Emily Andersen

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened Sunday evening, according to a press release from the department.

Three people have been charged in relation to a shots-fired incident that happened Saturday afternoon in Cedar Rapids.

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office issued a report Friday concluding that a fatal officer-involved shooting in Tama County in July, in which a man told police to shoot him while threatening them with an airsoft gun that looked real, was justified.

The Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control shelter is working to remedy sanitation and building maintenance issues — including roof leaks, ceiling damage and mold — that were identified during an inspection by the the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship earlier this month.

The victims of an Iowa City man charged with intentionally driving his car into five people after a dispute Friday were staying in a homeless encampment near the Iowa City Shelter House, according to a statement released Monday by the nonprofit.

As brighter LED headlights become more popular on the roads, two readers of The Gazette wondered whether there are regulations in Iowa for how bright headlights can be, and if so, how those regulations are enforced.

Five years after a derecho devastated Cedar Rapids, city officials said they’ve incorporated many of the lessons learned into training for new employees, and a network of neighborhood resource centers stands ready to help residents in future times of need.

Staff at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital participated in an emergency drill Friday that allowed them to practice their response protocols for a mass casualty event.

A Fairfax man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he drove a stolen truck to and from a vehicle recycling center, and sold more than 20 vehicles to a recycling center without being properly licensed.

The Marion City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $54,500 agreement with Pete Lammer, a Marion firefighter who was demoted in November from battalion chief to firefighter and paramedic.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to approve an $850,000 settlement with the mother of a woman who died in the Linn County Jail in 2022.

Multiple Iowa residents were detained at the Cedar Rapids office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday morning, as community members stood outside, raising signs and chants in support of immigrants.

The Iowa State Patrol released more details Tuesday about a wrong-way crash that severely injured three people Sunday night near West Branch.

A serial sexual abuse convict from Cedar Rapids, who in 2021 was sentenced to 12 years in prison after convictions in two sexual abuse cases, has now been charged with sexually assaulting a child back in 2014.

Three people sustained serious or life-threatening injuries after a wrong-way crash Sunday night outside West Branch in Johnson County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.