A WEEKEND ROBBERY AT A HOTEL IN WATERLOO CAUGHT FOUR VICTIMS BY SURPRISE. THE GROUP WAS RETURNING TO THEIR ROOM AT THE QUALITY INN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SAN MARNAN AND HIGHWAY 218 DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERAL ARMED ASSAILANTS POPPED OUT OF HIDING FROM INSIDE THE HOTEL ROOM AND TOOK MONEY AND VALUABLES. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED THE ROBBERY KNEW AT LEAST SOME MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
A WRONG-WAY CRASH ON HIGHWAY 63 NEAR NEW HAMPTON SENT A SHELL ROCK MAN TO THE MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER WITH SEVERE INJURIES. THE COLLISION HAPPENED ON SUNDAY MORNING. HUNTER POPPE OF SHELL ROCK WAS REPORTEDLY DRIVING NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES WHEN HIS PICKUP CRASHED INTO AN ONCOMING SEMI. THE SEMI DRIVER, RICKY TOUTGES OF MINNESOTA, HAD MINOR INJURIES.
A LEADERSHIP EVENT WILL BE ONLINE IN EARLY OCTOBER. HEATHER MARQUEZ OF ACTION-COACH MIND LINKS WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL RECENTLY AND TALKED ABOUT LIVE-2-LEAD CEDAR VALLEY. LIVE-2-LEAD CEDAR VALLEY IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 9TH. THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH MARQUEZ CAN BE FOUND IN THE PODCAST AREA AT KXEL.COM.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN ALL FOUR IOWA DISTRICTS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, ACCORDING TO A POLL RELEASED OVER THE WEEKEND BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER AND MEDIACOM. THAT INCLUDES THE FOURTH DISTRICT RACE BETWEEN RANDY FEENSTRA AND J.D. SCHOLTEN. POLLS FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR SHOWED FEENSTRA WITH A LARGE LEAD. SCHOLTEN IS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE ONE COUNTRY PROJECT; THE GROUP WAS FOUNDED BY FORMER NORTH DAKOTA SENATOR HEIDI HEITKAMP, WHO RECENTLY NOTED ON KXEL THAT SCHOLTEN IS A YOUTHFUL CANDIDATE. THE REGISTER / MEDIACOM POLL SHOWS SCHOLTEN TRAILING FEENSTRA 49 PERCENT TO 44.
SOME PUBLIC PARKING IN CEDAR FALLS WILL SHIFT TO PAID SPOTS AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. THE CHANGE WILL APPLY TO SELECT LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND COLLEGE HILL AREAS. THE CEDAR FALLS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CHANGES LAST YEAR. CEDAR FALLS OFFICIALS NOTE THAT THERE WILL STILL BE FREE PARKING OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN BOTH AREAS. THE NEW PAID PARKING SPOTS WILL BE OFFERED AT 50 CENTS PER HOUR DURING DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AND THE DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD MEAN SUMMER SCHOOL IN 2021. LAST WEEK, THE DES MOINES SCHOOL BOARD AGAIN VOTED TO VIOLATE REYNOLDS’ ORDER FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES. THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS FOR PUNISHING THE DISTRICT. EDUCATION OFFICIALS COULD TAKE A VARIETY OF ACTIONS, INCLUDING REQUIRING STUDENTS TO BE IN CLASS UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
THREE JUDGES WITH IOWA ROOTS COULD BE FUTURE SUPREME COURT NOMINEES. WITH THE DEATH OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG LAST WEEK, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANY IN THE SMALL GROUP OF IOWANS COULD BE ON THE SHORT LIST OF POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. WATERLOO NATIVE JOAN LARSEN IS A FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT JUDGE WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THAT POST BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN 2017. STEVEN COLLOTON OF IOWA CITY HAS BEEN ON A FEDERAL APPEALS PANEL SINCE 2003. EDWARD MANSFIELD OF THE IOWA SUPREME COURT HAS ALSO BEEN MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE CHOICE.
A CEDAR RAPIDS MAN IS PART OF A TEAM TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AMELIA EARHART. TOM VINSON IS AN ENGINEER. HE WILL BE WORKING WITH VINTAGE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EARHART’S LAST RADIO TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE HER PLANE DISAPPEARED AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD. THE ITASCA WAS A SHIP IN THE PACIFIC WITH WHICH EARHART WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IN THE LATE STAGES OF THE AROUND-THE-WORLD ATTEMPT.
A GLOBAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH WILL FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP. HEATHER MARQUEZ OF ACTION COACH MIND LINKS SPOKE ABOUT THE PEOPLE LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM THE LIVE-2-LEAD CEDAR VALLEY EVENT ON OCTOBER 9TH. MORE ABOUT LIVE-2-LEAD IS AVAILABLE AT KXEL.COM.
