THE LIST OF CANDIDATES IS GETTING LONGER FOR WATERLOO’S NOVEMBER CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS. MUSIC TEACHER JOHN CHILES IS SEEKING THE WARD ONE COUNCIL POSITION. CHILES WORKS FOR THE WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS SYMPHONY. COUNCILWOMAN MARGARET KLEIN IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR, RATHER THAN RE-ELECTION IN THE FIRST WARD. MEANWHILE, RETIRED NURSE DAWN HENRY IS SEEKING THE FIFTH WARD SEAT. HENRY IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERTY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. RAY FEUSS IS THE CURRENT FIFTH WARD COUNCILMAN.
THE MARION TEEN INJURED AT ADVENTURELAND THIS MONTH IS CONSCIOUS BUT HAS A LONG RECOVERY AHEAD. PASTOR CHRISTIAN SHIELDS OF CHIRSTIAN LIFE CHURCH SHARED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF 16-YEAR-OLD DAVID JARAMILLO JR. WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. JARAMILLO’S YOUNGER BROTHER, MICHAEL, WAS KILLED IN THE JULY 3RD ACCIDENT AT THE THEME PARK IN CENTRAL IOWA.
THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST A WOMAN WHO TRANSPORTED A MARION BOY ACROSS STATE LINES. 23-YEAR-OLD LENA MCGILL OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ALLEGEDLY INITIATED A RELATIONSHIP ONLINE BEFORE MEETING THE BOY AND TAKING HIM TO MISSOURI. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE RECOVERED ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AS PART OF THEIR CASE AGAINST MCGILL. THE VICTIM IN THE CASE WAS IN HIS MID-TEENS.
THE DRIVER OF AN SUV DID NOT SURVIVE A SINGLE-VEHICLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACCIDENT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 151 WEST OF SPRINGVILLE. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A 2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER WENT OUT OF CONTROL, LANDING UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS ROOF IN CRABAPPLE CREEK AROUND 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASE DETAILS ABOUT THE VICTIM. THERE IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE.
THE IOWA BUSINESS COUNCIL EXPECTS INCREASING SALES DURING THE MONTHS AHEAD. IBC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOE MURPHY WAS A GUEST THIS MORNING DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. MURPHY EXPLAINED ONE REASON FOR OPTIMISM BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION’S LATEST ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SURVEY. THE IOWA BUSINESS COUNCIL REPRESENTS 22 OF THE STATE’S LARGEST EMPLOYERS ACROSS A VARIETY OF BUSINESS SECTORS.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IOWANS ACCUMULATED DURING THE COVID-19 DISRUPTION ULTIMATELY WENT TO CASINOS. FIGURES FOR LEGAL GAMBLING IN THE STATE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021 HAVE JUST BEEN FINALIZED AND SHOW OVER 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN PLAY AT IOWA CASINOS. ADD IN SPORTS BETTING AND LOTTERY GAMES AND THE FIGURE GREW TO 3.2 BILLION. THE 2021 NUMBERS ARE A BOUNCE BACK AFTER CASINOS WERE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020 DUE TO COVID-19.
THE IOWA BUSINESS COUNCIL SAYS THE STATE’S LARGEST COMPANIES ARE STILL CAUTIOUS ABOUT CAPITAL SPENDING, DESPITE AN OVERALL POSITIVE SENTIMENT. IBC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOE MURPHY. MURPHY WAS A GUEST THIS MORNING DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. IBC’S ECONOMIC SURVEY OUTLOOK INDEX WAS AT 67.08; ANY SCORE ABOVE 50 IS POSITIVE.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR CONSUMERS IN EXCHANGE FOR STEADY INCOME FOR FARMERS. MARCUS JOHNSON OF BUFFALO RIDGE ORCHARD IN CENTRAL CITY TOLD KXEL THAT COVID-19 INITIATED A BOOST TO THE C-S-A FOOD MODEL. JOHNSON IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL’S IOWA THIS WEEK PROGRAM.
THE WATERLOO BUCKS MEET THE ROCHESTER HONKERS FOUR TIMES OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. THE FIRST OF THOSE GAMES WILL BE TONIGHT AT RIVERFRONT STADIUM BEGINNING AT 6:35. AFTER WINNING THEIR DIVISION DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SCHEDULE, THE BUCKS ARE TRYING TO SHAKE AN 0-6 START TO THE SECOND HALF.
