A West Branch man who had thousands of pictures and videos of child pornography on his computer will spend more than eight years in federal prison. Timothy Wilker, 43, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Cedar Rapids to 97 months in prison. Wilk... »
Members of the Daybreak Rotary Club joined Polk Elementary School students for a final breakfast celebration Friday. Polk will be closing at the end of the current school year. Here’s a news release about Friday morning’s activities: After nearly two d... »
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that killed a 2-year-old. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Fairfax. Investigators say someone brought the child to St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. They determined the ... »
A child sexual abuse scandal has brought a measure of gravity to the traditionally carefree world of youth sports. Last fall’s arrest of former Penn State University assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on child sexual abuse charges has caused youth sports... »
CEDAR RAPIDS – The timing wasn’t exactly ideal. Almost a dozen trees were cut down Thursday morning in downtown Cedar Rapids as part of a tree replacement program. Pam Hinman, spokeswoman for the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, said all 11 trees ... »
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police say a medical condition caused a crash Thursday on Highway 30. Emergency crews responded to the crash along Highway 30 between the I-380 and Bowling Street interchanges at about 1:25 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found ... »
Two additional people were charged Thursday with robbery and attempted murder and are being held on hefty bonds of $1.1 million in last week’s shooting at Kirkwood Court Apartments. Raymond Sellers, 24, of Chicago, was charged with first-degree robber... »
CEDAR RAPIDS — More than 75 local and regional employers will have representatives at today’s CorridorWorks Career Fair in the Michael J. Gould Recreation Center on the Cedar Rapids campus of Kirkwood Community College. The event, which is open to the ... »
CEDAR RAPIDS — First-of-the-season radishes are about to come out of the ground in the Time Check neighborhood, proof of the promise of a new day for a riverside spot largely destroyed in the Floods of 2008. The radishes and the rows of other vegetable... »
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids high schools continue to rank among the top in the state for offering Advanced Placement classes. The Iowa AP Index, compiled by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, has local schools in four out of the five top ... »
Police said two young brothers did what they were supposed to when a man on the sex offender registry approached them at a Cedar Rapids motel. Scott A. Share, 41, address unknown, has been charged with two counts of lascivious acts with a child. He is ... »
DES MOINES — Iowans should have access to mental health services regardless of where they live as a result of legislation lawmakers say will be approved before they adjourn. The legislation, which was approved 66-32 by the Iowa House on Tuesday, puts i... »
A Des Moines man was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, robbery and other charges in a shooting that occurred last Friday at Kirkwood Court Apartments. Teran Huff, 25, who cried as he appeared by video from the Linn County jail Tuesday, was charged... »
Hiawatha police gave an expensive reminder to a motorist Tuesday morning on Interstate 380 after the driver was caught traveling 102 mph. The car was southbound on the interstate and did not immediately pull over. Cedar Rapids police were notified, but... »
Iowa colleges and universities are handing out reusable bottles to incoming students, installing water refilling stations across campuses to make it easier for students to fill their own bottles and using pitchers of water over prepackaged bottles at m... »
