THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED AFTER A THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACCIDENT AT AN INTERSECTION EAST OF WATERLOO. THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A PICKUP TRUCK AND A FLATBED DELIVERY VEHICLE COLLIDED WHERE OSAGE ROAD MEETS PILOT GROVE ROAD. THAT CROSSROADS DOES NOT HAVE STOP SIGNS. CLIFTON AND TELLY WATERS WERE IN THE PICKUP; CHRISTOPHER WYGANT WAS DRIVING THE FLATBED. ALL THREE WERE TAKEN TO UNITY POINT-ALLEN HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
A NEW COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION IN MARION INCLUDES A CITY MASK MANDATE. CITY OFFICIALS FINALIZED THE DECLARATION YESTERDAY. LIKE FACE-COVERING REQUIREMENTS IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES, THE POLICY COVERS PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING BUSINESSES IN MARION. TYPICAL EXEMPTIONS ARE IN PLACE, LIKE FOR THOSE WHO ARE EATING, DRINKING, OR EXERCISING. THE ONLY ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM LISTED WITH THE MARION MASK MANDATE IS EDUCATION TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE.
THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE SHRIMP IN YOUR MEAL, CHANCES ARE THAT SHRIMP HAS NEVER BEEN IN OCEAN. ONE CENTRAL IOWA ENTREPRENEUR WOULD LIKE YOUR SHRIMP TO HAVE ITS ORIGINS IN THIS STATE. JACKSON KIMLE IS THE FOUNDER OF STORY COUNTY-BASED MIDLAND COMPANY. KIMLE TALKS ABOUT RAISING SHRIMP IN STORY CITY DURING THIS WEEKEND’S EDITION OF THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT, WHICH AIRS TOMORROW MORNING AT 7 AND SUNDAY AT 11.
A WATERLOO MAN WILL SPEND MORE THAN NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER A REMARKABLY HIGH NUMBER OF ADULT FELONY CONVICTIONS. THE SENTENCING JUDGE USED THAT DESCRIPTION AT A HEARING THIS WEEK FOR 56-YEAR-OLD RICHARD JACOBSON. JACOBSON’S GUILTY PLEA EARLIER THIS YEAR CAME AFTER HE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN WHICH HE USED TO THREATEN ANOTHER PERSON. JACOBSON HAD A RECORD WHICH INCLUDED 14 PREVIOUS FELONIES: AMONG THEM BURGLARY AND OTHER WEAPONS OFFENSES. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA SAYS JACOBSON WAS USING METHAMPHETAMINE AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST.
IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS SAY MORE AUTOMATION IS COMING TO INDUSTRY. DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL THIS MORNING, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S JILL LIPPENCOTT SPOKE ABOUT A FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. LIPPENCOTT WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON INDUSTRY 4.0 NEXT WEEK DURING THE CEDAR VALLEY MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE, HOSTED ONLINE BY HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
NEW RULES ARE IN EFFECT FOR TAKE-AWAY LIQUOR SALES FROM BARS AND RESTAURANTS OPERATING AT LIMITED CAPACITY. DISPOSABLE CUPS CAN NO LONGER BE USED AND ALL SUCH DRINKS MUST HAVE AN APPROVED SEAL. THE CHANGES WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO ENFORCE OPEN CONTAINER LAWS. TO-GO LIQUOR SALES WERE ALLOWED EARLIER THIS YEAR AS A LIFELINE TO BARS STRUGGLING DURING THE STATE’S COVID-19 RESPONSE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA WILL MANAGE A PROGRAM PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SEVERAL RURAL COMMUNITIES. ON THURSDAY, UNI ANNOUNCED IT HAD RECEIVED A 395 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO THE SCHOOL’S CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM WILL HELP BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS IN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO TEN LOCATIONS PUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN PLACE. UNI SAYS ENERGY AUDITS, WEATHER-PROOFING, AND LIGHTING UPGRADES ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW STUDENTS WILL HELP PARTICIPANTS USE LESS POWER AND SAVE ON ENERGY COSTS.
THE CITY OF WATERLOO SAYS IT WILL CHANGE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ANNUAL LOWERING OF THE CEDAR RIVER DAM. EACH YEAR, AN INFLATABLE PORTION OF THE DAM IS LOWERED FOR WINTER. THE PROCESS TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT A DAY, BUT THIS YEAR IT WILL HAPPEN IN STAGES OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, BEGINNING OCTOBER 19TH. THE CITY SAYS THE CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN COORDINATION WITH THE IOWA DNR AND WILL HELP SOME RIVER ORGANISMS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT LIVE IN THE WATER, A STORY CITY COMPANY IS RAISING SHRIMP IN CENTRAL IOWA. MIDLAND COMPANY FOUNDER JACKSON KIMLE IS ONE OF THIS WEEKEND’S GUESTS ON THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT. KIMLE ADDS THAT MIDLAND’S SHRIMP ARE RAISED WITHOUT HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS, OR CHEMICALS. TOMORROW’S EDITION OF THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT AIRS AT 7 A.M.
