A Cedar Rapids man was convicted Tuesday for sexually abusing a teen 19 years ago. Sex abuse cases have no statute of limitations in Iowa. The woman, as a 30-year-old, reported the repeated abuse to police in 2022.
Officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department stood by Tuesday morning to enforce a police-tape barrier outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the Cedar Rapids Homeland Security building, while hundreds of community members gathered in the street to protest deportations and support immigrants reporting to the office for check-in appointments.
Also, state legislator Dave Jacoby endorses Zach Wahls in Democratic U.S. Senate race
Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control has released information about its plan to address problems identified through a state inspection of the shelter in August.
One week into the new academic year, the University of Iowa on Monday issued its first crime alert about a reported sexual assault on campus.
Cedar Rapids City Council District 3 incumbent Dale Todd is seeking re-election to the council.
Saying it is time to give back to the family that has supported her during her career in public service, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst in a video message announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election next year.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this weekend on charges that he robbed a Hiawatha gas station at gunpoint in June 2024.
A woman from Muscatine died last week when she fell from a trail at Glacier National Park in Montana.
The first 10th graders to attend Washington High School in 1957 are celebrating their 65th high school reunion this month. The class wrote the school’s inaugural student government charter, school fight song and alma mater. They also established the school’s newspaper, which continues publishing today, and they chose the school’s colors.
The brightly colored Marion Library Bookmobile can be spotted throughout the week in city parks, outside local businesses or at the Marion YMCA. It boasts a catalog of roughly 3,000 books with the goal of serving readers of all ages.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering free training courses on chronic wasting disease in deer for hunters and community members interested in managing, testing for and educating others on the disease.
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