CEDAR RAPIDS – No one was injured in a police chase overnight in Cedar Rapids that ended when a car got stuck in a creek at Bever Park. Shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday, officers tried to pull over a car in the 2100 block of First Avenue East because one of its brake lights was [...]

UPDATE: The body believed to be that of a man who drowned Saturday in the Cedar River was recovered late this morning, authorities said. Firefighters in one of two rescue boats located the body around 11:20 a.m. in the water near the eastern shoreline, about 250 yards downstream from the boat ramp off Old River Road [...]

Police arrested a man early Monday morning after they said he broke into a Cedar Rapids nursing home and stole a TV. Officers were dispatched around 1:25 a.m. Monday to Living Center East, 1220 Fifth Ave. SE, for a burglary in progress. They were told a man crawled through the window of a resident’s room, [...]

An Eastern Iowa woman is accused of allowing others to brew methamphetamine at the Cedar Rapids apartment where she and her infant son lived. Melanie M. Padilla, 24, of DeWitt, has been charged with aiding and abetting in the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of precursors and child endangerment. Police executed a search warrant March 21 [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – A rescue search for a man who disappeared in the Cedar River has turned into a recovery mission. Firefighters searched the river along Old River Road SW, about one-half mile downstream from the roller dam, for more than two hours Saturday night before calling off the search. Multiple witnesses saw the shirtless [...]

FINAL UPDATE 5:38 PM BY JEFF RAASCH: MAQUOKETA – Rescuers freed an Illinois man Saturday afternoon after he was pinned for more than 20 hours deep in a cave at Maquoketa Caves State Park. An ambulance transported Logan Eliasen, 20, to Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa around 3:45 p.m. Other park visitors discovered Eliasen [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – The man who stopped breathing in the back of a Cedar Rapids police car last week has died. Paul R. Saldivar Sr., 33, of Cedar Rapids, died early Friday morning after his family decided to remove life support earlier this week, authorities said. Bill Kietzman, special agent with the Iowa Division of [...]

Police are investigating after at least 15 mailboxes were run over early Thursday morning. Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said a vehicle was used to run over the mailboxes in the Huntington Ridge subdivision on the northern edge of the city. Mailboxes on Sheffield Drive NE, Ashford Place NE, Dorchester Place NE, Winterberry Place [...]

MARION — An elderly woman has died after a head-on collision on a bridge Wednesday afternoon in Marion. Authorities said a car and a sport-utility vehicle collided around 3:30 p.m. along Alburnett Road above Indian Creek. Witnesses told police the car driver crossed the centerline on the bridge for no apparent reason. The driver of [...]

It’s a polite gesture, but police say it’s usually one to avoid. Iowa drivers in a line of traffic occasionally leave a gap to allow a turning vehicle to pass through. Then there’s the courteous “Go ahead” wave from the driver that stopped short. Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Michael Wallerstedt said too many drivers find [...]

UPDATE: About 40 people were involved in a brawl Tuesday evening in Cedar Rapids that involved baseball bats and left one girl with glass in her eye. Six young women were arrested after the fight, which erupted around 6:20 p.m. near the corner of First Avenue and Jacolyn Drive NW. Police said none of the [...]

The man who stopped breathing in the back of a Cedar Rapids police squad car last week will be pulled off life support, according to his cousin. Paul R. Saldivar Sr., 33, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested last Thursday evening for public intoxication after he was kicked out of two downtown bars, police said. Police said [...]

The man who injured himself in the back of a Cedar Rapids police squad car remained hospitalized Tuesday as state investigators continue to work the case. Paul R. Saldivar, 33, of 1036 11th St. NE, was arrested Thursday evening after police said he caused problems at a downtown Cedar Rapids bar. Police said Saldivar was [...]

UPDATE: Fayette County authorities would like to know why the peacock crossed the road. Two vehicles collided Tuesday afternoon on Highway 18 just west of Clermont, and when deputies arrived, they heard the unusual explanation: A peacock had been in the roadway. According to the sheriff’s office, Gloria Becker, 57, of Hawkeye, was westbound in [...]

Three teenagers were arrested Wednesday afternoon after police say they broke into a Cedar Rapids house to steal electronics. Officers were first called around noon to 6800 Devonshire Dr. NE when the homeowner reported a man had come into the house through her front door, while she was in the living room. She told police [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – One of the three people shot last month inside an apartment near Kirkwood Community College may never walk again. Shannon Gaskins, 21, was shot once during an apparent robbery attempt on the afternoon of April 20 at 311 Kirkwood Court SW, No. 1. The bullet severed her spinal cord and left her paralyzed [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police said a 17-year-old was behind the wheel of a sport-utility vehicle involved in a high-speed chase Monday. No one was hurt in the incident, which ended when the SUV crashed into a cable box and a fence on 16th Avenue SW near Jacolyn Drive SW. A total of four boys were [...]

ELY – An Ely man has been accused of using a handgun to force a juvenile relative to have sex with him last month. Matthew E. Brown, 41, has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse. Court documents indicate the incident happened April 24 at Brown’s residence, 2090 Dows St. According to a criminal complaint, Brown [...]

UPDATE: Ten teenagers were cited by police after a fight broke out Monday at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids. No serious injuries were reported in the fight, which began around 8:40 a.m. in the main foyer near the office. A police officer stationed at the school noticed the fight and summoned more officers, while [...]

Cedar Rapids police released surveillance photos of an armed robbery at a liquor store, with hopes that the public can identify the suspects. Point Liquor and Tobacco, 4107 Center Point Rd. NE, was robbed for the second time in seven months on April 12. Two men were arrested for the first hold-up and remain in [...]