Emily Andersen

Those who worked with him said Swore will be remembered as a man who loved the city of Cedar Rapids and was always looking for new ideas to improve the lives of its residents.

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Public Library is closed until further notice after a fire broke out in a light fixture above the Commons area of the library Wednesday.

Chains Interrupted, a Cedar Rapids-based non-profit dedicated to fighting human trafficking, will host an awareness event in which participants are invited to pour red sand into the cracks in the sidewalk, symbolizing the people who fall through the cracks of human trafficking.

The grief felt by families when a loved one dies is immense. When a loved one dies while incarcerated, that grief can be made worse by the way the news of the death is delivered.

Seven people have died while incarcerated at the Linn County Correctional Center since the beginning of 2020.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Two people were arrested Tuesday on charges that they invited a man to their Iowa City residence to smoke marijuana and then robbed that person at gunpoint.

The trial for Jeremy Everett Goodale, one of two teens accused in the killing of a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher, will be moved from Jefferson County to Scott County.

A Hiawatha man was arrested Monday on several charges, including attempted murder, after police say he shot twice into the car of a woman he shares a 5-year-old son with. The woman and the boy, who were in the car at the time, were not injured.

An Iowa City man is facing a charge of arson after police say he set fire to a pile of abandoned property next to a homeless shelter.

The Marcus Wehrenberg Cedar Rapids Cinema implemented a new policy Friday requiring anyone under the age of 18 to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian over the age of 25 in order to see movies starting at 6 p.m. or later.

A Marion man was arrested Saturday and accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old child.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office continued its search Friday for an 11-year-old girl who went into the Cedar River Wednesday near Palisades-Kepler State Park.

Two 13-year-old boys were taken into custody after being found driving a stolen car early Friday on Interstate 380, near Kitty Lee Road SW in Iowa City, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

Emergency responders are searching for a girl who went into the Cedar River and who was identified Thursday morning by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office as 11-year-old Zyah Thomas.