ELECTED LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS FROM BLACK HAWK COUNTY SPOKE TO A GATHERING IN WATERLOO’S LINCOLN PARK TO REMEMBER LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG MONDAY EVENING. BLACK HAWK COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHRIS SCHWARTZ TALKED TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. THOSE ATTENDING MONDAY’S GATHERING WERE ENCOURAGED TO COMPLETE THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATE IN EARLY VOTING.
A LINN COUNTY MAN THROWN FROM THE ATV HE WAS RIDING WAS NONE THE WORSE FOR THE ACCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT. THAT WAS A FORTUNATE OUTCOME, BECAUSE THE ATV WENT OFF A TEN-FOOT EMBANKMENT AND FELL INTO THE CEDAR RIVER. 49-YEAR-OLD SEAN BELK WAS OPERATING THE FOUR-WHEELER IN PALO. HIS INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE-THREATENING BUT DID REQUIRE A TRIP TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT.
THE CITY OF WATERLOO WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOPE MARTIN PARK. THE OLD SHELTER THERE WAS CAUGHT UP IN FLOODING ON BLACK HAWK CREEK DURING 2014. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACILITY AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT WILL COST BETWEEN 130 THOUSAND AND 163 THOUSAND DOLLARS. CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT WILL BE PROTECTED FROM FUTURE FLOODING IN THE AREA.
IT’S OFFICIALLY FALL WITH THE PASSING OF THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. HARVEST IS UNDERWAY; ACCORDING TO MONDAY’S USDA CROP REPORT, FOUR PERCENT OF IOWA CORN HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN OUT OF FIELDS. THAT’S TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS AHEAD OF WHERE THE STATE’S FARMERS WERE IN 2019. THE SOYBEAN HARVEST IS SEVEN PERCENT COMPLETE. DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE SUMMER HAVE PUT FARMERS IN POSITION TO GET INTO THEIR FIELDS WITHOUT DELAY. MONDAY’S REPORT INDICATED THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS LAST WEEK PROVIDED AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN SIX DAYS AVAILABLE FOR HARVEST WORK.
IF HARVEST SEASON BRINGS TO MIND IMAGES OF IDYLIC FARM LIFE, YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE 20TH ANNUAL ALL-STATE BARN TOUR. DAVID WELTER OWNS A RESTORED GRUNDY COUNTY BARN WHICH WILL BE HOSTING VISITORS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS PART OF THE EVENT SPONSORED BY THE IOWA BARN FOUNDATION. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SELF-GUIDED EVENT IS AVAILABLE AT IOWA-BARN-FOUNDATION-DOT-ORG.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS ROUGHRIDERS’ ROSTER OF PLAYERS WAS SCATTERED TO 13 OTHER UNITED STATES’ HOCKEY LEAGUE CLUBS MONDAY. THE ROUGHRIDERS WILL NOT PLAY THIS WINTER DUE TO DERECHO DAMAGE TO CEDAR RAPIDS ICE ARENA. THE USHL DISPERSAL DRAFT WILL GIVE CEDAR RAPIDS PLAYERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE ICE ELSEWHERE IN THE LEAGUE. THE WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS CLAIMED ROUGHRIDER FORWARD MAX SASSON AND GOALTENDER AIDAN HARPER. THE USHL HOPES TO BEGIN THE COMING SEASON IN NOVEMBER.
THE WAVERLY CITY COUNCIL HAS PICKED A RENOVATION PLAN FOR A FORMER HOTEL ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE. THE RED FOX INN WILL BE DIVIDED UP DURING THE EFFORT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR. PART OF THE FACILITY WILL BECOME APARTMENTS. ANOTHER AREA OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE RECONSTITUTED AS A HOTEL, AND THE CITY HOPES THE REMAINING SPACE CAN BE USED FOR EVENTS. ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT ARE EXPECTED TO COST THREE-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WILL COME FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
IOWA BARNS DEVELOPED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY WERE BUILT, WHY THEY WERE BUILT, AND WHO BUILT THEM. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HISTORIC BARN ARCHITECTURE WILL BE ON DISPLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DURING THE IOWA BARN FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL ALL-STATE BARN TOUR. ONE OF THE STOPS IS AT A GRUNDY COUNTY BARN OWNED BY DAVID WELTER. THIS WILL BE THE 20TH YEAR THAT THE IOWA BARN FOUNDATION HAS PRESENTED A BARN TOUR IN THE STATE. THE GROUP WAS FOUNDED TO SAVE HISTORIC BARNS WHICH WERE FALLING INTO DISREPAIR.
MORE POLITICAL MESSAGES ARE ON THE WAY. IOWA AND GEORGIA HAVE BEEN ADDED AS AREAS WHERE THE JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS PLANNING TO BUY AIRTIME AND DIGITAL MESSAGE SPACE. CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT DEMOCRATS’ JOINT FINANCIAL OPERATION HAD $466 MILLION IN CASH ON HAND TO BEGIN THIS MONTH. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN INCREASING ITS SPENDING IN STATES WHICH CAST ELECTORAL VOTES FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2016.
