Category Archives: Disaster and Accident

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 … Continue reading →

UPDATE AT 5:15 p.m. 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, … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police are defending a decision not to issue State Senator Liz Mathis a citation following a crash last month in Cedar Rapids despite Mathis’ admission of fault. Mathis, 54, of Cedar Rapids, was northbound on Kirkwood Boulevard … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS – 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” … Continue reading →

Updated at 10:04 a.m. with comments from Sheriff Fisher CLERMONT – 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, … Continue reading →

BUCHANAN COUNTY- Utility officials and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office continue to investigate two pipeline blasts in Iowa last week. And a spokesperson for both Mid-American Energy and Northern Natural Gas Company said neither contractor in the two explosions called … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS – Fire destroyed a duplex with an estimated value of $800,000 near Cedar Rapids overnight, just weeks before the future homeowners planned to move in. West Bertram firefighters responded around 4:30 a.m. Monday to a new development on … Continue reading →

Updated by Dave Franzman at 4:40 p.m. Updates in bold FAIRFAX- Linn County authorities have now identified the toddler who was struck and killed in an accident in Fairfax late Thursday afternoon. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said the accident … Continue reading →