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Monday, January 09, 2012  Preliminary figures show 359 people died on Iowa's roadways in 2011, the lowest death toll since 1944.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  Cedar Rapids, Iowa schools are set to offer whooping cough vaccines next month as the bacterial infection continues to spread across Iowa.

Friday, September 10, 2010  A man accused of stoning 50 ducks to death at a petting zoo in Cedar Rapids has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

Thursday, September 02, 2010  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Police in Cedar Rapids say a man threatened to kill a woman with a knife if she didn't give him the dog she was walking.

Friday, August 27, 2010  A Cedar Rapids man accused of beating another man to death in 2008 has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  Police in Cedar Rapids say a bicyclist struck by a pickup truck last week has died.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010  Police in Cedar Rapids have not commented publicly on what started a fistfight that killed a recent arrival from Georgia last week, but they have charged 28-year-old Henry Rogers with involuntary manslaughter in the death.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010  Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in Cedar Rapids for Democratic Gov. Chet Culver next week.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  A federal judge in Cedar Rapids has sentenced a Howard County pharmacist to four years in prison for defrauding his health insurance company by submitting false prescription claims.

Thursday, February 25, 2010  The Iowa State Patrol says a Cedar Rapids woman was killed when she drove into the back of a school bus near Springville.

Friday, February 12, 2010  A federal judge in Cedar Rapids has sentenced the former chief financial officer of Agriprocessors Inc. to 41 months in prison for bank fraud conspiracy.

Friday, February 05, 2010  A Cedar Rapids teenager has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the beating in March of a Cedar Rapids police officer.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010  A criminal complaint names a 28-year-old man from Fredericksburg, Iowa, for allegedly transporting an underage girl across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Thursday, January 07, 2010  Cedar Rapids police say they have received three separate reports from businesses that have been stuck with counterfeit $100 bills.