IOWA HAWKEYE BASKETBALL STAR JORDAN BOHANNON WAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN IOWA CITY DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. HE IS RECOVERING AFTER RECEIVING A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY DURING THE INCIDENT. IOWA COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY SAID BOHANNON DID NOT SEE HIS ASSAILANT COMING AT HIM, ADDING THAT FRIENDS WHO WERE WITH BOHANNON AT THE TIME KEPT THE INCIDENT FROM ESCALATING. THE 6-1 GUARD IS IOWA’S CAREER LEADER IN ASSISTS AND THREE-POINTERS AND HAD ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS SPRING HE WOULD RETURN FOR A SIXTH SEASON WITH THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
WATERLOO SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON A PLAN TO SLICE ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF LOCAL TAX MONEY OUT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THE CHANGE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MONEY THE DISTRICT RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. THE BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENT WAS APPROVED MONDAY DURING A WATERLOO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. MEANWHILE, JOYCE COIL IS RETURNING TO THE CEDAR FALLS BOARD OF EDUCATION. A FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT, COIL WAS APPROVED TO FILL A VACANCY, REPLACING SASHA WOHLPART, WHO IS RELOCATING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AVAILABILITY IS AN IMPORTANT ATTRACTANT TO BUSINESSES. THAT’S WHAT RON CORBETT OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS METRO ECONOMIC ALLIANCE TOLD LISTENERS DURING A RECENT KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL APPEARANCE. CORBETT SAID TWO COMPANIES RECENTLY INQUIRING ABOUT MOVING TO CEDAR RAPIDS NOTED THEIR INTEREST IN HAVING FULLY-RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS.
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET EXPANSION WAS A MAJOR POLICY GOAL FOR GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS WHEN SHE SHARED HER PRIORITIES WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY. MONDAY, REYNOLDS SIGNED A BILL WHICH PUTS $100 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THAT OBJECTIVE. THOSE FUNDS WILL BOOST BUILD OUTS FOR WEB INFRASTRUCTURE INTO RURAL AREAS AND UNDERSERVED URBAN COMMUNITIES. THE BILL WHICH INCLUDED THE STATE FUNDS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S MULTI-YEAR INTERNET INVESTMENT PLAN.
CLASSES WILL WRAP UP EARLIER THAN EXPECTED IN THE LINN-MAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL BOARD THERE VOTED TO TRIM THREE DAYS OFF OF THEIR CALENDAR, ENDING THE SEMESTER ON JUNE 4TH. LINN-MAR LEADERS WERE ABLE TO SHORTEN THE SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO SPECIAL RULES IN PLACE FOR DISTRICTS AFFECTED BY LAST YEAR’S DERECHO.
EIGHTY-TWO PERCENT OF IOWA TOPSOIL IS NOW CATEGORIZED AS HAVING ADEQUATE-OR-BETTER MOISTURE LEVELS. RECENT RAINS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO IMPROVE SUBSOIL MOISTURE, 40 PERCENT OF WHICH HAS BEEN RATED “SHORT” OR DRIER. THOSE FIGURES WERE RELEASED IN MONDAY’S USDA CROP REPORT.
HIGHLY ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS HELP EXPERTS UNDERSTAND MINUTE CHANGES TO IOWA’S LANDSCAPE. IOWA STATE AGRONOMY PROFESSOR BRADLEY MILLER SAYS A PAIR OF AERIAL SURVEYS HAVE PROVIDED HUGE QUANTITIES OF DATA ON THE STATE’S TOPOGRAPHY. MILLER SAYS THAT WILL HELP FINE-TUNE EROSION MODELS. HEAR MILLER’S FULL KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL APPEARANCE AT KXEL.COM.
A CEDAR COUNTY MURDER TRIAL IS BEING SHIFTED NORTH TO DUBUQUE. MILTON SERRANO JR. IS CHARGED IN THE 2020 STABBING DEATH OF A WILTON MAN: 19-YEAR-OLD CHANTZ STEVENS. THE CHANGE IN VENUE WAS MADE BECAUSE AN ESTIMATED 1 IN 4 CEDAR COUNTY RESIDENTS HAD FORMED AN OPINION ABOUT THE CASE. POLICE ALLEGE SERRANO KILLED STEVENS AFTER A DISPUTE LAST JULY DURING PARTY NEAR CLARENCE. A JUDGE POSTPONED SERRANO’S FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL UNTIL AUG. 24 TO ACCOMMODATE THE COURT SCHEDULE IN DUBUQUE COUNTY.
A REPUTATION FOR HAVING HARD WORKERS IS HELPING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO IOWA. THAT’S ACCORDING TO RON CORBETT, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CEDAR RAPIDS METRO ECONOMIC ALLIANCE, WHO WAS A RECENT GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. CORBETT CREDITED A HERITAGE OF FAMILY AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR CREATING THE REGION’S HARD-WORKING REPUTATION. HEAR MORE FROM CORBETT DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST ABOUT WHAT ELSE BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR AS THEY RELOCATE OR EXPAND.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS ARE LOOKING FOR THE CHANCE TO GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN AS THEY OPEN A NEW SERIES. THE KERNELS HOST THE WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS AT VETERAN’S MEMORIAL STADIUM TONIGHT. CEDAR RAPIDS HAS LOST FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES. TONIGHT’S FIRST PITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:35, WEATHER PERMITTING.
