Police

A Voorhies man was taken into custody on burglary and theft charges Thursday afternoon.

Authorities Wednesday night swarmed a rural area southeast of the city, where they were searching for a man and woman who apparently got away from sheriff's officials in Black Hawk County.

Toxicology tests show a two-year-old boy died of a drug overdose in June while the child was in her care.

The juveniles allegedly stole the vehicle in Waverly.

The crop duster went down Thursday morning and burst into flames in front of a Main Street business.

Following the incident, a second man was placed under arrest for multiple outstanding warrants.

A Thursday night incident in Oelwein has resulted in the arrest of a local man on an attempted murder charge.

A new reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the unsolved abduction and murders of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey seven years ago.

The crash happened Saturday morning east of Evansdale.

Witnesses told police a yellow car hit the bicyclist, then drove away. Police later charged a Waterloo man with leaving the scene of a serious accident.