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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
Crime & Courts Apr. 18, 2024 8:15 am541d ago
A Cedar Rapids woman is scheduled to plea on charges that she stole more than $10,000 from the Madison Elementary School Parent Teacher Association while she was the treasurer of the organization.
Crime & Courts Apr. 16, 2024 8:42 am543d ago
A 13-year-old girl was found dead in Eldora Sunday after police responded to a report that a person had been shot, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
Crime & Courts Apr. 15, 2024 11:27 am544d ago
Officials have released the names of three Cedar Rapids police officers who shot and killed a man who was armed and making threats on April 6.
Crime & Courts Apr. 12, 2024 8:15 am547d ago
A Wisconsin man who officials say killed himself Wednesday after an armed standoff with law enforcement in Albion, Wis., is a person of interest in the Wednesday death of a woman in Dubuque County, Iowa.
Crashes Apr. 10, 2024 5:12 pm549d ago
A Benton County teen who has been missing since Mar. 31 was likely found dead Tuesday in a crashed car.
Fires Apr. 10, 2024 6:23 pm549d ago
A Facebook post from the barbershop states that a couple of windows were broken and someone had thrown Molotov cocktails into the building.
Crime & Courts Apr. 9, 2024 11:29 am550d ago
The Iowa City Police Department responded to a shots fired call early Tuesday morning in the area of Walden Road and Sylvan Glen Court, according to a news release from the department.
Crime & Courts Apr. 9, 2024 7:30 am550d ago
The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released the name of the man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Saturday night in northeast Cedar Rapids.
Crime & Courts Apr. 8, 2024 3:13 pm551d ago
A Clermont man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused multiple coworkers, including a minor, at a Casey’s in Clermont.
News Apr. 9, 2024 10:08 am550d ago
A total solar eclipse will make its way across part of the continental United States today, with 83 percent of the sun covered at mid-day in Eastern Iowa.
Crime & Courts Apr. 23, 2024 1:07 pm536d ago
A former University of Iowa Hospital employee pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he had been living under another man’s identity since 1988, causing the other man to be falsely imprisoned for identity theft and sent to a mental hospital.
Crashes Apr. 3, 2024 4:24 pm556d ago
A Hiawatha man has died after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Hiawatha, according to the Hiawatha Police Department.
Crime & Courts Apr. 1, 2024 3:56 pm558d ago
The Cedar Rapids Police Department responded to a swatting call Monday at Jefferson High School.
Local Government Apr. 2, 2024 12:44 pm557d ago
The North Liberty police chief has been put on paid leave while the city investigates grievances expressed by the North Liberty Officers Union and Sergeants Union in a public letter last week.
Local Government Mar. 31, 2024 6:00 am559d ago
The Gazette talked with two leaders of the board to check in on what the panel has been up to since it was created: Chair Arthur Kim, 46, a development officer for the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, and Vice Chair Aaron Eddy, 33, a staff attorney for Linn County Advocate Inc.