IowaWORKS will host an Open Air Career Fair at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo on Wednesday, August 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The in-person career fair is open to the public with no cost and will be held outdoors. The Open Air Career Fair will have in-person booths for job seekers. Employers will be from various industries. A similar event was held in June at the National Cattle Congress. Grow Cedar Valley has partnered with IowaWORKS to recruit local businesses who have immediate openings. Those who are looking for a career are encouraged to dress for success and bring their resume. There will be food trucks on site.
A Mason City man is facing a felony charge for burglarizing a residence on Monday and Tuesday. 20-year-old Alan Valdez is being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail on $5,000 bond. He’s accused of breaking into the same residence in Meservey by climbing through a window on back-to-back days. Court documents state he stole a total of $900. The money was recovered and returned to the residents.
The Tama County Sheriff’s Office will not give inmates COVID-19 vaccinations. Nearly 4,800 inmates in Iowa’s jails and prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic started. Cases have slowed significantly as vaccines rolled out, with just 116 cases since March 1. Sheriff Dennis Kucera told our coverage partners at TV9 that the jail has a lack of medical staff to administer vaccines and that inmates have very little risk of exposure to COVID-19 because inmates are quarantined before being placed into the general population. It also said jail staff has little direct contact with inmates.
Iowa City Police have identified and charged a 21-year-old woman for trying to shoot another woman after an argument last Friday. Danielle Williams of Coralville was charged with Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon, two counts of Control of a Firearm by a Domestic Abuser, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Witnesses as well as the victim told police that Williams began arguing with her, pulled out a handgun, and tried to shoot her in the 2400 block of Bittersweet Court. Police found a shell casing and property damage from the bullet, but there were no injuries reported. Williams is in custody at the Johnson County Jail.
