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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

Emily Andersen
I’m the Public Safety Reporter for The Gazette. I’ve always enjoyed writing and decided to be a newspaper reporter after my sophomore English teacher encouraged me to join my high school newspaper. I love news-style writing because it’s concise and straight forward. This job is great because I spend my days talking to people and sharing important and interesting stories. When I’m not at work I can usually be found playing card games or watching movies with my family.
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Latest Articles by Emily Andersen
News Sep. 15, 2025 8:03 am24d ago
Two years after acquiring full ownership of a historic building in Uptown Marion, Jamie and Kelsie Hoth have turned the dilapidated Owen Block Building into a thriving space with three businesses and several upper story apartments.
Health Care and Medicine Sep. 15, 2025 7:58 am24d ago
A mobile EMS training program run by the University of Iowa College of Nursing will be able to continue bringing on-site, simulation training to rural areas of Iowa after the nonprofit Wellmark Foundation announced in August a $5.3 million investment.
Crime & Courts Sep. 12, 2025 2:57 pm27d ago
A Cedar Rapids man is facing charges after police say he attempted to meet up with what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex.
Crime & Courts Sep. 12, 2025 7:29 am28d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after a fatal shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids.
News Sep. 11, 2025 7:53 am28d ago
The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a death after a body was found in Sand Lake, near the Park Lodge in the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, according to a press release from the city of Iowa City.
Fires Sep. 10, 2025 4:23 pm29d ago
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is working to finish suppressing a tree debris and brush pile fire that has been burning since Tuesday morning at Beverly Gardens Park in southeast Cedar Rapids.
News Sep. 9, 2025 4:57 pm30d ago
A reinspection last week of the Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control shelter found that all issues identified by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as being non-compliant last month have been addressed or are in the process of being addressed.
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2025 3:16 pm30d ago
A woman has been arrested after DNA testing connected her to a baby that was found dead in the Iowa City landfill in 1992.
Crime & Courts Sep. 8, 2025 2:42 pm31d ago
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Sunday after police say she shot several times at a man who she had been living with while involved in an intimate relationship.
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2025 9:18 am30d ago
A Marion man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a 12-year-old child in the parking lot of Westfield Elementary School in Robins in July.
News Sep. 3, 2025 7:40 am36d ago
Officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department stood by Tuesday morning to enforce a police-tape barrier outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the Cedar Rapids Homeland Security building, while hundreds of community members gathered in the street to protest deportations and support immigrants reporting to the office for check-in appointments.
News Sep. 3, 2025 7:48 am36d ago
Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control has released information about its plan to address problems identified through a state inspection of the shelter in August.
Crime & Courts Sep. 2, 2025 2:26 pm37d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this weekend on charges that he robbed a Hiawatha gas station at gunpoint in June 2024.
News Sep. 2, 2025 8:05 am37d ago
The Iowa City Fire Department has installed a new safety system that sends a notification to nearby drivers when the department is active on an emergency scene.
News Sep. 2, 2025 8:17 am37d ago
Johnson County is expanding its Community Violence Intervention program with the addition of new outreach worker Marques Brooks. Brooks, who described himself as “a troubled youth,” said he knows what it's like to persevere through hard times.