Emily Andersen

Reported cases of violent crime — including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — were up slightly in Cedar Rapids in 2025 compared to 2024, but are still low in comparison to the last five years, according to data released Thursday by the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A Tama County man who has been missing since Dec. 19 was found dead Tuesday in Newton County, Arkansas, according to a news release from the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.

An Alabama man who was shot last week while exchanging gunfire with Linn County Sheriff’s deputies in Hiawatha is facing charges of attempted murder of a peace officer, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

Two people were arrested over the weekend on charges that they broke into a Cedar Rapids home Friday with a gun.

A North Liberty man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a woman in a North Liberty residence.

Law enforcement in Iowa and Arkansas are seeking the public’s help finding a Tama County man who has been missing since he left home two weeks ago.

Getsy Hernandez has only been working as a community organizer for Iowa City nonprofit Escucha Mi Voz for about four months, but she said it feels like she’s been doing it her entire life.

A man arrested in Virginia last month after police say he sexually abused a 14-year-old in Marion has been brought back to Linn County and had his first appearance in court Friday.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with attempted murder after a shooting Sunday had his first appearance in court Friday and is being held in the Linn County Jail on a $40,000 cash-only bond.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man shot by officers on Wednesday during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement.

Iowa’s traffic fatality count for 2025 was the lowest is 100 years, a milestone state officials are saying is thanks, in part, to a new hands-free driving bill that was passed by the Iowa Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds last year.

Alliant Energy has changed the process for lighting its downtown Cedar Rapids building.

How are normal high and low temperatures, and average precipitation numbers calculated, and how far back does the data go? Find out with Curious Iowa — a series from The Gazette that answers readers’ questions about the state and how it works.

A man from Quebec, Canada was arrested Wednesday on charges that he placed credit card scanners on the registers at two Family Dollar Stores in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in the investigation of a homicide that happened almost a year ago, on Dec. 30, 2024.