WATERLOO HAS A PAIR OF NEW CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES. DENNIS HALVERSON IS SEEKING AN OPEN AT-LARGE SEAT IN NOVEMBER. DAWN HENRY PLANS TO CHALLENGE FOR THE FIFTH WARD COUNCIL POSITION CURRENTLY HELD RAY FEUSS. HALVERSON’S CANDIDACY WAS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED DURING A THURSDAY EVENT. HE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND MUSICIAN AND RETURNED TO WATERLOO AFTER SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. HENRY’S CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT NOTED THAT SHE HAS BEEN A WATERLOO RESIDENT FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS. AMONG HER ISSUES OF INTEREST, HENRY NOTED SUPPORT FOR THE FORMER WATERLOO POLICE GRIFFIN LOGO, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST DR. ERNIE GOSS DOESN’T THINK MUCH OF SOME CORONAVIRUS MITIGATION EFFORTS. HE SIZED UP THE IMPACT ON THOSE WHO COULDN’T GO TO WORK WHEN TALKING WITH KXEL’S JEFF STEIN FOR THIS WEEKEND’S EDITION OF THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT. LISTEN FOR MORE FROM GOSS DURING THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT SATURDAY AT 7 A.M. AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 11.
CEDAR RAPIDS SCOOTERS ARE ENDING UP IN THE CEDAR RIVER. THE RENTABLE ELECTRIC-POWERED SCOOTERS HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE WATER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WITH MORE BELIEVED TO STILL BE SUBMERGED. POLICE IN CEDAR RAPIDS DID ARREST ONE MINOR ALLEGEDLY SEEN ON VIDEO DROPPING ONE OF THE DEVICES INTO THE RIVER. THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS NOT PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED; HE’S CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
PRICES FOR MANY DURABLE COMMODITIES LIKE BUILDING PRODUCTS HAVE RISEN SHARPLY. SUPPLY CHAIN SNARLS ARE COMMONLY SITED. HOWEVER, CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS NOTED ANOTHER SHORTAGE WHICH IS ALSO LIKELY PLAYING A ROLL IN SOME PRICE INCREASES. THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY AN AGING WORKFORCE, AS MANY OLDER DRIVERS RETIRE WITHOUT YOUNGER WORKERS STEPPING IN TO REPLACE THEM. HEAR MORE FROM GOSS ABOUT THE MIDWESTERN ECONOMY THIS WEEKEND DURING THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT ON KXEL SATURDAY MORNING AT 7 AND SUNDAY AT 11 A.M.
A POPULAR MEAT SHOP IN NORTHEAST CEDAR RAPIDS HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE PRICES MIGHT BE HEADED THIS SUMMER. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 TALKED WITH JONATHAN MOORE OF NELSON’S MEAT MARKET; MOORE SAYS THERE COULD BE LASTING AND WIDE-RANGING REVERBERATIONS AFTER A RANSOMWARE HACK ON BEEF PRODUCER JBS LAST WEEK. MOORE SAID HE IS HOPEFUL THAT THIS LATEST EXAMPLE OF INTERNET CRIME WILL LEAD TO STRONGER SYSTEMS TO PROTECT CORPORATE INTERNET USERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION.
THE WATERLOO BUCKS OPEN A NEW SERIES TONIGHT AT RIVERFRONT STADIUM. AFTER WINNING THEIR HOME OPENER ON THURSDAY, THE BUCKS HOST THE MINNESOTA MUD PUPPIES FOR THE FIRST OF FOUR GAMES. GAME TIME THIS EVENING IS 6:35.
MEMORIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THREE FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED IN A HIGHWAY CRASH ONE WEEK AGO. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED NORTH OF WEST UNION LAST FRIDAY WHEN A CAR DRIVEN BY TERRI WESTFALL WHEN ACROSS THE CENTER LINE ON HIGHWAY 150, COLLIDING WITH A SEMI-TRUCK. WESTFALL DIED IN THE ACCIDENT, AS DID 18-YEAR-OLD ASHLEIGH RENSING AND NINE-YEAR-OLD ALLI OLSON. ANOTHER MINOR PASSENGER IN THE CAR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE GROUP WAS REPORTEDLY ON THEIR WAY TO A WEEKEND CAMPING TRIP. SERVICES FOR WESTFALL, RENSING, AND OLSON WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY AT PARKVIEW CHURCH IN IOWA CITY.
WATERLOO SCHOOLS EXPECT TO HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WHEN CLASSES RESUME THIS FALL. DR. SANDY SCHMITZ PREVIOUSLY HELD A SIMILAR ROLE IN THE DAVENPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. ORIGINALLY FROM WESTERN IOWA, SCHMITZ FOCUSSED ON ELEMENTARY AND DEAF EDUCATION AT THE OUTSET OF HER CAREER, EARNING AN ADVANCED DEGREE WHILE STUDING LEARNING DISABILITIES. SCHMITZ IS EXPECTED TO FORMALLY JOIN THE WATERLOO SCHOOLS’ DISTRICT STAFF AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH, AFTER HER HIRING IS FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UNI MUSIC PROFESSOR MIKE CONRAD WILL BE ON STAGE THIS WEEKEND. IT’S BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE HE HAS SEEN SOME OF THE MUSICIANS WHO WILL JOIN HIM IN A SUNDAY EVENING PERFORMANCE. THE IOWA JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA WILL DEBUT CONRAD’S NEW COMPOSITION: THE FERTILE SOIL SUITE. THE FREE PERFORMANCE WILL START AT 6 P.M. SUNDAY AT RIVER PLACE PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN CEDAR FALLS.
