Emily Andersen

“She will be loved. She now gets to be a dog and not a piece of property,” one new owner said.

The City of Cedar Rapids is moving forward with the process of selecting a new police chief after being without a permanent chief for five months. Assistant to the City Manager Amanda Grieder said in a meeting Monday that the city hopes to have the job opening posted by the end of the week.

A Marion man has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting last month in Cedar Rapids.

A 30-day warning period for traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion ended Monday. Drivers caught on camera speeding or running red lights will be now receive a citation in the mail.

An Iowa City man was arrested Monday after multiple minors reported he made inappropriate sexual comments towards them while they were walking on Court Hill Trail near the Memory Gardens Cemetery.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Saturday on charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Sunday on a charge of attempted murder after police say she stabbed a man and led police on a chase.

A study of the organization and functionality of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department has been completed and will provide guidance to fire department leaders as they plan for how to use funds in the coming years..

Allen Reynolds, 35, of Harvey, Ill., is accused of twice sexually abusing a woman at a Cedar Rapids apartment when the woman was “unable to give consent due to being asleep and/or intoxicated,” a criminal complaint states.

The origin of two vehicles found submerged in the Cedar River near the I Ave boat ramp will remain a mystery after the Johnson County Dive Team and the Cedar Rapids Fire Department were unable to remove them from the water Tuesday.

A dead man who was found on the University of Iowa campus last week has been identified as Gabriel Moliter, 44, of Iowa City, according to a news release from the university.

Even when it’s 100 degrees out, some Cedar Rapids employees are thinking about winter. Snow plow inspections and maintenance started in the city at the end of August. That coincided with an invitation to Cedar Rapids schools and community groups to decorate the plows with paint.

A 17-year-old from Coralville has been charged with sexual abuse after an Iowa City police officer reportedly witnessed him performing a sexual act in a car with a 13-year-old.

The Domestic Violence Intervention Center, an Iowa City-based nonprofit, is continuing to raise funds to support its new domestic violence shelter, which is on track be built by the end of September 2024, according to Alta Medea, the director of community engagement for the program.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering contributing just over $1 million to help renovate a farm purchased by CommUnity Crisis services to become a new youth crisis shelter.