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
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4 days ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Eastern Iowa nonprofits are preparing for change as the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services works to finalize details of its new behavioral health districts, which will go into effect July 1. The goal of the redistricting, signed into law last May by Gov.
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6 days ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Family members of Kenyauta Vesey-Keith, murdered in 2023 by Denzel Wilson outside a Cedar Rapids bar and grill, gathered in a courtroom Friday with homemade signs to support Vesey-Keith’s mother and sister, who spoke during Wilson’s sentencing hearing.
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6 days ago |
thegazette.com | Emily Andersen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 30, between Clarence and Lowden, Thursday afternoon. According to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, a 2015 Chevy Malibu was turning left onto Taylor Ave from Eastbound Highway 30 when a semitruck hit the car from behind. The Chevy ended up in the southeast ditch, and the semi stopped in the eastbound shoulder of the road.
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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. The Iowa City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding information about the fatal shooting of a woman in December. Police found Christine Blount, 38, in the 600 block of S. Dodge Street when they responded to a report Dec. 30 of shots being fired in the area. She had been shot in the head multiple times and was taken to a hospital, where she died.
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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. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he drowned his dog in a bathtub last month. Jesse Erger, 35, is charged with misdemeanor animal abuse. According to a criminal complaint, he killed his dog, Nash, by holding him underwater in a bathtub March 30. A warrant with a listed $5,000 bail was issued April 10 for his arrest and he was arrested Wednesday.
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