Temperatures are crashing the Iowa Attorney Generals Office now says a deadly shooting by Cedar Rapids Police officers . Was . Justified. During a domestic call at an apartment on edgewood drive. Investigators say officers ashleigh steil and Jeremiah White saw 25yearold Markell Bivins fighting with his ex girlfriend. When the two officers tried to pull bivins away, he reportedly stabbed the victim and the officers opened fire. The incident was not captured by any body cameras. Body cameras . Are . Soon coming to dozens of linn county sheriffs depu. Deputies. County supervisors are expected to decide next week whether to spend 65body cameras. Before approving the cost, leaders tell fox 28 news they want to make sure that it will do what its intended to do improve transparency between the department and the public. The public needs to know how these are going to be utilized and how it will benefit them and how it will overall improve the trust if there is a lack of trust with the police
The City of Cedar Rapids will be accepting development proposals for a site in the New Bohemia area, and one local construction company is already part of a par
The city of Cedar Rapids has opened the newly relocated and reconfigured skatepark after building a detention basin as part of the permanent flood control system. The facility is now entirely made of concrete and features 28 obstacles a variety of quarterpipes, wedges, ledges and more.