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CEDAR RAPIDS — A proposal resulting from a collaboration between city and community leaders and independent experts to form a citizens’ police review board will come for approval Tuesday to the Cedar Rapids City Council, advancing a key demand from racial justice advocates. The council will consider an ordinance for creating a panel that would hold local law enforcement more accountable and deepen ties to the community, especially with underrepresented groups. Creating a review board was one of seven demands that local group Advocates for Social Justice put forth in June after George Floy...

In her Condition of the State speech Tuesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds hit on Iowa's accomplishments and challenges in 2020 and highlighted her goals for 2021.

CRPD: Violent Crime Increased in 2020 We had such high hopes coming into this new year, but with the Capitol rioting in Washington earlier this week, 2021 seems to be picking up right where its predecessor left off. Get the latest updates on the aftermath of Wednesday's events in our free mobile app. Enter your number to get our free mobile app Back home, we hear news from CBS2 that the Cedar Rapids Police Department has released some new numbers from 2020, and they include records that aren't exactly brag-worthy. Police chief Wayne Jerman reveals the data from the department's crime statis...