Emily Andersen

The Alliant Energy Foundation has announced it will be donating $515,000 to seven food banks across Iowa and Wisconsin. It was the most annual Drive Out Hunger fundraiser has earned in the 17 years it has been hosted.

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An East Dubuque man was shot Tuesday by a Delaware County Deputy who was attempting to take the man into custody in relation to the fatal shooting of a Fareway employee in Monticello.

The Third Ave bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids was closed for a couple hours Tuesday morning after a dump truck caught fire in front of the Linn County courthouse.

Two women made public safety history in Linn County this month as they both became the first woman in their organization to achieve a certain rank. At the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Heather O’Brien was promoted and became the first female lieutenant the office has had, and at the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, Cheme’ Fairlie became the department’s first female battalion chief.

Two years ago, lawmakers passed a bill allowing voters in counties to declare EMS an essential service within their county and agree to pay taxes to support it. But few counties have done that yet.

A newly launched, partially online program at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids is making it possible for Iowa students living in rural areas or who have busy work schedules to more easily pursue EMT certification.

A Cedar Rapids woman has been arrested on charges that she shot herself in the leg and lied to police about where the gunshot came from.

The Illinois woman was driving the same car when she was pulled over by different officers, criminal complaints show.

An Ohio man was arrested in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday after a non-profit biker group based in Indiana reported to police that he tried to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex.

Traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion issued more than 1,200 citations in the first 30 days after the trial period for the cameras ended.

There has recently been an uptick in car burglaries, in which items are stolen out of parked cars, in North Liberty and the surrounding areas, according to a news release from the North Liberty Police Department.

Law enforcement agencies across the country will be collecting expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs this Saturday as part of the national Drug Enforcement Administration’s take-back initiative.

Traffic fatalities in Iowa in 2023 are higher than they’ve been at this point in the year for the past five years, with more than 300 people killed so far.

A crash between a motorcyclist and another driver has caused a traffic buildup Monday afternoon in southwest Cedar Rapids.