprenticeship with Johnson County Ambulance.

The Guardian Training Institute is an Iowa City based nonprofit that offers trauma and mental health training and programs for firefighters, police officers and first responders. The nonprofit has just begun offering the training at private businesses.

The two are accused in the killing of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8 in Cedar Rapids.

A second man has been arrested in relation to a fatal Cedar Rapids shooting in January, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office has positively identified a body found in the Iowa River on Saturday as Cristian Martinez, a Muscatine man who had been missing for a week, according to a news release from Iowa City.

The Marion City Council voted Thursday to adopt an ordinance that will add language to city code allowing for the installation of Automated Traffic Enforcement cameras at certain intersections in the city.

Cedar Rapids police are investigating a Wednesday night shooting that left one minor injured, according to authorities.

The fire chief in the small Cedar County town of Stanwood used the fire department’s fundraising account to make non-departmental purchases that totaled several thousand dollars, according to a report released Tuesday by Auditor of State Rob Sand.

The family of a Muscatine man who went missing from Iowa City over the weekend hosted a prayer vigil Tuesday evening, and has been working with police to host ongoing search parties.

The Fairfield Police Department is investigating a train-related death that happened April 9, with the help of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The Iowa City Police Department has begun scouring the Iowa River and Ralston Creek in search of a 20-year-old Muscatine man who was last seen early Saturday morning, according to a news release from the department.

A Tiffin man was arrested Sunday and charged with breaking into and vandalizing the Veteran’s Memorial stadium, home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels, this weekend.