A CEDAR RAPIDS UNSOLVED MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED AFTER AUTHORITIES BELIEVED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR. CHARGES AGAINST MYKEL ROBERTS HAVE BEEN DROPPED. IN MARCH, ROBERTS TOLD CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT HE HAD SHOT DEXTER MEEKS OUTSIDE A CEDAR RAPIDS HOME IN 2011. HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF ROBERTS’ CRIMINAL HISTORY INDICATED THAT HE WAS IN CUSTODY ON THE NIGHT MEEKS WAS SHOT AND COULDN’T HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT CRIME. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHY ROBERTS WOULD HAVE CLAIMED A ROLE IN THE MEEKS MURDER.
LAST WEEK, A FEDERAL HOUSE COMMISSION HELD HEARINGS ON THE JANUARY 6TH CONFRONTATION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SPOKE TO KXEL AND CRITICIZED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI OVER THE COMPILATION OF THE COMMISSION’S MEMBERS. IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEK’S TESTIMONY, A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WHO RESPONDED TO THE JANUARY 6TH INCIDENT REPORTEDLY COMMITTED SUICIDE, BECOMING THE FOURTH SECURITY WORKER TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.
VOTERS IN IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT 37 WILL SELECT A REPLACEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH FOR LATE STATE REPRESENTITIVE JOHN LANDON. THE ANKENY REPUBLICAN DIED LAST WEEK AT AGE 71. DEMOCRAT ANDREA PHILLIPS REPORTEDLY INTENDS TO SEEK THE SEAT AFTER LOSING TO LANDON IN 2020.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES WERE HELD IN MANY EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITIES ON TUESDAY. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS FROM TV-9 WERE IN MANCHESTER WHERE THEY SPOKE TO MINDI JACKSON; SHE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO INTERACT UNDER FUN AND CASUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON AND GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, REYNOLDS EXPRESSED HER DISPLEASURE WHEN 19 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN WERE FLOWN TO DES MOINES BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO OTHER DESTINATIONS. HINSON SAYS THAT WAS A TOPIC DURING A RECENT LUNCH CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR. THIS SUMMER, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SENT IOWA STATE TROOPERS TO THE SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER AT THE REQUEST OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
A WATERLOO MAN WAS APPREHENDED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO A HOUSE IN THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ON SUNDAY MORNING. 35-YEAR-OLD JARED CLOS FACES BURGLARY CHARGES. CLOS HAS A PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY TIED TO A PAIR OF BURGLARY INCIDENTS.
AUTHORITIES IN IOWA CITY HAVE RELEASED NEW INFORMATION AFTER THE MAY ATTACK ON UNIVERSITY OF IOWA BASKETBALL STAR JORDAN BOHANNON. FORMER IOWA STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER NICHOLAS KRON IS CHARGED IN THE CASE, WHICH STARTED OUTSIDE A DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY BAR. BOHANNON WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY. KRON TURNED HIMSELF IN AT JOHNSON COUNTY JAIL AND WAS LATER RELEASED. THE ARREST WAS MADE A FEW DAYS AFTER BOHANNON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST KRON, WHO ALLEDGEDLY STRUCK BOHANNON IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD DURING THE LATE-NIGHT INCIDENT.
IOWA FIRST DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SERVES ON THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET COMMITTEES. THIS MORNING ON KXEL, HINSON TALKED ABOUT INFLATION CONCERNS OVER DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS AS CONGRESS WEIGHS FEDERAL SPENDING. HEAR MORE OF HINSON’S COMMENTS IN THE PODCAST SECTION AT KXEL.COM.
WOMEN FROM CRESCO AND GRINNELL ARE AMONG FOUR WHO HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE IOWA WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME. ROXANN RYAN FROM CRESCO SERVED AS AN IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER. GRINNELL’S CORNELIA CLARK WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND ILLUSTRATOR. THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS YEAR’S IOWA WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME CLASS ARE ACTRESS DONNA REED AND TEACHER JAN MITCHELL. THE IOWA WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME HAS BEEN RECOGNIZING NOTABLE WOMEN FROM THE STATE SINCE 1975.
