Investigators say a child playing with a lighter is responsible for starting a fire Sunday in a second-floor bathroom of a house at 231 32nd St. NE. The fire was reported around 7 p.m. Sunday, and crews arrived to find people using a garden hose and fire extinguisher in an attempt to control the flames. [...]

One person has been taken to the hospital after a Wednesday morning house fire in Iowa City. The fire was first reported around 8 a.m. Wednesday at 705 S. Dubuque St., near downtown. Firefighters were able to knock the fire down quickly, but remained on scene as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, clearing debris from inside [...]

A contractor working to relocate a natural gas line at a southeast Cedar Rapids home was injured Thursday morning when the gas line suddenly exploded. The explosion was reported at 11:17 a.m. Thursday at 3600 Skylark Lane SE. Dawn Stephens, one of the home’s owners, told dispatchers she had heard an explosion outside her home, [...]

Marion firefighters battled a fire at the Iowa Warehouse Furniture and Sleep Center early Wednesday morning. Fire crews arrived at the business, at 1418 Twixt Town Road in the Collins Road Square shopping center, just before 5 a.m. Firefighters were working to contain smoke near the front of the store. Officials did not have any [...]

A smoky fire that may have started in a wood burning stove caused significant damage to the home of a former Cedar Rapids City Council member. The fire at 3592 Rogers Rd. NW, the home of Dave and Sue Kramer, was first reported around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, when Dave Kramer noticed smoke pouring from the [...]

A mother of three who had to give up her nursing career after being disabled in a bicycle accident on a trail on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus will receive a $1.2 million settlement from the city of Coralville, the state of Iowa and a construction company, records show. Bridgid Ruden of Coralville was [...]

UPDATE: A father and son were killed after falling into a grain bin in northeast Iowa, authorities said in identifying them Friday. Waverly Fire Chief Dennis Happel identified the two as Rick and Adam Schneider. The men were pulled unconscious from the bin at Schneider’s Milling around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday and taken to Waverly [...]

Officials said a Cedar Rapids man led police on a high-speed chase early Friday morning and didn’t stop  after crashing into a ditch, spinning out of control and striking a traffic sign. Around 2:47 a.m., police observed a blue truck driven by 40-year-old Bradley Szakacs traveling at a high rate of speed near Westdale Drive [...]

A Manchester man could face attempted murder charges after a man was allegedly struck by a vehicle and found lying on a Manchster sidewalk Friday night. Police were called around 11:20 p.m. Monday to the 300 block of East Fayette Street for a report that a man had been struck by a vehicle, which then [...]

The victim of a fatal accident in the 2400 block of Mount Vernon Road SE Monday afternoon was identified Tuesday as John Aldershof, 45, of Cedar Rapids. According to police spokesperson Sgt. Cristy Hamblin, Aldershof was eastbound on Mount Vernon Road SE around 1:20 p.m. Monday, passing a car driven by Adam Gorsh, 26, of [...]