AFTER HE WAS MISSING FOR A FULL DAY, AUTHORITIES HAVE LOCATED AN AUTISTIC IOWA CITY MAN. LATE SUNDAY, 21-YEAR-OLD SIRAJ WHITE-WRIGHT WAS FOUND NEARLY 80 MILES AWAY NEAR BURLINGTON. WHITE-WRIGHT WAS REPORTEDLY IN GOOD CONDITION. IT’S NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR HOW HE TRAVELED SO FAR WITHOUT A VEHICLE. FAMILY AND FIRST RESPONDERS BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HIM SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
WATERLOO LEGISLATOR RAS SMITH WOULD LIKE MORE PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS IN FACILITIES LIKE MEAT-PACKING PLANTS. SMITH CRITICIZED THE LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT WHICH STATE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATORS HAVE PROVIDED. SMITH REPRESENTS DISTRICT 62 IN THE IOWA HOUSE. HE MADE THOSE COMMENTS DURING “INSIGHT ON BUSINESS: THE NEWSHOUR” WHICH AIRS SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ON KXEL.
A ROLLOVER CRASH IN CLAYTON COUNTY KILLED A LUANA MAN ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE IOWA STATE PATROL DOES NOT BELIEVE 50-YEAR-OLD KERRY KEEHNER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS JEEP NEAR MONONA. KEEHNER WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
COMING UP ON KXEL THIS EVENING, UNI PANTHER VOLLEYBALL. THE PANTHERS COULD NOT FINISH OFF INDIANA STATE AFTER TAKING A TWO-SET LEAD IN SUNDAY’S MATCH. UNI NOW LOOKS FOR A SERIES SPLIT AGAINST THE SYCAMORES TODAY. PREMATCH COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:45.
A WEEKEND FIRE DESTROYED A FACILITY WHICH PRODUCES A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BRAND OF READY-TO-EAT SANDWICHES. PRIDE OF IOWA PRODUCTS ARE MADE IN MARENGO. FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THEIR FACILITY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 9 P.M. AND FOUND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BRING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BECAUSE THE FIRE WAS AFTER HOURS. PRIDE OF IOWA PRODUCTS ARE SOLD AT CONVENIENCE STORES AND IN VENDING MACHINES UNDER THEIR OWN BRAND NAME; THE COMPANY ALSO SUPPLIES PRIVATE LABEL CUSTOMERS WITH DELI, BREAKFAST, AND OTHER SANDWICHES.
THE RETIRED NAVY SHIP NAMED FOR WATERLOO’S SULLIVAN BROTHERS IS TAKING ON WATER. SINCE IT WAS DE-COMMISSIONED, THE USS THE SULLIVANS HAS BEEN DOCKED AT THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY NAVAL & MILITARY PARK. OFFICIALS THERE SAY THEY HAVE HAD TO PUMP WATER OUT OF THE DESTROYER DUE TO HULL DAMAGE CAUSED BY WINTER STORMS ON LAKE ERIE. THE HOPE IS TO MAKE LONG TERM REPAIRS STARTING LATER THIS YEAR. A SHORT TERM EMERGENCY FIX IS ESTIMATED TO COST 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PREVENT THE USS THE SULLIVANS FROM SINKING.
WATERLOO STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAS SMITH DOESN’T BELIEVE IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PROTECT INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. SMITH SAYS THE PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT WITH THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT WATERLOO’S TYSON PACKING PLANT LAST SPRING. DURING “INSIGHT ON BUSINESS: THE NEWSHOUR” SUNDAY, SMITH SAID IOWA OSHA IS UNDERSTAFFED AND CAN’T PROPERLY INSPECT WORKING CONDITIONS.
CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE BELIEVE A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT SUNDAY MORNING WAS NO ACCIDENT AT ALL. THEY ALLEGE THAT 27-YEAR-OLD JAMELL RUSH PLANNED TO DO SOME TYPE OF DAMAGE WHEN A VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF CEDAR RAPIDS AFTER 10 A.M. YESTERDAY. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SUGGESTS THAT RUSH WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE, LEADING TO THREATS THAT HE WOULD HARM HIMSELF OR OTHERS. RUSH IS IN CUSTODY ON SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING OWI AND ASSAULT.
DAMAGE FROM FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE THE RESULT OF A SUNDAY AFTERNOON CEDAR RAPIDS FIRE IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF BEVER AVENUE SOUTHEAST. THAT FIRE BURNED THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE HOME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
FIREFIGHTERS IN MARSHALLTOWN ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO A WEEKEND FIRE. THE INCIDENT THERE WAS REPORTED BEFORE DAWN ON SUNDAY MORNING IN AN UNINHABITED HOUSE ON NORTH 11TH STREET. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. A PASSING DRIVER SPOTTED THE FLAMES AND CALLED IN THE REPORT AROUND 3:30 A.M. YESTERDAY.
CHALLENGES COMPLETING LAST YEAR’S CENSUS COULD CAUSE DIFFICULTY REDRAWING IOWA’S LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR CHRIS LARIMER SAYS THE STATE’S LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY WILL NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS ON TIME. LARIMER SAY THE LSA WOULD TYPICALY HAVE CENSUS INFORMATION BY THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. HEAR LARIMER’S FULL APPEARANCE FROM KXEL’S IOWA THIS WEEK PROGRAM AT KXEL.COM.
