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Traffic stop leads to standoff in northwest Cedar Rapids home
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids police are on the scene at Rogers Road NW, where police say a suspect is barricaded inside a home. Police say officers had attempted to make a traffic stop, then a police pursuit began around 6:12pm. They say the suspect fled into a home on Rogers Rd NW. It is unclear if anyone else is inside the home.
Some services in Linn County, including sheriff's office, impacted by global outage
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — The global internet outage is affecting some services in Linn County Friday morning. The CrowdStrike computer software issues have caused issued from airlines to banks. Linn County says their services are limited until computer service is fully restored. Their IT department is...
Vehicle on fire blocks I-380 Southbound entrance ramp in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT is reporting the I-380 Southbound entrance ramp is blocked due to a vehicle on fire at the ramp from L Street Southwest and Wilson Avenue Southwest. Firefighters at the scene said the closure is due to a semi-trailer fire and will likely...
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