Emily Andersen

An 11-year-old from Wheatland was killed Tuesday in a utility terrain vehicle crash in Wheatland, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

A woman was killed Tuesday in a house fire in rural Cedar County, according to a news release from the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office.

Central Furniture Rescue, a Cedar Rapids based non-profit, will host a $5 chair and bar stool sale in April, called a CHAIR-ity parking lot sale, in an attempt to turn an excess of donated chairs into other needed furniture.

One person was killed in a fire at a town house in Tiffin Sunday morning, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

A stagecoach inn built in 1841 in West Liberty, Iowa was moved Monday from its location along Highway 6 to Heritage Park in West Liberty where it will be restored and eventually become a public museum.

Family and friends gathered in Marion Thursday night for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the life of Melody Hoffman, a 20-year-old Marion woman who police say was kidnapped and murdered over the weekend.

A neighbor stepped outside to let the dogs out early Sunday and saw flames coming from the nearby home.

Data from her iPhone and Apple Watch indicated she was at Morgan Creek Park Saturday night when her heartbeat intensified before it either stopped or the watch was deactivated.

Five Cedar Rapids officers fired 63 rounds at the driver of a vehicle after he led them on a high-speed chase while firing an AR-15 at them in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. A new report from the Linn County Attorney says those officers were justified in their use of deadly force.

An Iowa City man who was arrested in New Orleans in January after police believe he robbed a Cedar Rapids bank at gunpoint has been extradited to Linn County on robbery charges.

The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dead body that was found Sunday morning near the picnic area of the Amana Lily Lake, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

Four birds — two red-tailed hawks, one Harris’ hawk, and one gyrfalcon — were killed in a fire Friday morning at the Iowa Raptor Project, a raptor conservation center in Solon, which is jointly sponsored by the University of Iowa and and Kirkwood Community College.

The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect in an attempted abduction Saturday near Oakland Cemetery.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on charges that he sexually abused a three-month old child.

The Marion Police Department released an online transparency hub last month called Resident Connect which allows community members to see what types of calls the police department and fire department respond to each day and the general area where the calls came from.