Emily Andersen

Two young girls from Evansdale, Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins, went for a bike ride ten years ago and never came home. Their bodies were found months several later at a nearby wildlife park, but the case has yet to be solved.

The phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be cut to three digits — 988 — starting July 16. Experts in Iowa say the number is an important first step in making mental and behavioral healthcare more accessible, but there are still gaps, especially in the more rural parts of the state.

Between April 2020 and October 2021, Jennifer Lynn Smith, 44, reportedly assumed the identities of several people from around the United States, and established multiple financial accounts, causing losses to banks, credit unions and other businesses.

As of Thursday, Iowa was up seven traffic fatalities so far this year compared with the same period last year. There have been 159 fatalities in so far in 2022 -- 11 of them in the first week of July, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.

A Coralville police officer died this weekend from an acute medical emergency after responding to a shooting in which a 3-year-old child died, according to a Facebook post from the Coralville Police Department.

Stolen bicycles don’t often end up back in the hands of their owners, which is why Brian Morelli, from Iowa City, was surprised when he got a call on June 13 from someone letting him known they’d found his vintage Miyata Alumicross.

Erik Spaw, a Cedar Rapids Water Division employee, is still missing nearly two months after his fleet truck was found submerged in the Cedar River.

A consulting firm will review locations of the city’s nine stations and the organization of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

Different cultural groups came together to share food and activities June 16 at a community picnic hosted by YPN, a Cedar Rapids-based non-profit that supports young parents and families.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating two Tuesday evening shots fired incidents that resulted in non-life threatening injuries to two people, according to news releases from the department.

A Vinton man was arrested in Linn County Tuesday on charges that he sexually abuse a 5-year-old girl.

A Solon man was arrested Thursday night on charges he tried to break into an Iowa City house and then assaulted a juvenile who tried to stop him.

A new project from the Iowa Department of Agriculture will bring food grown locally in Iowa to under-served communities through food banks and food hubs.

Three people have already been rescued from the Cedar River this spring, and one man who may have driven into the river in May is still missing. The fire department regularly has over 30 water-related calls during a summer, according to Captain Josh Jensen.

Iowa City police used two armored vehicles to serve a search warrant at 1019 Carver Street Thursday morning, at about 7:45 a.m. The warrant was related to recent shooting incidents.