EXTRA DAYS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AT THE STATE CAPITOL THIS SESSION. THE CALENDAR FOR LEGISLATIVE WORK IN DES MOINES IS SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP FRIDAY. HOWEVER, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND INTO A NEW MONTH, BRINGING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE BACK NEXT WEEK. LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WERE RELUCTANT TO SPECULATE ON A TIMELINE FOR ADJOURNMENT.
ON THIS DATE IN 2019, FORMER UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA SOFTBALL PLAYER MICALLA RETTINGER WAS FATALLY SHOT WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. THE CASE HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED. UNI SOFTBALL COACH RYAN JACOBS TALKED ABOUT RETTINGER ON KXEL MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH. WATERLOO POLICE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION IN THE CASE.
A GROUP ADVOCATING FISCAL CONSERVATIVISM IS CRITICIZING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S AMERICAN JOBS PLAN. DREW KLEIN IS THE STATE DIRECTOR OF AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY – IOWA. KLEIN WAS A RECENT GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL.
THE TRIAL OF A FORT DODGE MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING A PASTOR TO DEATH OUTSIDE HIS CHURCH HAS ENDED IN CONVICTION. 37-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA PENDLETON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ROBBERY IN THE 2019 KILLING OF REV. ALLEN HENDERSON. PENDELTON FACES A MANDATORY TERM OF LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, PENDLETON TOLD POLICE HE BELIEVED A GIRL WAS SCREAMING IN THE CHURCH AND THOUGHT HENDERSON WAS ASSAULTING HER. PENDLETON’S FAMILY HAS SAID HE IS SCHIZOPHRENIC.
A REPRODUCTIVE FRAUD BILL CLEARED THE IOWA LEGISLATURE ON TUESDAY. REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR ANNETTE SWEENEY OF ALDEN INTRODUCED THE LEGISLATION AND TALKED ABOUT IT ON KXEL EARLIER IN THE SESSION. LATE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL CHANGED THE CLASSIFICATION OF REPRODUCTIVE FRAUD FROM A FELONY TO A MISDEMEANOR.
OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE IS CERTAINLY AVAILABLE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 SPOKE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND REALTOR SCOTT OLSON ABOUT THAT EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. OLSON SAYS MANY COMMERCIAL VACANCIES ARE LIKELY TO LINGER IN THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER, HE TOLD TV-9 THAT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LONG TERM TRENDS.
IOWA-BASED PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP OFFERED GOOD NEWS FOR ITS SHAREHOLDERS TUESDAY. IN A QUARTERLY REPORT RELEASED AFTER TRADING WRAPPED UP, PRINCIPAL SAID ITS NET INCOME JUMPED MORE THAN 75 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020 UP TO $1.87 PER SHARE. THE INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT FIRM SAYS IT IS MANAGING MORE THAN 820 BILLION DOLLARS FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. PRINCIPAL IS ALSO INCREASING ITS QUARTERLY DIVIDEND TO 61 CENTS PER SHARE, PAYABLE IN JUNE.
TWO ROMANIAN MEN HAVE BEEN SENTENCED FOR THEIR ATTEMPTS TO SCAM ATM CUSTOMERS IN DUBUQUE. STEFAN BUSOI AND RAZVAN DICULESCU WILL EACH SPEND 10 MONTHS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. THEY PLANTED CREDIT CARD SKIMMERS AND OTHER DEVICES LAST SUMMER, SWIPING FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM OVER 180 PEOPLE IN TWO DAYS. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA SAYS BUSOI AND DICULESCU WERE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
TONIGHT, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL TALK ABOUT HIS AMERICAN JOBS PLAN DURING A CONGRESSIONAL ADDRESS. RECENTLY, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY – IOWA STATE DIRECTOR DREW KLEIN CRITICIZED THE PROPOSAL DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. KXEL WILL CARRY BIDEN’S SPEECH THIS EVENING AT 8 P.M.
