The Cedar Rapids Police Department is looking for the public’s assistance in finding a missing 15-year-old. According to an operation quickfind document released Wednesday night, Bradley Wilcox, 15, was last seen around 5 p.m. Wednesday night in the area of 5th Avenue SE. Bradley 5 foot 8 inches in height and weighs 145 pounds.
DES MOINES — Measures seeking to bolster gun rights, provide tougher “back the blue” law enforcement protections and lower the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana passed under the wire Wednesday in advance of a bill-killing legislative “funnel” deadline. Republicans in control of the Senate Judiciary Committee moved a dozen bills on to the Senate debate calendar, including a measure to ease gun restrictions by allowing permit-less “constitutional carry”; measures placing a $1 million cap on non-economic damages that could be awarded in medical malpractice and truck-driver liability cases; and legislation to give more time to bring charges against pedophiles who sexually abuse minors by eliminating Iowa’s statute of limitation on criminal and civil actions involving sexual abuse of kids.