Emily Andersen

A North Liberty man died last week after he was injured in a car crash on I-380.

A former insurance agent is accused of using altered or false information when submitting an application for life insurance for a client.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened in the 300 block of 16th Street SE Monday night, according to a news release from the department.

Four beehives are kept just behind the Anchor Center for Women in Cedar Rapids, where the bees are raised and cared for by the center’s residents. The Anchor Center is a rehabilitative center for women on their way out of the criminal justice system.

Tom Fagan has lived in the Kansas City area his entire life, but in September he’ll be starting a job as the new Marion fire chief.

United Way of East Central Iowa announced a new set of focus areas Wednesday that will determine how the organization’s funding is used over the next three years. The focus areas are part of a new initiative called Unite to Inspire.

Wegayewu Sahilu Faris went through life looking for opportunities to improve himself and to serve others, according to his wife, Teyobesta Tewabe. He drowned on Aug. 5, at the age of 42, while he was rescuing an 8-year-old boy from the Iowa River.

A new mobile training program for first responders came to Cedar Rapids last week to help firefighters prepare for emergency medical situations.

When America withdrew from Afghanistan, the sudden influx of Afghan refugees was unprecedented. Many resettlement agencies had already been facing budget and staffing cuts, and they were not prepared for so many refugees to arrive all at once.

While two officers attempted to detain the man, he brandished a weapon and the officers fired their weapons. The type of weapon brandished was not specified in the news release.

A southern Iowa man is accused of sexually abusing six women, one teenager and one child between 2012 and 2020 in two southern Iowa counties.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a Thursday night stabbing that left one person dead.

The shared mental health liaison will respond to and follow up on mental health crises that officers encounter in Coralville, North Liberty and Johnson County.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for a attempted murder after he led police on a foot chase. The man is accused of attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend by hitting him multiple times in the head with a baseball bat.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of I-380 and H Ave. on Wednesday just after 5 p.m.