IOWA IS OFFICIALLY STAYING AWAY FROM A TEXAS CHALLENGE TO THE
RESULTS OF NOVEMBER’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY
GENERAL TOM MILLER WAS PREVENTED FROM JOINING A LEGAL BRIEF
CREATED BY DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS IN OTHER STATES OPPOSING THAT SUIT.
MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS REPUBLICANS WHO FILED THE
LEGAL ACTION NEVER ASKED HER TO JOIN THEIR EFFORT. THE FEDERAL
LAWSUIT CLAIMS THAT CHANGES TO ELECTION RULES IN PENNSYLVANIA,
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, AND GEORGIA WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. CHANGING
OR ELIMINATING THE ELECTORAL VOTES FROM THOSE STATES WOULD ALTER
THE OUTCOME OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
MEANWHILE, IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN JEFF KAUFMANN
CRITICIZED RITA HART’S CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SEEKING TO HAVE
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OVERTURN THE RESULT IN IOWA’S SECOND
DISTRICT. THE SECOND DISTRICT RACE WENT TO REPUBLICAN
MARIANETTE MILLER-MEEKS BY SIX VOTES OVER HART.
AND A TOTALLY DIFFERENT KIND OF HEATED CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR
CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA TONIGHT. THE IOWA AND IOWA STATE MEN’S
BASKETBALL TEAMS MEET IN IOWA CITY. THE HAWKEYES ARE 4-0 AND HAVE
WON THREE OF THEIR LAST FOUR MEETINGS WITH THE CYCLONES. IOWA STATE
IS 1-1. THE GAME BEGINS AT 8 P.M.
THE DRIVER OF A SMALL SUV WAS INJURED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A SEMI
LAST NIGHT IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON
INTERSTATE 380 SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO. THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE SEMI HIT THE SUV FROM BEHIND AND BOTH
VEHICLES WENT OFF THE ROAD. THEY CHARACTERIZED INJURIES TO THE SUV
DRIVER AS NOT LIFE THREATENING.
A TEENAGER WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY WAS FOUND WITH A STOLEN
HANDGUN IN CEDAR RAPIDS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE UNNAMED
JUVENILE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY NEAR THE SCENE OF A VEHICLE BREAK-IN
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CITY. AUTHORITIES ARE SEEKING A SECOND
SUSPECT RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
A WATERLOO WINNING STREAK IS ON THE LINE TOMORROW. FOR 11
STRAIGHT YEARS, WATERLOO’S MAYOR HAS WON THE ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE
BELLS, SEEKING DONATIONS TO THE SALVATION ARMY RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.
SATURDAY MORNING FROM 10 TO NOON, QUENTIN HART WILL VOLUNTEER AT
THE KETTLE OUTSIDE THE CROSSROADS HY-VEE. EVANSDALE MAYOR TROY
BEATTY IS THE CHALLENGER AND WILL BE AT THE EVANSDALE FAREWAY
DURING THE SAME HOURS. SALVATION ARMY MAJOR SHANNON THIES
RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT DONATION TRENDS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND PARKING FEES IN CEDAR FALLS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
AND THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2021. THE CEDAR FALLS CITY
COUNCIL MADE THAT DECISION THIS WEEK. IT APPLIES TO PAID PARKING
AREAS DOWNTOWN AND IN THE COLLEGE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE DISPUTE OVER IOWA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTION
PROVIDED IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN JEFF KAUFMANN WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GRIND CINDY AXNE. DURING A VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, KAUFMANN CRITICIZED IOWA’S THIRD DISTRICT
CONGRESSWOMAN FOR NOT CLARIFYING HOW SHE WOULD VOTE AS THE
HOUSE IS BEING ASKED TO INTERVENE IN THE SECOND DISTRICT RACE.
THE RACE IN QUESTION WAS BETWEEN REPUBLICAN MARIANETTE
MILLER-MEEKS AND DEMOCRAT RITA HART. AFTER MILLER-MEEKS WON BY SIX
VOTES, HART REQUESTED THAT CONGRESS REVIEW THE OUTCOME, BYPASSING
ELEMENTS OF THE STATE APPEAL PROCESS.
THE AUGUST DERECHO WAS ONE OF OVER 200 MAJOR WEATHER RELATED
DISASTERS RECORDED AROUND THE GLOBE IN 2020. THIS WEEK, OUR
COVERAGE PARTNERS FROM CBS-2 TALKED WITH TAMA COUNTY EMERGENCY
COORDINATOR MINDY BENSON [AUDIO :09]. BENSON SAYS THE WIDESPREAD
DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF THE STORM AND THE LIMITED AVAILIBILITY OF
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS IS SLOWING THE RECOVERY. DERECHO
DAMAGE ACROSS THE MIDWEST WAS ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH SEVEN-AND-AHALF
BILLION DOLLARS. IN MONETARY TERMS, IT WAS AMONG THE BIGGEST
DISASTERS OF THE YEAR WORLDWIDE, WHICH TOGETHER COST OVER 69
BILLION.
A WATERLOO WOMAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF A 13-YEAR-OLD
BOY. ANGELA REISING IS ACCUSED OF MULTIPLE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE
TEEN. IF FOUND GUILTY, THE CHARGES AGAINST HER COULD RESULT IN UP TO
10 YEARS IN PRISON.
