IMAGES OF TALIBAN FORCES SURGING INTO CONTROL OF AFGHANISTAN HAVE BEEN DISTRUBING FOR MANY VETERANS WHO SERVED THERE DURING THE PAST TWO DECADES. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 SPOKE TO FORMER ARMY MEDIC MATT COURTER, ORIGINALLY OF CENTER POINT. COURTER DRAWS PARALLELS TO PREVIOUS MILITARY INTERVENTIONS IN KOREA, VIETNAM, AND IRAQ, TELLING TV-9 HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE U.S. TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO FOREIGN CONFLICTS.
THE FINAL STEPS IN TRANSITIONING FROM THE GRIFFIN LOGO COULD BE COMING SOON. THIS SPRING, THE LONGTIME EMBLEM OF THE WATERLOO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REPLACED BY A SIMPLE RED AND YELLOW DESIGN. ARTWORK ON WATERLOO POLICE VEHICLES WAS CHANGED. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER ACTION THAT WOULD COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE GRIFFIN FROM UNIFORMS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. A VOTE IS EXPECTED AT THE SEPTEMBER 7TH COUNCIL SESSION.
THE WATERLOO BUCKS ARE TWO WINS AWAY FROM A NORTHWOODS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. WATERLOO NEEDS TO GET THE FIRST OF THOSE TWO WINS TONIGHT ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE ST. CLOUD ROX. IF THAT HAPPENS, THE BUCKS WOULD BE BACK HOME LATER THIS WEEK FOR A ONE-GAME CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST AGAINST AN OPPONENT TO BE DETERMINED.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS BEGIN A STRING OF SIX STRAIGHT AT HOME TONIGHT AGAINST THE WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS. FIRST PITCH IS AT 6:35.
WILL AFGHAN REFUGEES FIND THEIR WAY TO IOWA? PARALLELS BETWEEN U.S. EXITS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND VIETNAM HAVE BROUGHT TO MIND FORMER GOVERNOR ROBERT RAY’S EFFORTS TO RESETTLE THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE 1970S. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT CBS2 PUT THE QUESTION TO GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS’ OFFICE. A REYNOLDS ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY TAKEN IN NEARLY 100 IRAQIS OR AFGHANS WITH SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS SINCE 2016 AND IS CONSIDERING MORE. THOSE VISAS WERE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ASSISTED AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL. MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE DR. GLENN HURST ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING ON STATE LEADERS TO RESETTLE FIVE THOUSAND REFUGEES.
RAGBRAI AND IOWA IRISH FEST EACH BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN WATERLOO THIS SUMMER. MAYOR QUENTIN HART TALKED WITH KXEL RECENTLY ABOUT THE MANY BENEFITS OF THOSE EVENTS, STARTING WITH A SENSE OF NORMALCY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. BOTH RAGBRAI AND IOWA IRISH FEST WERE POSTPONED IN 2020 DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE NEXT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN DYERSVILLE IS EXPECTED TO PIT THE CHICAGO CUBS AGAINST THE CINCINNATI REDS. MULTIPLE SOURCES ARE REPORTING THAT MATCHUP IN AUGUST OF 2022. LAST WEEK, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX MET THE NEW YORK YANKEES AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS MOVIE SITE.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AN ACCIDENT ON THE CEDAR RIVER SUNDAY. YESTERDAY, WE TOLD YOU A MAN WAS AIRLIFTED WITH HEAD INJURIES AFTER HE COLLIDED WITH A BOAT WHILE BEING TOWED IN AN INNERTUBE. THE DNR IS ASKING THAT ANYONE NEAR THE SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT CONTACT THEM. IT HAPPENED NEAR MOHAWK PARK IN CEDAR RAPIDS AROUND 2 P.M. SUNDAY.
A WATERLOO MAN HAS BEEN SENTECED TO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN PRISON ON FEDERAL WEAPONS CHARGES. 26-YEAR-OLD MAR’YO LINDSEY WAS FOUND WITH A LOADED HANDGUN MAGAZINE LAST JULY WHEN HE WAS STOPPED BY THE STATE PATROL. DAYS LATER, WATERLOO POLICE DISCOVERED THE GUN WHICH CORRESPONDED WITH THE AMMUNITION. LINDSEY HAD A PRIOR CONVICTION, WHICH PROHIBITED HIM FROM HANDLING FIREARMS.
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, WATERLOO MAYOR QUENTIN HART HAS TRIED TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19. WHILE THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO CAUSE DISRUPTIONS, HART RECENTLY REFLECTED ON THE CITY’S RESPONSE. FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH HART IN THE PODCAST SECTION OF KXEL.COM.
WATCH FOR DETOURS ON KIMBALL AVENUE IN WATERLOO DURING THE DAY TODAY. WORK BETWEEN MITCHELL AND WILLISTON WILL REQUIRE SOME RE-ROUTING. CREWS ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL LARGE TREES WHICH OVERHANG KIMBALL AVENUE.
