Emily Andersen

In Linn and Johnson Counties, drug-related deaths have been rising consistently since 2018. Experts say an increased availability of fentanyl — a strong synthetic opioid often mixed into other drugs — and the COVID-19 pandemic may be to blame.

Seven adults and one 17-year-old were arrested Thursday and Friday on charges related to a shooting that happened in October in Tiffin, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The teenager, who is not named in the release, is charged with attempted murder.

David Joseph Taylor is accused of supplying a woman with a combination of drugs that led to her death in September.

Three juveniles have been charged as adults in relation to a drive-by shooting that occurred in November in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha.

Two tornadoes touched down in Iowa Monday afternoon. They were the first tornadoes Iowa has seen during January in over 50 years, according to the National Weather Service Quad Cities Office.

Parts of Eastern Iowa were under a tornado warning Monday afternoon after a tornado was confirmed to have touched down near Williamsburg.

A man fatally shot last week while breaking and entering had previously lived in the house he was breaking into, according to court documents.

A Bettendorf woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 80 Saturday morning in Cedar County.

A woman who died in a crash in Marion last week was identified Monday as 72-year-old Linda St. John, of Stanwood.

A Cedar Rapids woman who has spent more than eight years volunteering her time to fight human trafficking was honored Thursday with an Outstanding Anti-Trafficking Service Award from the Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking.

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The Cedar Rapids Police Department announced Friday that they had completed their investigation into the fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker and forwarded their investigation materials to the Linn County Attorney.

A woman was charged with attempted murder after she attacked a detention officer in the Fayette County Jail on Monday, according to a news release from Fayette County.

Six friends were hunting near Bertram Road on Dec. 30 when they discovered a body on the banks of the Cedar River. The remains were those of Erik Spaw, a Cedar Rapids waterworks employee missing since May 7 when his work truck was found submerged in the Cedar River.

Protesters outside the Cedar Rapids Police Department sought justice for Devonna Walker, a Cedar Rapids woman who died from a stabbing on Jan. 3.