Emily Andersen
Public Safety Reporter at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Public safety reporter for @gazettedotcom. DMs are open for tips and story ideas. Past: @qctimes, @UniverseBYU
Articles
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. One person died Thursday in Poweshiek County after being hit by a semi-truck while stopped on the side of Interstate 80, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. One person was killed Thursday in an industrial accident at the construction site off I-380 and Wright Brothers Boulevard, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department. First responders were called to the site at 2:19 p.m. Thursday, where they found a road worker had died after being hit by a large piece of construction equipment. The name of the deceased worker has not been released.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A Belle Plaine man died Thursday morning in a head-on collision in rural Poweshiek County, according to an Iowa State Patrol accident report. James Jacobi, 70, was driving a 1992 Pontiac Bonneville south on Highway V18 when he was hit by a 2011 Hyundai Sonata coming the opposite direction at about 7:40 a.m. Thursday.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An 18-year-old from Des Moines was arrested Friday in Linn County on charges that he abused two children while he was living in Cedar Rapids a few years ago. Titus Kloster Titus James Kloster is charged with three counts of second-degree sex abuse. According to a criminal complaint, he abused two girls between June 2021 and July 2023, when he was between the ages of 14 and 16.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Law enforcement departments across Iowa have struggled to retain officers in recent years. Turnover — which can mean additional expenses for cities that have to recruit and train new officers — is especially acute at smaller departments, which are seen by some as stepping stones to careers in larger departments. In Eastern Iowa, the North Liberty Police Department has seen unusually high turnover.
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