Emily Andersen

A motorcyclist died Friday morning after driving off the roadway in Marion and hitting a utility pole, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

Seven people were taken to the hospital Friday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in an apartment building in Marion, according to a news release from the Marion Fire Department.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week, accused of robbing a juvenile at gunpoint June 13

Law enforcement agencies across Iowa will be participating in a campaign this weekend to crack down on boating under the influence with increased patrols and check points on Iowa waters, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion will be installed and ready to go live for a 30-day warning period starting sometime next week, according to Marion Police Chief Mike Kitsmiller.

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested and charged with first-degree arson after a fire in a Cedar Rapids apartment building Monday.

Residents of several Cedar Rapids neighborhoods discovered flyers advertising antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-abortion rights ideologies scattered in lawns and streets Sunday and Monday.

A third man has been arrested in relation to the shooting in Iowa City in May that left one person injured.

A Des Moines man was arrested Thursday in Linn County on three charges of second-degree sexual abuse.

Phone and internet scams are rampant everywhere, and the Cedar Rapids Police Department regularly receives reports of new scams popping up in the area. The Gazette talked with a police investigator about common scams and how to recognize them.

Feed Iowa First, a Linn County-based nonprofit, has launched its produce distribution for the 2023 season and will be bringing free produce to various locations across the county until late September.

Fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July can be bought just about anywhere in Iowa. But they can’t be legally set off in every city. And this year’s dry spell makes the fireworks ever more problematic.

A Marion teenager was arrested Thursday night on a charge of first-degree murder in relation to the shooting death of another Marion teen in May.

A third person has been arrested in relation to a stabbing outside an Iowa City bar in May.

A portion of Tower Terrace Road in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha, which has been closed for a little over a year for the construction of an interchange connecting the road to Interstate 380, is scheduled to open later this month.