A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO SEMI TRUCKS NORTH OF WAVERLY YESTERDAY CRUMPLED THE CAB ON ONE VEHICLE AND SENT THE DRIVER TO A HOSPITAL BY AIR AMBULANCE. BREMER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS SAY THAT DRIVER WAS ZOLTAN PUSENYAK OF MINNESOTA. HE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 218 WHEN HIS TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER OF AN ONCOMING SEMI WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH AS BOTH VEHICLES WENT OFF THE ROAD. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DID NOT COMMENT ON WHY PUSENYAK LOST CONTROL.
LINN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE ROLLOUT OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ON MONDAY. THE DEPARTMENT’S HEATHER MEADOR SAID THE COUNTY IS ACTING AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR DOSES. ACCORDING TO THE IOWA CORONAVIRUS WEBSITE, APPROXIMATELY 10 THOUSAND LINN COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A FIRST DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE, WITH ABOUT HALF OF THAT NUMBER RECEIVING THE SECOND FOLLOW-UP SHOT. STATEWIDE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FIRST AND SECOND DOSES ADMINISTERED ADDS UP TO OVER 348,000.
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WORKING IN THE IOWA CAPITOL HAVE NOW TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. OFFICIALS INDICATED THE LATEST POSITIVE CASE ON MONDAY. MANY SPECIFICS WERE NOT RELEASED, BUT AN EMAIL TO LAWMAKERS AND STAFF INDICATED THE PERSON WORE A FACE COVERING AT ALL TIMES AND WAS LAST IN THE BUILDING ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
A 33-YEAR-OLD DELAWARE COUNTY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HER BOYFRIEND IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING. DANIELLE WEINER TOLD FIRST RESPONDERS THAT A THIRD PERSON HAD BEEN IN HER RYAN APARTMENT AND INVOLVED IN A CONFRONTATION BEFORE DEVON HIERRUZUELO WAS KILLED. HOWEVER, RESPONDING DEPUTIES WERE SKEPTICAL AND ALLEGEDLY FOUND EVIDENCE WHICH INDICATED A DIFFERENT STORY. THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS SHOT IN A BEDROOM, THEN MOVED; INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAID THEY DID NOT FIND SIGNS OF A THIRD PERSON AT THE APARTMENT.
THE CITY OF WATERLOO IS HOPING FOR A DELAYED ECONOMIC BOOST FROM A FAMILIAR SUMMER EVENT. RAGBRAI WAS CANCELLED IN 2020. EXPERIENCE WATERLOO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TAVIS HALL TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE IN 2021. THE BIKE RIDE ACROSS IOWA IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF JULY, WITH AN OVERNIGHT STOP IN WATERLOO ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 28TH. HEAR THE FULL KXEL INTERVIEW WITH TAVIS HALL AT KXEL.COM.
MATT CAMPBELL’S CONTRACT TO LEAD THE IOWA STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 2028. A DEAL ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY TACKS ON THREE MORE YEARS TO CAMPBELL’S AGREEMENT. THE CYCLONES WERE 9-3 IN 2020. AND THE IOWA STATE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH PLAY TONIGHT: THE MEN VISIT TCU AT 8, WHILE THE CYCLONE WOMEN ARE AT OKLAHOMA STARTING AT 7.
LINN COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT CORONAVIRUS VACCINES. DURING A VIRTUAL MEDIA BRIEFING ON MONDAY, HEATHER MEADOR OF LINN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SHARED DETAILS ABOUT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. MEADOR SAID THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED WITH LINN COUNTY PROVIDERS WHO ARE ADMINISTERING CORONAVIRUS VACCINES. HEAR MORE FROM MEADOR DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
WATERLOO OFFICIALS WILL HOST A VIRTUAL TOWNHALL MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOCUSED ON THE FEDERAL CARES ACT. THE WEBINAR WILL BEGIN AT 4 P-M ON WEDNESDAY. AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SESSION INDICATES THAT VARIOUS TYPES OF ASSISTANCE WILL BE INTRODUCED, INCLUDING HELP FOR RENTERS, UTILITY CUSTOMERS, AND THOSE IN NEED OF BASIC ESSENTIALS. VARIOUS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES THEY ARE OFFERING, BACKED BY CARES ACT FUNDING. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE AT CITY-OF-WATERLOO-IOWA.COM/WATERLOO-CARES-ACT.
IOWA WRESTLERS ARE OFF THE MAT DUE TO COVID-19. POSITIVE TESTS WITHIN THE PROGRAM MEAN THAT THE SQUAD WILL NOT PRACTICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. A FRIDAY DUAL MEET WITH PENN STATE HAS ALSO BEEN POSTPONED. IOWA HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE COLLEGE WRESTLING COACHES POLL THIS SEASON.
