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A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa state law that would have allowed the arrest and forced removal of immigrants in the country illegally if they had previously been denied entry.

A unique fundraiser is seeking to collect more than a quarter of a million pairs of shoes this week to benefit a clinic in Cedar Rapids that provides free care to people without insurance.

Cedar Rapids City Council member Ann Poe was hit by a motor vehicle Friday afternoon while using the crosswalk at an intersection in Czech Village and is now recovering at home.

Interspersed with their chants opposing tuition and fee increases during last week’s Board of Regents meeting, protesting graduate students demanded their universities divest from companies tied to Israel – echoing a refrain heard from campus protesters nationally in recent weeks and months.

According to a criminal complaint, the child reported that the 17-year-old took the child to a residence in Iowa City where they engaged in a sex act.

An 11-year-old boy was airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospital last week after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Buchanan County, according to a news release from the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office.

An Iowa City man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he assaulted and shot at a pregnant woman while multiple children were present.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend on a first-degree arson charge after police say he lit his apartment on fire.