FORMER FIRST DISTRICT IOWA CONGRESSWOMAN ABBY FINKENAUER IS NOW OFFICIALLY A U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE. THIS MORNING, FINKENAUER ANNOUNCED SHE WILL SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO CHALLENGE REPUBLICAN CHUCK GRASSLEY NEXT YEAR. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FINKENAUER CALLED GRASSLEY OUT OF TOUCH. BEFORE BEIN DEFEATED IN 2020, FINKENAUER SERVED ONE TERM IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. GRASSLEY HAS REPRESENTED IOWA IN THE SENATE SINCE 1981.
SIXTY-FIVE BILLION DOLLARS OF COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SO COUNTY GOVERNMENTS CAN MAKE UP FOR LOST REVENUES. JUST WHAT KIND OF LOST REVENUE IS COVERED? STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND SAYS HIS OFFICE WANTS TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FIGURES OUT THE DETAILS. SAND NOTES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AN ONLINE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT “LOST REVENUE” CALCULATOR.
FORMER UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER SETH TUTTLE IS AMONG THE LATEST CLASS GOING INTO THE SCHOOL’S ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME. THIS YEARS’ HALL OF FAMERS INCLUDE SIX OTHER ATHLETES, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE 2005 PANTHER FOOTBALL TEAM. A CEREMONY TO RECOGNIZE UNI’S 2021 ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CLASS IS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS RELATIVES OF A TEENAGED GIRL WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT THIS WEEK HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. 15-YEAR-OLD TYLIHAH WHITIS OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, WAS STAYING IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND DIED IN A TUESDAY MORNING SHOOTING. HER SISTER – T’YANNA NESBY – TALKED TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 ABOUT THE LIMITED LOCAL ACTIVITIES WHITIS HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN. WHITIS WAS FOUND SHOT IN A DAMAGED VEHICLE OUTSITE THE HAWTHORNE HILLS APARTMENTS AFTER SIX O’CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING.
FIRST-TERM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON IS PLANNING A HIGH-PROFILE FUNDRAISER NEXT MONTH IN CENTRAL CITY. TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ IS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE AUGUST 28TH GATHERING. SO IS GOP NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR RONNA MCDANIEL, IN ADDITION TO IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY AND GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS. THE EVENT HAS BEEN DUBBED ASHLEY’S BAR-BE-QUE BASH. LIKELY 2022 OPPONENTS FOR HINSON HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DECLARE THEIR INTENTIONS, IN PART DUE TO DELAYS IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THE STADIUM WILL STILL BE NAMED FOR NILE KINNICK, BUT THE FOOTBALL FIELD IN IOWA CITY MAY SOON RECOGNIZE ANOTHER HAWKEYE. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA REPORTEDLY PLANS TO NAME THE FIELD FOR DUKE SLATER, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. SLATER WAS A TRAILBLAZING BLACK PLAYER WHO WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN TACKLE A CENTURY AGO. FACILITY NAMING IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT IOWA BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.
CEDAR COUNTY IS POISED TO BECOME A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY AREA. IF IT HAPPENS, CEDAR WOULD JOIN JASPER AND HARDIN COUNTIES IN HAVING THAT DISTINCTION, GIVING LOCAL OFFICIALS BACKING TO NOT FOLLOW FEDERAL LAWS THEY BELIEVE TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT. SHERIFF WARREN WETHINGTON TALKED TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 ABOUT FIREARMS IN RURAL AREAS. COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN TIPTON WILL CONSIDER A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK.
LOCAL LEADERS IN SOME COUNTIES ARE HOPING TO STEER CLEAR OF TROUBLE AS THEY SPEND FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS RELIEF MONEY. STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND TALKED TO KXEL ABOUT WHY HIS OFFICE IS ENCOURAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE AN ONLINE TOOL TO CALCULATE LOST REVENUE. SAND SAYS THE ONLINE CALCULATOR WAS CREATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
IN SPORTS, THE ALL-STAR BREAK IS OVER, AND THE WATERLOO BUCKS GET BACK TO WORK TONIGHT. AFTER MOST OF THE CLUB HAD THE LAST THREE DAYS OFF, THE BUCKS VISIT THE ST. CLOUD ROX THIS EVENING. WATERLOO SPLIT TWO HOME GAMES WITH ST. CLOUD LAST WEEKEND AHEAD OF THE NORTHWOODS LEAGUE ALL-STAR BREAK.
