IOWA SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS IS PART OF A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VISITING THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, AT A TIME WHEN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN CROSSING INTO THE UNITED STATES. MILLER-MEEKS SPOKE TO FOX AND FRIENDS ABOUT WHY SHE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MADE THE TRIP. AS MANY AS 3,000 UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT TEENAGERS WILL BE MOVED NORTH TO A CONVENTION CENTER IN DALLAS AS FACILITIES CLOSER TO THE BORDER ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY.
PLANS TO CHANGE RULES RELATED TO FIREWORKS IN WATERLOO HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD. THE ITEM WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL’S MONDAY AGENDA, BUT THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO DELAY ACTION. COMMUNITY LEADERS ANTICIPATE TALKING WITH COUNTERPARTS IN CEDAR FALLS AND EVANSDALE TO SEE IF A UNIFORM POLICY IS POSSIBLE. CEDAR FALLS PROHIBITS THE USE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN CITY LIMITS. EVANSDALE AND WATERLOO BOTH ALLOW THEM IN LIMITED WINDOWS NEAR INDEPENDENCE DAY. WATERLOO’S FIREWORKS RULES HAVE FLUCTUATED IN THE YEARS SINCE THE STATE LEGALIZED THEIR SALE IN 2017.
EACH AUGUST, IOWA SUSPENDS SALES TAX COLLECTION ON CLOTHES INTENDED FOR SCHOOL. SOME LEGISLATORS WOULD LIKE THE SEE A SALES TAX HOLIDAY OR EXEMPTION FOR SUPPLIES WHICH WOULD HELP RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES. A MEASURE ON THAT ISSUE HAS PASSED OUT OF A STATE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE. SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY ARE STILL IN FLUX AS A FULL COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE IDEA.
PLANS FOR A RETAIL DISCOUNT STORE HAVE BEEN HALTED NEAR WATERLOO’S FORTHCOMING LOST ISLAND THEME PARK. LAST MONTH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON SHAULIS ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 218 HAD BEEN APPROVED BY A PLANNING COMMITTEE. HOWEVER, MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL STOPPED THE PLAN BY A 5-2 VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED A RANGE OF CONCERNS FROM TRAFFIC CONGESTION TO PERCEPTIONS OF THE RETAIL CHAIN. SOME SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THOROUGH PLANS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.
RESIDUAL ANXIETY ABOUT STRONG STORMS IS NATURAL AFTER LAST SUMMER’S DERECHO, ACCORDING TO TANAGER PLACE THERAPIST JOELLA GERBER. SHE SPOKE WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 AS EASTERN IOWA LOOKS AHEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE MONTHS AHEAD. GERBER SAYS STRESS CAN MANIFEST ITSELF IN PHYSICAL WAYS, RANGING FROM INCREASED HEART RATE OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH IN SOME PEOPLE AND LETHARGY IN OTHERS. COPING STRATEGIES CAN INCLUDE DEEP BREATHING AND CONSCIOUSLY TENSING AND RELAXING DIFFERENT MUSCLES IN THE BODY.
THE UNI PANTHER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON WILL CONTINUE IN THE WNIT. UNI RECEIVED A BID TO THE EVENT AND WILL MEET THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS AT 11 A.M. ON FRIDAY. UNI IS 14-12 AND FINISHED FOURTH IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE BEFORE BEING DEFEATED IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT. LIVE COVERAGE OF FRIDAY’S WNIT GAME WILL BEGIN AT 10:45 HERE ON NEWS/TALK 1540 KXEL.
MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS IS JOINING HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS MAKING A TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER. YESTERDAY IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN WAS A GUEST ON FOX AND FRIENDS AND SPOKE ABOUT CHECKING THE STATUS OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. HEAR MORE FROM MILLER-MEEKS DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST. OFFICIALS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALSO BEEN TO THE BORDER RECENTLY TO ASSESS CURRENT CONDITIONS.
TWO POSTVILLE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGES IN WINNESHIEK COUNTY. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. LEONARDO ESPINOZA AND FRANCISCO ESPARZA-TORRES ALLEGEDLY ARRIVED AT A HOME WHERE A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION TOOK PLACE. BOTH HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL.
A MARATHON BETWEEN CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THE CORRIDOR RUNNING GROUP HAS HAD TO CALL OFF THE RUN CRANDIC EVENT. THE ORGANIZATION SAID IN ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT PLANS TO STAGE THE RACE IN 2022 AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO RUN IN OTHER EVENTS OR ON THEIR OWN IN THE SHORT TERM.
THERE WAS VERY DIFFERENT NEWS MONDAY FOR TWO IOWA COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES. IOWA STATE AND CYCLONE COACH STEVE PROHM HAVE AGREED TO PART WAYS AFTER THE SQUAD FINISHED 2-22. MEANWHILE, FRAN MCCAFFERY SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO REMAIN WITH THE IOWA HAWKEYES THROUGH THE 2027-28 SEASON.
