Emily Andersen

How does someone who is serving a life sentence pay restitution when most jobs available for prisoners in Iowa pay less than $1 an hour? The short answer is they usually don’t, at least not in full.

Officials in Johnson County are working on a plan to build a new county jail, after a structural conditions assessment last year found the current facility to be lacking.

One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash south of Anamosa Thursday, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol

The Linn County Public Health Department is working on a project that will bring seven vending machines stocked with free naloxone and other harm-prevention supplies to public locations in Linn County.

An 81-year-old man was found safe Tuesday by the Fayette County sheriff after he fell 60 feet down a ravine and called 911, according to a news release from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

The city of University Heights is working to install speed enforcement cameras on Melrose Avenue and Koser Avenue, the two main east/west thoroughfares through the city, which is surrounded by Iowa City.

One person was killed Monday morning and two others were injured in a crash east of Marengo, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

A Palo man was injured in a small explosion northwest of Fairfax on Friday morning.

One person died Thursday after a head-on collision between a semi truck and a pickup in Delaware County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

Two people injured in a seed truck crash Wednesday morning have died from their injuries, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

The owner of a Johnson County puppy farm, which surrendered 131 dogs to Iowa City Animal Services last year, has been arrested and charged with 41 counts of animal neglect, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

A seed truck crashed Wednesday morning in Linn County, blocking traffic on Highway 13 for about two hours.

An Iowa City man was arrested over the weekend on a sexual abuse charge after police say he sexually abused a 9-year-old child.

One person died and one person was seriously injured Friday in a head-on collision in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

Reuben, 21, of Cedar Rapids, is a junior in the University of Iowa chemical engineering program, and she’s already had opportunities to create impactful research.