A BODY HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN IOWA’S JACKSON COUNTY AND CARROLL COUNTY IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. AUTHORITIES ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE SAY THE UNNAMED VICTIM WAS DISCOVERED WEDNESDAY NORTH OF SAVANAH. THEY HAVE INDICATED THE PERSON WAS A WHITE MALE. THE CARROLL COUNTY (ILLINOIS) SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING MORE INFORMATION.
WATERLOO SCHOOLS HAVE ISSUED THEIR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING A ROLLING START, WITH KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, SIXTH, AND NINTH GRADERS’ FIRST DAY ON AUGUST 23RD. SECOND, THIRD, SEVENTH, AND TENTH GRADERS GET GOING THE NEXT DAY, AND EVERYONE ELSE BEGINS ON AUGUST 25TH. THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN 2022 IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 1ST.
FORMER AMERICAN IDOL WINNER AND CLARKSVILLE, IOWA, NATIVE MADDIE POPPE SAYS: WHEN IT COMES TO NEW MUSIC, 2020 REPRESENTED WRITER’S BLOCK IN UNPRECEDENTED FORM. HEAR MORE FROM POPPE’S RECENT APPEARANCE ON KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL DURING NEXT HOUR’S NEWSCAST. POPPE WILL APPEAR AT THE EASTERN IOWA SPORTS SHOW IN CEDAR FALLS THIS WEEKEND.
THE IOWA HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENTS TODAY. THE IOWA WOMEN MEET MICHIGAN STATE THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE THE HAWKEYE MEN FACE WISCONSIN AT AROUND 8 O’CLOCK THIS EVENING. ALSO IN SPORTS, THE WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS VISIT THE LINCOLN STARS TONIGHT. AND KXEL’S LIVE COVERAGE OF UNI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BEGINS AT 1:45 THIS AFTERNOON.
AN IOWA CITY MAN WILL APPARENTLY AVOID PRISON AFTER REPEATEDLY USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO SPY ON AN EMPLOYEE PUMPING BREAST MILK IN 2018. THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ROBERT CARLSON INDICATED HE USED A CAMERA EMBEDDED IN A PEN TO RECORD THE NEW MOTHER IN AN OTHERWISE EMPTY CONFERENCE ROOM. CARLSON, OF THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM CARLSON DESIGN TEAM, ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO NINE COUNTS OF INVASION OF PRIVACY. HE WAS GIVEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE, BUT COULD FACE UP TO SIX YEARS IN CUSTODY IF HE DOES NOT MEET THE TERMS OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT. CARLSON WILL HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
MADDIE POPPE WILL PERFORM TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AT THE UNI-DOME DURING THE EASTERN IOWA SPORTSSHOW. THE FORMER AMERICAN IDOL WINNER FROM CLARKSVILLE, IOWA, SAW THE SAME TYPE OF 2020 INTERRUPTIONS IN HER MUSIC CAREER AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR LIVES, AS SHE TOLD JEFF STEIN DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL THIS WEEK. FIND THE FULL KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL INTERVIEW WITH MADDIE POPPE ONLINE AT KXEL.COM.
TANYA WARREN’S UNI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SPLIT TWO GAMES WITH BRADLEY IN PEORIA LAST MONTH. TODAY, THE TEAMS MEET ON A NEUTRAL COURT DURING THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. KXEL’S LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE QUAD CITIES BEGINS AROUND 1:45 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PANTHER WOMEN GO INTO TODAY’S MATCHUP ON A FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK.
INITIAL REPORTS SUGGESTED THE SUSPECT IN THE 2011 SHOOTING DEATH OF A CEDAR RAPIDS MAN HAD CONFESSED TO THE CRIME. HOWEVER ON THURSDAY, MYKEL ROBERTS ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF DEXTER MEEKS. ROBERTS IS INCARCERATED IN CALIFORNIA FOR UNRELATED CRIMES THERE. LAST MONTH, HE HAD ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IOWA COLD CASE. DEXTER MEEKS WAS FATALLY SHOT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 26TH, 2011 JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING. MEEKS AND HIS BROTHER, ANDREW, WERE BOTH TARGETS OF THE SHOOTER.
A DES MOINES PROSECUTOR IS EXPLAINING WHY HE BROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST A JOURNALIST WHO WAS ARRESTED WHILE COVERING A PROTEST LAST SUMMER. THIS WEEK, ANDREA SAHOURI WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF FAILURE TO DISPERSE AND INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH FOLLOWED THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. POLK COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN SARCONE SAYS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST SAHOURI WAS “MORE THAN SUFFICIENT” TO TAKE THE CASE TO TRIAL AND THAT DISMISSING IT WOULD HAVE AMOUNTED TO SPECIAL TREATMENT. A DES MOINES POLICE OFFICER PEPPER-SPRAYED SAHOURI DURING HER ARREST. SHE AND OTHERS HAVE ARGUED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS AN INFRINGEMENT ON PRESS FREEDOM.
ALCOHOLISM IS BECOMING A SIDE EFFECT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. CEDAR RAPIDS’ MERCY MEDICAL CENTER’S DR. BARAKAT ALTAMIMI SPOKE ABOUT THAT TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. BOTH IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED LIVER PROBLEMS AT MERCY HAS CLIMBED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM 2019, WITH EFFECTS THAT WILL BE LONG-LASTING FOR MANY PATIENTS.
