A SHOOTING IN CEDAR RAPIDS LATE TUESDAY REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION OF A FEMALE VICTIM. POLICE SAY HER INJURIES WERE FORTUNATELY NOT LIFE THREATENING. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF FIRST AVENUE NORTHWEST SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THEY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT LINN COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS.
REPUBLICAN IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY IS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE EVENLY DIVIDED UNITED STATES SENATE. AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OPPONENTS WITHIN THE PARTY SEEK TO SET THE REPUBLICAN COURSE, GRASSLEY OFFERED HIS ANALYSIS OF HOW AND WHEN PARTY LEADERSHIP WILL CRYSTALIZE. GRASSLEY WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL ON TUESDAY. HE ADDED THAT IF A REPUBLICAN DOESN’T WIN THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024, HE EXPECTS THE PARTY TO RETURN TO A SITUATION WHERE VARIOUS FACTIONS ARE PULLING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW AT KXEL.COM.
IN WATERLOO TUESDAY, TEN DIFFERENT RESIDENTS OFFERED IDEAS FOR IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. BEFORE THE SO-CALLED SPARK EVENT BEGAN AT THE RIVERLOOP AMPHITHEATER, MAYOR QUENTIN HART SPOKE TO THOSE WHO HAD GATHERED. ATTENDEES TUESDAY OFFERED INSTANT FEEDBACK. HEAR ABOUT THE IDEA VOTED THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE DURING THE NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE VOTED TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. DEMOCRAT JON GREEN WON TUESDAY’S SPECIAL ELECTION WITH OVER 97 HUNDRED VOTES, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 66 PERCENT OF BALLOTS CAST. GREEN IS THE FORMER MAYOR OF LONE TREE. HE REPLACES JANELLE RETTIG, WHO RESIGNED FOR HEALTH REASONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. GREEN’S TERM ON THE BOARD WILL LAST THROUGH THE END OF 2022.
A 43-YEAR-OLD CEDAR RAPIDS MAN WILL SPEND MORE THAN 19 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. HENRY EILDERS WAS SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. AFTER HIS ARREST LAST MARCH, EILDERS ADMITTED TO MOVING MORE THAN 100 POUNDS OF METH IN A YEAR’S TIME. HE ALSO WAS IN POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.
SPEEDING, DRUNK DRIVING, AND USING PHONES BEHIND THE WHEEL ARE SITED AS THE REASONS FOR IOWA’S RISING TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE. LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE AN INCREASED PRESENCE ON IOWA ROADS STARTING TODAY. THE GOAL IS TO GET TRAFFIC FATALITIES BELOW 300 THIS YEAR, SOMETHING THAT HASN’T HAPPENED IN IOWA SINCE 1925.
A COLLECTIVE FOR WATERLOO ARTISTS WAS THE MOST POPULAR SUGGESTION AT THE CITY’S TUESDAY NIGHT SPARK EVENT. CARRSAN MORRISSEY OF THE GROUT MUSEUM DISTRICT OFFERED THE IDEA. THE IDEAS SUGGESTED DURING THE COMMUNITY BRAIN-STORMING SESSION RANGED FROM HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT TO NEW SPORTS FACILITIES TO REVITALIZING THE NATIONAL CATTLE CONGRESS GROUNDS.
A VEHICLE STOLEN FROM WATERLOO ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT TWO SUSPECTS TO CEDAR RAPIDS, WHERE THEY ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOODS. 27-YEAR-OLD JESSICA MORRIS AND 32-YEAR-OLD STEVEN ESPARZA WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE COUPLE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER REPORTEDLY LEAVING THE CEDAR RAPIDS DICK’S SPORTING GOODS LOCATION WITHOUT PAYING FOR A CART FULL OF ITEMS. MORRIS AND ESPARZA ARE ALSO ACCUSED OF SUBSTANTIAL SHOPLIFTING FROM AN AREA WALGREENS STORE. THEFT CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. ESPARZA WAS ALSO WANTED IN BLACK HAWK AND BREMER COUNTIES.
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE WILL BE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOLIDARITY AMONG THEIR RESPECTIVE CAUCUSES AS LONG AS MEMBERSHIP IS EVENLY DIVIDED. NEW HARTFORD REPUBLICAN CHUCK GRASSLEY SPOKE ABOUT THE 50-50 SITUATION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HIS PARTY WHEN HE WAS A GUEST TUESDAY DURING THE KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL PROGRAM. GRASSLEY NOTED THAT THE VERY NATURE OF SENATE PROCEDURES REQUIRES A DEGREE OF BIPARTISANSHIP. HEAR FROM GRASSLEY ABOUT LEADERSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
CASEY’S GENERAL STORES REPORTED A $41.7 MILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT AFTER FINANCIAL MARKETS CLOSED TUESDAY. THAT DIVIDES OUT TO $1.12 PER SHARE. THE FIGURE NEARLY DOUBLED ANALYST EXPECTATIONS. CASEY’S SALES TOTALED OVER $2.3 BILLION DURING THE THREE MONTH PERIOD.
