05/20/11 Police arrested a Cedar Rapids man after they say he tried to kill a woman he had just met Thursday night. Howard L. Cooks Jr., 32, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, false imprisonment, intimidation with a weapon and assault causing serious injury after the incident at his residence, 1036 11th St. NE, police [...]
05/20/11 Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Authorities say a Friday night house fire in Cedar Rapids was likely started by an electrical malfunction.
05/19/11 A Cedar Rapids police officer has been disciplined after this photo was submitted to local media and began circulating via social media networks.
05/19/11 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- A Cedar Rapids police officer who was caught sleeping on the job has been disciplined, authorities said Thursday.
05/19/11 Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a credit union robbery that happened Thursday morning.
05/19/11 An area man faces charges he solicited a 14-year-old Indiana girl online for sex. Documents filed in the case say Blake A. Anderson admitted having sex with 14-year-old girls in two other states, and a search of his apartment turned up child pornography. Anderson, 26, was arrested shortly after midnight May 13 on a Warrick [...]
05/13/11 A Democratic leader of the effort to block a planned Council Bluffs clinic that would offer late-term abortions confidently predicted Friday that the Senate will approve the measure early next week, while a key Republican lawmaker said the GOP will insist on even tougher restrictions.
05/13/11 Winding toward the weekend. In case you missed it, here's the Big Ten prime-time schedule on ESPN/ABC this fall. Wisconsin landed four prime-time appearances, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jeff Potrykus writes, but could the spotlight impact the Badgers' title chances ? Tom Osborne says Nebraska's ouster from the AAU won't impact athletics at all, Lee Barfknecht writes in the Omaha World ...
05/13/11 HASTINGS -- Many Nebraskans may find out that their home is in a different legislative district next year.
05/12/11 WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Van Meter Industrial, an employee-owned company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been selected by The ESOP Association as the 2011 ESOP Company of the Year. The award was presented at the Association's 34th Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ...
05/12/11 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A key Iowa Senate committee has approved a measure designed to block plans for a Council Bluffs clinic that would offer late-term abortions.
05/12/11 Republican Leader considers a new bill aimed at blocking a Council Bluffs abortion clinic as simply a political maneuver by Democrats.
05/11/11 Teams from Johnson-Brock High School were the first-place and second-place winners in the state finals of the Personal Finance Challenge, sponsored by the Nebraska Council on Economic Education.
05/11/11 West Des Moines Valley's Trey Lewis is among the hundreds of athletes who will compete in Thursday's boys' district/girls' regional meets across Iowa.
05/09/11 It's an old Parcell family recipe, but I like to replace the Union soldier meat with boiled potatoes. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is confident the BCS can stand up to federal scrutiny , Steve Wieberg writes in USA Today. It's a tough time to be an Ohio State fan , Bob Hunter writes in The Columbus Dispatch. The car situation could put Ohio State's compliance department on the hot seat ...
05/09/11 Associated Press - May 9, 2011 2:14 PM ET MARENGO, Iowa (AP) - A judge has reset the trial of a Nebraska man accused of killing a maintenance worker at an Interstate 80 rest stop in Victor in...
05/06/11 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to approximately 2,800 students at commencement exercises May 6 and 7 in separate ceremonies for baccalaureate, graduate and law degrees
05/05/11 DES MOINES --- Iowa City Democratic Sen. Joe Bolkcom is preparing for an abortion debate that may or may not happen.
05/05/11 Quinton Chievous is the newest member of Tennessee's Class of 2011, announcing his intentions to sign with the Vols at a Thursday press conference at his high school.
05/03/11 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Police have made an arrest in the homicide of Cathy Stickley. Cedar Rapids Police arrested Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell, 33, of 416 15 St NE. on Tuesday morning. Officers took Mitchell into custody at his residence without incident. | 
