Emily Andersen

In an attempt to address employees stress caused by mandatory overtime, the Linn County jail reached a new agreement with its federal partners. The changes seem to have helped — the jail is seeing less overtime and fewer resignations.

A Swisher woman pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree theft and forgery. Tiffany Koss, 50, forged eight checks in the name of an older patient she was caring for.

He used false information when submitting an application for life insurance for a client.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department responded to a chlorine leak at the water treatment plant Friday morning. No injuries were reported, and city water supply was not exposed to contaminants.

New government regulations now allow hearing aids to be sold over the counter, rather than strictly by prescription.

Two 19-year-olds were arrested Wednesday on charges that they vandalized several cars, abuilding and street signs in Marion in July. The graffiti included “KKK,” “I am a Nazi” and swastika symbols, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department

A Marion man was arrested Monday on charges that he hid a camera in a 10-year-old girl’s bathroom and bedroom to record the child when she was naked.

One woman is dead and another is seriously injured after a car crash Monday night in Cedar Rapids, reportedly caused by a drunken driver.

In the June primaries Steven Bradley beat out Lee Hein for the District 66 Republican candidacy. Now, in the final election, Bradley is facing Democrat Tony Amsler.

A man injured in a shooting in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 9 was painting his truck when he was shot in the back by a teenager he didn’t know, according to a criminal complaint.

Mount Mercy University held a grand opening Thursday for its new CRST Data Intelligence Lab, paid for with a $1.25 million gift from CRST.

A Cedar Rapids teenager was arrested Thursday in relation to a shooting that happened on Oct. 9.

A Bellevue man who was arrested Sunday was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife.

An Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sexually abused a child under the age of 12.

Miranda Neff walked the Especially For You Race Againt Breast Cancer 5k for the first time when she was 14. Eleven years later, when she was 25, she walked it for the first time as a breast cancer survivor.