Emily Andersen

According to the Iowa State Patrol, the child was sledding about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 13000 block of Buffalo Road in Anamosa when the sled picked up speed going downhill and slid onto the road, where he was struck by an SUV.

The city of Cedar Rapids saw a noticeable decrease in shots-fired incidents and other violent crime in 2023. Police attribute the decrease to some arrests made early in the year and the city’s Group Violence Intervention Program.

A Fayette County woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she drove while drunk with a child in the car and lost control, crashing into a ditch, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation has released the names of five Cedar Rapids police officers who were involved in a shooting on Jan. 1.

A negotiation over the price to house federal inmates at the Linn County Jail may result in the termination of an agreement between the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the United State’s Marshals Service.

The Linn County Jail may stop housing federal inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service if the two organizations can’t come to an agreement in the next few weeks.

A Cedar Rapids man who was killed by police Monday after leading officers on a car chase has been identified as 20-year-old Michael Griffin by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is seeking help identifying a suspect in an armed bank robbery that took place Wednesday morning in northeast Cedar Rapids.

A man was found dead outside Taft Middle School in northwest Cedar Rapids Wednesday morning after a medical emergency, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The passenger that got out of a vehicle that led Cedar Rapids Police on a chase ending in a shootout Monday morning was a juvenile, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

Three Marion firefighters have achieved a professional fire officer credential which designates them as individuals who demonstrate excellence in several areas of firefighting.

Iowa City and Cedar Rapids police officers continue their annual Christmas shopping events to bring holiday cheer to families that need help this year.

The University of Iowa announced earlier this month it is increasing staffing and expanding boundaries for its Nite Ride service, a service that provides students and staff with free rides in the areas around the university between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

A difficult-to-track canine respiratory illness that has been spreading across the country has some dog owners thinking twice about taking their dogs to dog parks and doggy day care, but dog centers in the Cedar Rapids area say fear of the illness hasn’t caused them to lose much business yet.

For the past two years, Linn County has been training a volunteer Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT. The volunteers will have the skills needed for the organization and operation of an emergency response to disasters.