DRY CONDITIONS WHICH DATE BACK TO 2020 IN PARTS OF IOWA MEAN THAT CORN HARVEST IS LIKELY TO BEGIN EARLIER THAN USUAL IN DROUGHT AREAS. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AGRONOMIST ANGIE REICK-HINZ RECENTLY TALKED TO KXEL. SHE EXPLAINED WHY SOME FARMERS WILL WANT TO BRING THEIR CROP IN EARLY. ACCORDING TO REICK-HINZ, RAIN THAT FALLS IN THE DAYS OR WEEKS AHEAD IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE MUCH POSITIVE IMPACT ON CORN YIELDS.
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR COVID-19 ARE RISING. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS DR. TONY MYERS DESCRIBED THE UPWARD CURVE TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW, MYERS SAID SIX PEOPLE ADMITTED TO MERCY HAD BEEN VACCINATED, BUT ADDED THAT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE FACE BIGGER RISKS.
CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN A SUNDAY HIT-AND-RUN WHICH HAPPENED IN CEDAR RAPIDS. REGINALD BUSCH OF MARION IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INJURY ACCIDENT, AS WELL AS OTHER TRAFFIC CHARGES. BUSCH ALLEGEDLY HITTING A MOTORCYCLE WHILE TURNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLAIRS FERRY ROAD AND C AVENUE. THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER SUFFERED A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY.
IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AND U.S. SENATOR JONI ERNST USED THE STATE FAIR AS A VENUE TO MEET ABOUT A CRISIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. ON WEDNESDAY, THE TWO REPUBLICANS SPOKE TO EACH OTHER ABOUT PLANS TO ACCEPT AFGHAN REFUGEES DISPLACED BY SWIFTLY ADVANCING TALIBAN FORCES. REYNOLDS SAYS IOWA WOULD WELCOME REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN WHO WANT TO RESETTLE IN IOWA. SHE ALSO NOTED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR SITUATION AND IMMIGRANTS COMING ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. IN APRIL, REYNOLDS REFUSED A FEDERAL REQUEST TO ACCEPT MIGRANT CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. SHE SAYS THIS SITUATION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE COMING FROM AFGHANISTAN WILL HAVE SPECIAL VISAS AND BE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.
AS FARMERS PREPARE TO NEGOTIATE FIELDS WITH THEIR JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT THIS FALL, THE COMPANY AND A MAJOR UNION ARE INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS. THE CONTRACT BETWEEN DEERE AND THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS ENDS OCTOBER 1ST. MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND UAW MEMBERS WORK AT DEERE FACILITIES, PRIMARILY IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT YIELDS IN SOME IOWA FIELDS. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AGRONOMIST ANGIE REICK-HINZ PUT THE PRECIPITATION SHORTAGE IN PERSPECTIVE FOR KXEL LISTENERS. REICK-HINZ SAYS BOTH CORN AND SOYBEAN FIELDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW THE EFFECTS IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DRIEST.
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK, AUTHORITIES IN LINN COUNTY WERE LOOKING FOR A DRIVER WHO LEFT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WITH A MOTORCYCLE. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, LINN COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED WHEN A CAR AND MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED ON NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 151 NEAR MARION. THE RIDER HAD NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. LATER IN THE DAY, THE 19-YEAR-OLD DRIVER TURNED HERSELF IN. MATTIE ARMAN OF ANAMOSA IS CHARGED IN THE CASE, AND ALSO FACES A PREVIOUS WARRANT. IN AN UNRELATED INCIDENT SUNDAY, ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE RIDER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CEDAR RAPIDS CRASH.
DRUG CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST LEVI DULL OF CEDAR FALLS. THE 42-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT FOUR OUNCES OF METHAMPHETAMINE WAS RECOVERED FROM DULL’S HOME DURING A WEDNESDAY SEARCH.
THE BUCHANAN COUNTY SHERIFF HAS RESPONDED TO A STATE REPORT INDICATING THAT INMATES WERE RELEASED AT THE WRONG TIMES FROM THE JAIL IN INDEPENDENCE. SHERIFF SCOTT BUZYNSKI SPOKE TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. A STATE AUDIT RELEASED YESTERDAY SHOWED MORE THAN 100 INSTANCES WHEN AN INMATE WAS RELEASED EARLY OR LATE. BUZYNSKI BECAME SHERIFF IN JANUARY, AFTER THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE REPORT.
A CHICKEN EGG SALAD DISH BEAT OUT MORE THAN 60 OTHERS FOR THE TITLE OF FAVORITE NEW FOOD AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR. THE CHICKEN EGG SALAD IS SERVED WITH INDIAN FRY BREAD AND WAS CREATED BY THE IOWA EGG COUNCIL AND IOWA POULTRY ASSOCIATION.
