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The Cedar Rapids Police Department says two individuals have non-life threatening injuries following what appears to be a targeted shooting Friday night. No arrests have been made.

Linn County Public Health has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address violence impacting adolescents and teens in the community.

An Illinois man faces a series of charges, including eluding police and drunken-driving, after police allege he crashed his car onto the lawn of the University of Iowa President’s Residence early Saturday after a short high-speed chase.

According to the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, the man was thrown from the tube as he was being towed and struck a boat.

Iowa City Council is interested in purchasing a civilian alternative to the Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicle.

Leo Alan Ray, 34, convicted of conspiracy to commit a felony, willful injury causing serious injury, and second-degree robbery in Linn County, failed to report to the minimum-security Lary A. Nelson Residential Center in Cedar Rapids as required on Friday, teh Iowa Department of Corrections said Saturday.

State officials reported last month that law officers had written about 1,500 citations for drivers exceeding 100 mph on Iowa highways since the pandemic began influencing driving behaviors.

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The vigil is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.

Both taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

New Liberty’s fire chief said the man was doing some work in the manure tank when he got stuck.

A man was hit by gunfire in Iowa City early Sunday morning.

Sawyer Todd Henry, 27, of Cedar Rapids, faces charges of arson and public intoxication.

Police issued more than a dozen citations over the weekend to individuals riding scooters and bicycles on the sidewalks in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Due to a lack of qualified candidates, the Cedar Rapids Police Department is looking to recruit already certified police officers from other law enforcement agencies.