WEDNESDAY EVENING, A MAN IN HIS 60S WAS FOUND ON THE PAVEMENT BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE WATERLOO RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WHERE HE LIVES. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE. THE MAN’S INJURIES WERE REPORTEDLY MINOR BUT DID REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE CHURCH ROW NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE MAN WAS EITHER GOING TO, OR COMING FROM, BRIDGES SENIOR LIVING. HIS SERVICE DOG RETURNED TO THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY IOWA HAS A MISSION TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AVOID SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS. PARTNERSHIP CEO PETER KOMENDOWSKI USES A FARMING ANALOGY TO EXPLAIN WHY THE GROUP’S WORK IS URGENT. HEAR MORE WITH PETER KOMENDOWSKI ON THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT THIS WEEKEND: SATURDAY MORNING AT 7 AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 ON KXEL.
THE FAMILY OF DREW EDWARDS WILL RECEIVE A FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT AFTER EDWARDS’ 2019 DEATH. POLICE FROM MAQUOKETA AND DEPUTIES FROM JACKSON COUNTY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SUBDUE EDWARDS DURING AN ARREST AND USED A TAZER. EDWARDS HAD MULTIPLE ELICIT SUBSTANCES IN HIS SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE ARREST.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS CHINA IS LIKELY TO NEED MORE AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. THAN HAD BEEN PREDICTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY, THE ISU CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATED THAT OVER 21 BILLION DOLLARS OF CORN, SOYBEANS, AND OTHER COMMODITIES WILL BE SHIPPED TO CHINA. THAT’S UP BY THREE BILLION DOLLARS COMPARED WITH A PREDICTION ISSUED IN MAY. THE RESEARCHERS BEHIND THE STUDY SAY CHINA’S NEED FOR CORN FOR ETHANOL IS PARTICULARLY STRONG, AS WELL AS PORK AND SOYBEANS IN THE WAKE OF A LONG-RUNNING OUTBREAK OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN THE COUNTRY.
A 22-YEAR-OLD BLACK HAWK COUNTY WOMAN ALLEGEDLY LEFT A DOG TO DIE AFTER SHE WAS EVICTED FROM A RURAL HOME EAST OF RAYMOND. ALICIA SWANSON WAS CHARGED WITH ANIMAL NEGLECT. THE PROPERTY OWNER REPORTEDLY FOUND THE DOG’S REMAINS MONTHS AFTER SWANSON HAD LAST LIVED IN THE HOUSE.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE KRIS MCGRAW ARE HOPEFUL AFTER MONTHS OF DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY COVID-19 [AUDIO :10]. MCGRAW TALKED TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. SHE OPERATES S&K COLLECTIBLES IN INDEPENDENCE AND SHARED ONE STRATEGY WHICH HAS HELPED SHOPS LIKE HERS. MCGRAW SAYS LONGEVITY ALSO HELPS; HER SHOP HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS. BUCHANAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS SAY ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF RETAIL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM CORONAVIRUS-RELATED CHALLENGES.
CORALVILLE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE OFFICER WHO SHOT A MAN DURING A STANDOFF LAST WEEK. OFFICER JOSHUA VAN BROCKLIN FIRED TWO SHOTS THAT HIT 47-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH MASER ON SEPT. 3 AT A CORALVILLE HOME. MASER ALLEGEDLY FIRST POINTED A GUN AT OFFICERS. VAN BROCKLIN HAS WORKED IN THE CORALVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 14 YEARS, AND AGREED TO A VOLUNTARY INTERVIEW WITH THE IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. WHEN AN INQUIRY INTO THE SHOOTING IS COMPLETED, IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY ATTORNEY.
WILL PLACES LIKE CEDAR FALLS, AMES, AND IOWA CITY SEE BIG CHANGES WHEN THE CURRENT CENSUS IS FINALIZED? OFFICIALS IN COLLEGE TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WORRIED THAT STUDENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR POPULATION TOTALS, BECAUSE SPRING CLASSES WERE SUSPENDED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. MANY STUDENTS WENT HOME. THAT COULD HAVE A DECADE-LONG IMPACT ON FUNDING AND PROGRAMS WHICH ARE POPULATION-BASED. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS THERE ARE 19 MILLION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
PETER KOMENDOWSKI IS ONE OF THIS WEEKEND’S GUESTS ON THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT. THE CEO OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY IOWA SAYS IT’S URGENT TO KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM EXPLOITATIVE INFLUENCES. HEAR MORE FROM KOMENDOWSKI ABOUT WORK BY THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY IOWA DURING NEXT HOUR’S NEWSCAST.
