AUTHORITIES AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AN INDEPENDENCE MAN MISSING SINCE AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF 31-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY MCNEELEY. THE MAN’S FAMILY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT HIM AND MCNEELEY DID NOT ARRIVE FOR WORK TUESDAY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE AT 319.334.2520.
IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE HAS WRITTEN AN OPEN LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ABOUT IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE. DEMOCRAT RITA HART IS CONTESTING REPUBLICAN MARIANETTE MILLER-MEEKS’ SIX-VOTE WIN IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL TUESDAY, PATE TALKED ABOUT WHY HE URGED PELOSI TO LET MILLER-MEEKS CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT [AUDIO :28]. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH PATE AT KXEL.COM.
SCAMMERS ARE CLAIMING THEY CAN GET YOU OFF THE HOOK FOR AN ARREST WARRANT. DON’T BELIEVE THEM. THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES AS DEPUTIES TO MAKE THAT OFFER. SHERIFF TONY THOMPSON SAYS DEPUTIES DO NOT OFFER PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THEIR WAY OUT OF AN ARREST WARRANT.
POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND MANY OTHERS WHO WERE MOVED BY THE DEATHS OF TWO ANAMOSA PRISON WORKERS LAST WEEK REMEMBERED THEM BY RUNNING OR WALKING A MILE AT ANAMOSA’S DOWNING FIELD TUESDAY. THE HONOR RUN FOR ROBERT MCFARLAND AND LORENA SCHULTE WAS ORGANIZED BY RON SLAGLE, WHO SPOKE TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 [AUDIO :10]. MCFARLAND AND SCHULTE WERE KILLED DURING A FAILED INMATE ESCAPE ATTEMPT LAST TUESDAY.
CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE SAY A PERSON ON A BICYCLE WAS HIT BY A CAR EARLY THIS MORNING. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 ON C AVENUE NORTHEAST. INJURIES TO THE CYCLIST WERE REPORTEDLY MINOR.
ORGANIZERS FOR IOWA’S RIDE ANNOUNCED THIS YEAR’S BICYCLE EVENT WILL BE CHANGED TO A WEEKEND GATHERING IN MID-JULY. THE ALTERATION FROM A STATEWIDE ROUTE IS DUE TO SOME SMALLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OR CITY FACILITIES NOT BEING COMFORTABLE OPENING FOR OVERNIGHT CAMPING THIS SUMMER. INSTEAD, THE RIDE WILL FEATURE A 40-50 MILE ROUTE ON SATURDAY, ALONG WITH SEVERAL RIDING OPTIONS ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL ALSO INVOLVE CAMPING AT THE ELDORA MUNICIPAL PARK, FLOATING ON A TUBE ON THE IOWA RIVER, AND VISITING THE CITY POOL. “IOWA’S RIDE WEEKENDER,” WILL RUN FROM JULY 16-18.
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS AND OTHERS WHO DON’T NORMALLY FILE A TAX RETURN CAN EXPECT COVID RELIEF PAYMENTS SOON. BUT A PAPERWORK DELAY TEMPORARILY HELD UP MONEY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD BENEFICIARIES WHO DID NOT FILE A 2019 OR 2020 TAX RETURN. THE IRS SAID TUESDAY: IT EXPECTS PAYMENTS WILL BE SENT TO THOSE BENEFICIARIES ON APRIL 7.
SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE IS IOWA’S TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL. TUESDAY HE SENT A LETTER TO U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI DEFENDING THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT. ALSO TUESDAY, PATE WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL TO TALK ABOUT RITA HART’S CHALLENGE TO THE VOTE COUNT. HART HAS ASKED THE U.S. HOUSE TO REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY OVERTURN THE OUTCOME IN NOVEMBER’S SECOND DISTRICT RACE. CONGRESSWOMAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS WON THE SEAT BY SIX VOTES. HEAR MORE FROM PATE ABOUT HIS LETTER TO NANCY PELOSI DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES HAS RECOGNIZED A CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER. CHRISTOPHER COLLINS’ WORK ON THE CASE LED AN ANIMAL ABUSER TO PLEAD GUILTY TO NEGLECT CHARGES. COLLINS’ INVESTIGATION BEGAN WHEN AN UNDER-NOURISHED GERMAN SHEPHERD WAS RECOVERED BY A RESCUE GROUP IN INDEPENDENCE. CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE CHIEF WAYNE JERMAN NOTED COLLINS’ OUTSTANDING JUDGEMENT AND COMPASSION AS THE HUMANE SOCIETY’S HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD WAS PRESENTED ON TUESDAY.
A WATERLOO MAN WHOSE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED DID NOT FIND A LOOPHOLE BY USING A RIDING LAWNMOWER INSTEAD OF A CAR WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE ITEMS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE. POLICE STAY THE PURPORTED BURGLARY HAPPENED MARCH 13TH. VIDEO REPORTEDLY SHOWS JAMES HARRINGTON ROLLING AWAY FROM ONE CRIME SCENE ON A MOWER. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES IN THE CASE.
