Tuesday Morning Read: Mercy Iowa City layoffs expected, names released in Cedar Rapids homicide, Iowa submits new education plan

TODAY'S WEATHER - Partly sunny, warmer. High 83, low 65.

MERCY IOWA CITY LAYOFFS EXPECTED - Mercy Iowa City will cut 115 positions - with 65 people expected to be laid off or have their hours reduced Tuesday - amid financial struggles that have been ongoing, despite the small private hospital joining a regional health network earlier this year. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/health-care-medicine/layoffs-expected-at-mercy-iowa-city/

NAMES RELEASED IN CEDAR RAPIDS HOMICIDE - Cedar Rapids police have identified the two people shot inside a Cedar Rapids home Saturday night. Public safety spokesmen Greg Buelow said Kenneth L. Everett, 33, and Gabriel C. Thomas, 29, were inside a bedroom at 383 17th St. SE when shots were fired into the residence around 8:24 p.m. Saturday. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/names-released-in-cedar-rapids-homicide/

IOWA SUBMITS NEW EDUCATION PLAN - Iowa officials submitted their plan to meet new education standards under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act to the U.S. Department of Education on Monday. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/k/iowa-sends-every-student-succeeds-act-plan-to-u-s-department-of-education/

SHAKE-UP AT SAFETY FOR IOWA - You saw last weekend that sophomore Amani Hooker replaced junior Jake Gervase at free safety. Asked about the switch in the postgame, head coach Kirk Ferentz said a safety rotation might be in the works. That also might include senior strong safety Miles Taylor. On the depth chart Iowa released Monday, Hooker was listed as the starter at free safety. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/iowa-hawkeyes-safety-shake-up-pushes-amani-hooker-forward/

QUOTABLE - 'The matrix has really tied our hands. I'm here to ask you to do your job so I can do mine.” Johnson County supervisor Michael Carberry, regarding proposed new regulations for livestock facilities