JOHN DEERE WILL MAKE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION TO IOWA HEARTLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO IMPROVE HOUSING IN WATERLOO. LEADERS OF THE JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING A VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY THURSDAY. THE $2 MILLION GIFT WILL BE FOCUSED ON WATERLOO’S CHURCH ROW NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH AND EAST OF WHERE U.S. HIGHWAY’S 63 AND 218 MEET, BOUNDED BY SIXTH STREET AND KIMBALL AVENUE. THE MONEY REPRESENTS ONE PERCENT OF A 10-YEAR GIVING PLEDGE WHICH THE DEERE FOUNDATION COMMITTED TO LAST MONTH. JOHN DEERE OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPANY’S PRESENCE IN WATERLOO IS SURPASSED ONLY BY ITS QUAD CITIES OPERATION, WHERE DEERE IS HEADQUARTERED.
THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS RESULTED IN MURDER CHARGES. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED MARCH 10TH WHERE THE RIVER SEPARATES CARROLL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FROM JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE LEVI MEYERS OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, KILLED KEITH HEIDENREICH. THE VICTIM’S ESTRANGED WIFE DANIELLE, IS CHARGED WITH CONCEALMENT OF A HOMICIDAL DEATH RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
FORMER IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGIST PATRICIA QUINLISK TALKED WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 ABOUT A NEW I-D-P-H BRAIN HEALTH EFFORT. QUINLISK IS OPTIMISTIC THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE USEFUL ACTION IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA. MORE ON THE INITIATIVE IS AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE: I-D-P-H.IOWA.GOV/SAVE-YOUR-BRAIN.
CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE QUICKLY CAUGHT UP WITH A ROBBERY SUSPECT ON THURSDAY. MUZURI YENGE IS ACCUSED OF SHOWING A GUN WHILE TAKING THE PROPERTY OF A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF C AVENUE NORTHWEST YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY THEY CAUGHT UP WITH YENGE SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. ALTHOUGH A GUN WAS ALLEGEDLY DISPLAYED DURING THE INITIAL INCIDENT, POLICE REPORT THAT THEIR ARREST WAS MADE WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. BOTH THE WEAPON AND THE STOLE PROPERTY WERE RECOVERED.
TODAY REPRESENTS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THE MODERN D-C-I ENCOMPASSES AN ARRAY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING OVERSIGHT OF COMPLEX CRIMINAL CASES AND MAJOR CRIMES, AS WELL AS MANAGING THE STATE’S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND MISSING PERSONS INFORMATION. DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL THIS MORNING, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ADAM DECAMP SPOKE ABOUT THE D-C-I’S WORK OVER THE LAST CENTURY. FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SPECIAL AGENT ADAM DECAMP IN THE PODCAST SECTION AT KXEL.COM.
AN EVANSDALE MAN IS CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. THE COMPLAINT AGAINST JASON SETTLE SAYS HE LEFT MULTIPLE PHONE MESSAGES FOR A WOMAN DESPITE A NO CONTACT ORDER. AMONG HIS ATTEMPTS TO TALK TO THE VICTIM, AT ONE POINT HE CLAIMED TO BE A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. THE CALLS PLACED IN MARCH LED TO SETTLE’S ARREST YESTERDAY FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION.
EVEN BEFORE RAIN THIS WEEK, IOWA’S DROUGHT SITUATION WAS IMPROVING, ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. A REPORT RELEASED BY THE DNR YESTERDAY SHOWED AVERAGE MARCH RAINFALL WAS ABOUT A HALF-INCH ABOVE NORMAL. FROM THE BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH THROUGH LAST WEDNESDAY, IOWA IMPROVED FROM 52 PERCENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO 41 PERCENT. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES’ REGULAR WATER SUMMARY UPDATE ALSO INDICATED THAT MARCH TEMPERATURES WERE APPROXIMATELY SIX-AND-A-HALF DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
WHEN A MAN WAS SHOT IN WATERLOO OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A WEAPON AT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROVIDED OVERSIGHT AS EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED. D-C-I IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE USE-OF-FORCE SITUATIONS. SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ADAM DECAMP SPOKE ABOUT THAT ROLE AT A TIME WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS BEING SCRUTINIZED NATIONWIDE BY MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS. DECAMP WAS A GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL TODAY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION COMMEMORATES ITS FOUNDING 100 YEARS AGO.
THE WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS TRY TO SHAKE OFF A FIVE-GAME WINLESS STREAK DURING A WEEKEND SERIES THAT STARTS TONIGHT AT YOUNG ARENA. THE HAWKS HOST THE SIOUX FALLS STAMPEDE FOR GAMES THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW. TONIGHT’S OPENING FACEOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:05 P.M.
