DURING HIS EASTER MESSAGE SUNDAY, ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL JACKELS TOLD THE STORY OF EMACIATED POWS CELEBRATING EASTER DURING THE KOREAN WAR 70 YEARS AGO. MORE FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE’S EASTER MASS DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
LAST WEEK, THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF MARIANETTE MILLER-MEEKS’ NOVEMBER VICTORY IN IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT ENDED WHEN RITA HART CALLED OFF HER CHALLENGE TO THE ELECTION RESULTS. FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON OFFERED HER REACTION. HART HAD CONTENDED 22 UNCOUNTED BALLOTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE VOTE TOTALS AND WOULD HAVE REVERSED THE OUTCOME.
IOWA CITY NATIVE ASHLEY JOENS HAS BEEN HONORED AS THE BEST SMALL FORWARD IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL. ON SUNDAY, THE IOWA STATE JUNIOR RECEIVED THE 2021 CHERYL MILLER AWARD. JOENS AVERAGED OVER 24 POINTS AND NINE-AND-A-HALF REBOUNDS PER GAME, HELPING THE CYCLONES TO A 17-11 RECORD AND THE SECOND ROUND OF THE WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
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AN EASTER WEEKEND WHICH HAD INCLUDED SEVERAL SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY ENDED WITH ONE MORE ON SUNDAY EVENING IN WATERLOO. POLICE AND MEDICAL CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON WATERLOO’S WEST SIDE AROUND 6:30. INJURIES TO A MAN IN THE 900 BLOCK OF WEST MULLAN WERE NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE THREATENING. FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, AT LEAST THREE OTHER SHOOTING CALLS IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY LED TO INJURIES OR ARRESTS.
DURING A RECENT KXEL INTERVIEW, FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON TALKED ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. HINSON’S COMMENTS CAME IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ELECTION CHALLENGE TO REPUBLICAN MARIANETTE MILLER-MEEKS’ WIN IN IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT RACE. LAST WEEK, DEMOCRAT RITA HART DROPPED HER REQUEST FOR THE U.S. HOUSE TO REVIEW THE OUTCOME.
DURING EASTER MASS, DUBUQUE ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL JACKELS TOLD PARISHIONERS THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE IN HOW THEY REACT TO DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. JACKELS ALSO NOTED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
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FIRST DISTRICT IOWA CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON WAS A GUEST THIS MORNING DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. SHE SAYS CHILD CARE HAS BEEN AN URGENT ISSUE FOR DECADES, BUT IT IS FINALLY RECEIVING APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE AND BUSINESS ATTENTION AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. HINSON SAID THE FASTEST WAY FOR THE ECONOMY TO RECOVER FROM COVID-19 IS TO KEEP WORKING WOMEN FROM BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR JOBS DUE TO CARE-GIVING RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT CREW CLUB TALKED ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO THE DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE JUST OVER A WEEK AGO. ALEXIS AURANDT SAYS WINDS THAT HAD BEEN FORECAST TO REMAIN LOW, PICKED UP SUDDENLY, CAUSING A BOAT TO CAPSIZE BEFORE THE CREW COULD RETURN TO SHORE, DROWNING TWO MEMBERS ON MARCH 28. SHE SAYS CREW MEMBERS WERE NOT WEARING LIFE VESTS BUT HAD ALL PASSED SWIM TESTS. THE UNIVERSITY AND A NATIONAL ROWING ASSOCIATION ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT.
A FIGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF CEDAR RAPIDS WOUNDED TWO PEOPLE IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE WESTDALE APARTMENTS. BOTH MEN WHO WERE HURT DURING THE CONFRONTATION HAD INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH A SHARP WEAPON. EACH VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. CEDAR RAPIDS AUTHORITIES ARE STILL COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE.
