A VIDEO OF ALLEGED ABUSE AGAINST A DISABLED WATERLOO MAN HAS LED TO THE FIRING AND ARREST OF AN EMPLOYEE FROM AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. DZANIFA KOSTIC IS CHARGED WITH WANTON NEGLECT OF A DEPENDENT ADULT. IN THE VIDEO SHE IS SEEN SLAPPING AND PINNING DOWN THE 19-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. KOSTIC REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO PREVENT THE MAN FROM HARMING HIMSELF. THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT IS ADMINISTERED BY JULIAN UNLEASHED, WHICH SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT KOSTIC IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS GONE A STEP BEYOND A BOOK-MOBILE. RESIDENTS HAVE TECHNOLOGY ROLLING RIGHT INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 CAUGHT UP WITH LIBRARY PROGRAMMING MANAGER KEVIN DELICKI BESIDE THE COMMUNITY’S MOBILE TECHNOLOGY VAN. DELICKI TOLD TV-9 THAT THE CEDAR RAPIDS LIBRARY’S TECHNOLOGY VAN WILL BE MAKING REGULAR STOPS AT CITY PARKS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO HELP FAMILIES CATCH UP ON HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES KIDS MAY HAVE MISSED.
THE RED-HOT WATERLOO BUCKS OPEN A FOUR-GAME ROAD TRIP TONIGHT IN WILMAR, MINNESOTA. THE BUCKS ARE 7-1 TO START THE SEASON AND LEAD THEIR DIVISION. MEANWHILE, THE CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS ALSO BEGIN A NEW SERIES AWAY FROM HOME. THE 13-17 KERNELS ARE IN BELOIT, WISCONSIN.
MORE GOOD NEWS FOR A WATERLOO COMPANY. CPM CORPORATION MAKES EQUIPMENT FOR A VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS LIKE FOOD PROCESSING, BIOENERGY, AND ANIMAL FEED. LAST MONTH, THE IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPROVED TAX BENEFITS FOR CPM’S NEW FACILITY NEAR THE WATERLOO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NOW THE WATERLOO CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN THE PROJECT A GREEN LIGHT. ON MONDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL HEARD ABOUT THE PLAN, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A 140 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, AND WAREHOUSING OF CPM PRODUCTS.
LAST WEEK STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND ISSUED A REPORT ON MONEY SPENT AS PART OF A CORONAVIRUS MEDIA CAMPAIGN. SAND CLAIMED THE EFFORT WAS SELF-SERVING FOR IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS. REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID SAND IS POLITICIZING HIS OFFICE AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO REYNOLDS IN 2022. SAND RESPONDED TO THAT DURING MONDAY’S EDITION OF KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. THE MESSAGES IN QUESTION WERE VALUED AT $150 THOUSAND AND AIRED ON RADIO, TELEVISION, AND ONLINE.
DOUGLAS JENSEN WAS ARRESTED IN THE WAKE OF THE JANUARY 6TH CONFRONTATION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. THE CENTRAL IOWA MAN IS ASKING A JUDGE TO RELEASE HIM FROM JAIL. IN A MONDAY COURT FILING, JENSEN SAYS HE FEELS DECEIVED AND RECOGNIZES THAT HE BOUGHT INTO A QUOTE “PACK OF LIES.” THE DOCUMENT CLAIMS HE WAS A VICTIM OF NUMEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES HE ENCOUNTERED ON THE INTERNET.
AN AUDIT CRITICAL OF A CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN HAS PUT REPUBLICAN IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AT ODDS WITH DEMOCRATIC STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND. THE REYNOLDS ADMINISTRATION HAS QUESTIONED SAND’S INTERPRETATION OF A STATE LAW WHICH PROHIBITS PUBLIC MONEY FROM BEING SPENT IN A WAY WHICH PROMOTES PUBLIC OFFICIALS. DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL, SAND TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR RELEASING HIS REPORT, INCLUDING HIS INTERACTION WITH THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. SAND WENT ON TO NOTE INSTANCES OF CRITICAL AUDITS OF DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW AT KXEL.COM.
CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCERS HAVE REPLANTED SOME FIELDS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF IOWA. THAT WAS NECESSARY AFTER A LATE FROST DAMAGED EMERGING CROPS DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. NONETHELESS, THE LATEST USDA CROP REPORT ISSUED ON MONDAY SHOWED THAT 96 PERCENT OF THE STATE’S CORN HAS SPROUTED. THAT’S NINE DAYS AHEAD OF THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE. SOYBEANS ARE AT A SIMILAR PACE AHEAD OF THE CURVE, WITH 86 PERCENT EMERGENCE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A MONDAY EVENING CAR ACCIDENT AT THE EDGE OF MARION. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ONE VEHICLE HIT THE OTHER FROM BEHIND AT THE INTERSECTION OF IOWA HIGHWAYS 100 AND 13. THE DRIVER WHO WAS STOPPED AT THE LIGHT THERE WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE COLLISION. NONE OF THE INJURIES WERE THOUGHT TO BE LIFE THREATENING, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES AT THE SCENE.
