IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Police have made another arrest in connection to a fight outside an Iowa City bar in May that included the stabbing of three people. The fight happened in the 300 block of South Gilbert Street, outside the bar Bardot at around 2 a.m. on May 6. Police said Christopher Torres, 17, of Iowa City, faces two counts of Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury, and one count of Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury. In a criminal complaint, police said Torres had a knife during the fight and that he stabbed three people. Police said all three victims had stab wounds to the armpit and back. One also had a large slash across the abdomen and face. Another victim had a piece of his spine chipped off by the stabbing. The victims are expected to recover. Police said when Torres was interviewed days after the incident, he was still wearing the same bloody shoes he had been wearing at the time of the incident.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (KCRG) – An Iowa City woman was injured in a motorcycle crash in Mount Vernon Thursday morning. In a press release, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office said it happened in the 400 block of Cedar River Road. The sheriff’s office said the motorcyclist was heading eastbound when she hit some gravel while on a curve in the road. She lost control of the vehicle, which slid on its side and went into the ditch. The woman was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Law enforcement said she was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The Kids on Course University (KCU) summer school program, which is in its 11th year of operation, has announced a dramatic growth in participation with an excellent showing in reading improvement. The program, which runs 5 days a week for a total of 7 weeks, helps students receive further reading, math, and writing instruction from certified educators with the hopes of putting the students on a path to post-secondary education. KCU will serve all 21 Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) elementary schools at no cost to the participants thanks to help from the Zach Johnson Foundation, the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, ESSER, and many community supporters. Officials say that 80% of the student participants showed growth in reading.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – A brewery in Des Moines is offering Iowa’s first cannabis-infused drink. Climbing Kites is the latest invention from Lua Brewing. The drink does not have alcohol, but there is THC in it. That’s the part of the marijuana plant that gives you a high. The owner of the brewery addressed some concerns people may have. “We’ve got a lot of questions about what’s all in this,” said Scott Selix, Lua Brewing co-founder. “How can you make this legally? What’s all in it? As I said before, this is an all-natural. It’s water, it’s citric acid, there’s a little bit of natural flavoring, and then there’s some pure, hemp-derived THC. So it is 100 percent natural.” Marijuana is not legal for recreational use in Iowa, but some hemp and CBD use is.
