THE NEED FOR HELP IS STILL THERE AFTER THE AUGUST DERECHO. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 TALKED WITH RAYMOND SIDDELL OF THE IOWA DERECHO STORM RESOURCE CENTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND HE SAYS FEWER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP TO OFFER THEIR TIME. SIDDELL SAYS THE RESOURCE CENTER IS STILL SERVING HUNDREDS OF STORM VICTIMS EVERY DAY. HE ENCOURAGED THOSE WHO CAN TO OFFER SOME TIME CLEANING UP DEBRIS OR TO PROVIDE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS.
FRIENDS OF A BLACK HAWK COUNTY MAN SAY HE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND AFTER BEING MISSING FOR MUCH OF THIS MONTH. MICHAEL DAVIS IS 32. THE WASHBURN NATIVE CELL PHONE WAS BEING TRACKED AS AUTHORITIES LOOKED FOR HIM. ACCORDING TO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, DAVIS WAS LOCATED OVER THE WEEKEND.
IOWA FOURTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING CLAIMS REPUBLICAN LEADERS LET HIM DOWN. DURING A RECENT EDITION OF KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL, KING TALKED ABOUT THE SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH BEGAN WITH 2019 COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT RAPE, RELATED TO ABORTION. KING LOST A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR HIS HOUSE SEAT THIS SUMMER.
EARLY THIS MORNING, A DRIVER GOING THE WRONG WAY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 151 NORTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS SPARKED A POLICE CHASE. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE CAR ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DIVIDED HIGHWAY PASSED A DEPUTY AROUND 1:45. THE PURSUIT TURNED NORTH ON HIGHWAY 13. 33-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN HUGHES WAS ARRESTED WHEN HIS VEHICLE SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD NEAR A MARION TRAILER PARK. HUGHES HAD MINOR INJURIES AND FACES OWI AND OTHER TRAFFIC CHARGES.
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SAID IT WILL NOT PAY EIGHT BLACK FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYERS $20 MILLION DOLLAR TO PREVENT A LAWSUIT FOR ALLEGED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. THE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED A 21-PAGE LETTER FROM THE PLAYERS’ ATTORNEY SUGGESTING THE COMPENSATION AMOUNT. THE FORMER PLAYERS ALSO CALLED FOR THE FIRINGS OF HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KIRK FERENTZ, OFFENSIVE LINE COACH BRIAN FERENTZ AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GARY BARTA. IN A RESPONSE SUNDAY, THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR BLACK ATHLETES.
THE IOWA CITY VA HOSPITAL IS ENCOURAGING VETERANS TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH STEPS. SPOKESMAN BRIAN CLARK TALKED TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. THE VA HAS BEEN WORKING ON PREVENTIVE HEALTH RANGING FROM FLU SHOTS TO SUICIDE PREVENTION. A DRIVE-THRU VA FLU SHOT EVENT IS PLANNED FOR CEDAR RAPIDS THURSDAY.
AN ALTERCATION IN CEDAR RAPIDS EARLIER THIS YEAR COST A PERSON THEIR RIGHT EYE. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED LEVAR TURNER; THE 23-YEAR-OLD FACES FELONY WILLFUL INJURY CHARGES. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT TURNER STRUCK THE UNNAMED VICTIM REPEATEDLY, KNOCKING THAT PERSON OUT AND EVENTUALLY CAUSING LOSS OF THE EYE. THE INCIDENT REPORTEDLY HAPPENED IN AUGUST.
LAST MONTH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TO SEND IOWA HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RAPID COVID-19 TESTS. NOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER RESULTS OF THOSE TESTS AND OTHERS LIKE THEM ARE BEING REPORTED. THE 15-MINUTE TESTS FROM ABBOTT LABS DETECT VIRAL PROTEINS CALLED ANTIGENS ON A NASAL SWAB. FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT HALF OF THE NATION’S DAILY TESTING CAPACITY NOW CONSISTS OF RAPID TESTS. TESTING SITES ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REPORT THEIR RESULTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES. BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE RESULTS FROM MANY RAPID TESTS ARE GOING UNREPORTED.
STEVE KING IS SERVING HIS FINAL MONTHS IN THE U.S. HOUSE. SINCE LOSING IOWA’S FOURTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, KING HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET. DURING A RECENT APPEARANCE ON KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL, HE SAID HE HAS NOT OFFERED ENDORSEMENTS, BECAUSE NO ONE HAS ASKED. KING WAS ORIGINALLY ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2002. HEAR MORE FROM HIM DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
