Emily Andersen

A Marion teen was arrested Monday on charges that he beat up his girlfriend then asked a friend to help dispose of her body, thinking she had died.

The power is out in parts of uptown Marion Monday morning after a contractor hit a power line on 12th Street, next to city hall.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week on charges that he, while drunk, backed a car into a pregnant woman who had fallen out of the vehicle, causing life-threatening injuries.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department responded Thursday night to an explosion on top of corn processing and storage elevators at the Cedar Rapids ADM plant on 60th Ave. SW. As of 10 a.m. Friday, they were still on the scene, actively engaged with a smoldering grain fire in one or more silos.

Chains Interrupted, a non-profit that works to combat human trafficking in Iowa, has announced it is shifting its focus to work with children and youth.

Two women who were killed

Two adults were found dead Tuesday morning after deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a home on Jordans Grove Road, northeast of Marion

This year’s event will feature a buffet of international dishes brought in from various local restaurants and catering services, and entertainment related to International Women’s Day.

A man was arrested Monday and charged with voluntary manslaughter and disorderly conduct in relation to the fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker, 29, on Jan. 2, according to a news release from Linn County Attorney’s Office.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested last week in relation to a shots fired incident that happened in August, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A man from Mystic, Iowa was arrested in Cedar Rapids Friday on charges that he held his girlfriend and their infant son captive in a room with a knife.

Iowa City Police are investigating a shots fired incident that occurred Sunday morning at 118 S. Clinton St, according to a news release from the police department.

Police have identified the 16-year-old who was shot and killed last Saturday in northwest Cedar Rapids as Michael Alexander McCune of Cedar Rapids.

Bill Erb worked nearly every first responder job there is before becoming the Tiffin fire marshal and code enforcement officer — the department’s first full-time employee position — in early January.

A former secretary for the Linn County Sheriff’s Office was fired after she allegedly looked up 55 cases — that she had no work-related reason to access — in a shared database between the sheriff’s office and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.