Emily Andersen

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Friday that she would be dismissing a lawsuit filed in March against Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx that accused him of failing to comply with federal immigration enforcement.

A Nebraska man was arrested in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening after he caused a disturbance on a flight from Omaha to Detroit, resulting in the plane diverting to The Eastern Iowa Airport.

A stolen car was discovered Thursday morning in the Iowa River by the Curtis Bridge Boat Ramp, near North Liberty, according to a press release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

A Madrid, Iowa, man was arrested Wednesday in Johnson County on 53 counts of possessing a depiction of a minor in a sex act after a police search warrant revealed 53 pictures and videos saved to his phone, according to a criminal complaint.

A Decorah man was arrested Monday after a Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office K-9 disarmed him by biting a gun out of his hands.

Two men were arrested Sunday night after a stabbing in Cedar Rapids that left three people injured, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Oliver Matalon is a second-grade problem solver, and last month he was awarded a national award for his invention that fixes a problem he kept running into: recessed seat belt buckles.

One person has died after a residential fire in Marion Friday morning.

The Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, an Iowa City-based nonprofit, has announced it is permanently closing its doors after it was unable to resolve conflicts with its union staff members.

Marion residents were able to meet Wednesday evening with four candidates who the city has identified as candidates to fill the position of police chief, vacated by Chief Mike Kitsmiller when he retired in the spring. The candidate who is ultimately selected will lead the department of 48 sworn officers, 10 dispatchers and six civilian employees.

Dozens of people gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids Wednesday to protest the detention and deportation of a West Liberty man who was sent to Guatemala earlier this week.

A man arrested in rural Linn County Monday on a charge of reckless use of a firearm after police say he shot a boy in the head with birdshot is now also facing a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.

A Cedar Rapids man was booked into the Johnson County Jail Monday night, about two years after he was charged with attempted murder. He had been in custody in the Cook County Jail in Illinois on unrelated charges.

A man was arrested Monday on charges that he shot a 12-year-old boy in the head with bird shot after he saw movement in a row of bushes and thought the child was a groundhog.

Less than a week after he was detained during a regular check-in at the U.S. ICE office in Cedar Rapids, Pascual Pedro, who came to the United States from Guatemala seven years ago, at age 13, has been deported. His removal happened before his lawyer had time to file a single document with ICE officials regarding his order of removal.