Articles Tagged: Linn County Sheriff’s Office

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a female who was brought to the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Hiawatha Wednesday night, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office

The child has severe bite wounds but is “generally improving.”

About 4:19 a.m. Wednesday, deputies and other emergency responders were dispatched to the scene on Monticello Road near Highway 13, a news release stated.

The crash was reported Thursday night in rural Linn County, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office

A 73-year-old man died Wednesday morning after a farming accident in rural Linn County, near the intersection of Bowdish Road and Whittier Road north of Springville.

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month and various organizations in Iowa are creating opportunities to families to bond and learn more about preventing child abuse.

Iowa is donating 146 protective helmets and 714 ballistic vests to Ukraine. They are excess expired equipment from the Department of Public Safety and 18 other law enforcement agencies.

A woman being held at the Linn County Correctional Center died Thursday morning from an unknown medical emergency.

Linn County Jail inmates who had their sentences postponed in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 have been returning to the jail to finish serving their time.

First District Rep. Ashely Hinson selected Linn County Sheriff's Deputy Will Halverson to be her virtual guest for the president’s annual report to Congress. Halverson was shot in the line of duty while responding to a robbery in Coggon last year.

Four people were rescued after being trapped when a grain bin filled with corn ruptured outside of Mount Vernon Friday morning.

A Linn County jail inmate who escaped from a routine medical transport Tuesday has been formally charged with escape, three counts of third-degree kidnapping and several other charges.

Cedar Rapids inmate escapes sheriff’s medical transport Tuesday, assaults deputy, steals SUV and leads authorities on a short chase before being arrested.

Elijah D. O. Morse, 26, allegedly kicked in the door of a Hiawatha residence and took the resident’s phone, according to a criminal complaint.

A Cedar Rapids woman was charged with first degree theft after Linn County Sheriff’s deputies discovered her to be in possession of a stolen vehicle while intoxicated.