A 2019 STANDOFF WILL RESULT IN A 10 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR A WATERLOO MAN. GREGORY NELSON PLED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS ARISING FROM THE CONFRONTATION WHICH LASTED SEVERAL HOURS AT HIS APARTMENT. HE FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT POLICE AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED ABOUT A DISTURBANCE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE INCIDENT IN 2019 ENDED WHEN A POLICE TACTICAL UNIT ENTERED THE BUILDING AND NELSON WAS ARRESTED.
A TANKER TRUCK DRIVER WAS KILLED IN A FATAL JOHNSON COUNTY ACCIDENT MONDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAY 29-YEAR-OLD GAGE TUTTLE OF CONROY WAS AT THE WHEEL WHEN HIS SEMI WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER IN A DITCH NEAR EAST AMANA. AUTHORITIES SAY TUTTLE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE WRECK.
MAKING A FORMAL PRESENTATION MIGHT CONJURE UP FEELINGS OF STAGE-FRIGHT. BUT GARY KROEGER OF OUTLIER CREATIVE SERVICES IN THE CEDAR VALLEY SAYS WE ALL ARE MAKING PRESENTATIONS – IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER – ALL THE TIME. MORE OF KROEGER’S ANALYSIS FROM A RECENT APPEARANCE ON KXEL IS AVAILABLE AT KXEL.COM
THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK OF THE UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON. THE WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS HOST THE LINCOLN STARS AT YOUNG ARENA BEGINNING AT 7:05 TONIGHT. THE GAME IS ONE OF THREE REMAINING ON THE HAWKS’ SCHEDULE.
ALBURNETT HAS A NEW FIRE STATION. THE FACILITY FORMALLY OPENED ON MONDAY AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 TALKED WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHARLIE MCCLINTOCK, WHO SAYS THE UPGRADED FACILITIES WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREA. MCCLINTOCK WAS PREVIOUSLY ALBURNETT’S MAYOR. THE NEW FIRE STATION REQUIRED AN INVESTMENT WORTH APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.
BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, DEVELOPERS IN WATERLOO HOPE TO BE PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE NEW LOST ISLAND THEME PARK. THE TOURIST ATTRACTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE READY FOR VISITORS NEXT SUMMER. DEVELOPER ERIC BERTCH SHARED A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE WITH TV-9. THE NEW THEME PARK’S ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED TO SURPASS THE COMPANION LOST ISLAND WATERPARK, WHICH CAME ONLINE IN 2001. AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 32 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IS EXPECTED WHEN LOST ISLAND THEME PARK OPENS IN MAY OF 2022.
A FAKE FOOT INJURY HAS TRIPPED UP A STANDUP COMEDIAN FROM CEDAR RAPIDS. STARTING IN 1992, DUSTIN RUZICKA BEGAN CLAIMING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS RELATED TO PLANTAR FASCIITIS. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAW RUZICKA WALKING AROUND ON STAGE DURING HIS COMEDY ACT. OTHER EVIDENCE SHOWED HE HAD NOT REPORTED INCOME, AND ULTIMATELY DEFRAUDED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS. RUZICKA WILL SPEND A YEAR IN PRISON AND MUST REPAY THE MONEY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN THE CASE.
THE WATERLOO CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO MAINTAIN CURRENT RULES RELATED TO FIREWORKS. AFTER CONSIDERING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON FIREWORKS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, THE COUNCIL VOTED DOWN A COMPLETE BAN ON MONDAY NIGHT. CURRENTLY, MANY TYPES OF ROCKETS AND NOISE-MAKERS MAY BE LEGALLY SET OFF DURING LIMITED HOURS ON JULY THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH. FINES AND CITATIONS MAY BE GIVEN OUTSIDE THOSE HOURS. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT REGULATE THE SALE OF FIREWORKS AFTER THEY WERE LEGALIZED BY STATE LEGISLATORS IN 2017.
DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL THIS MORNING, GARY KROEGER OF OUTLIER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TALKED ABOUT MAKING AUTHENTIC PRESENTATIONS. THE CEDAR VALLEY-BASED AGENCY HELPS ITS CLIENTS WITH MESSAGING. KROEGER TOLD LISTENERS THAT AUTHENTIC ENTHUSIASM IS VITAL TO SUCCESSFUL MESSAGING. HEAR MORE FROM KROEGER DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST AND FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW ON DEMAND ANYTIME AT KXEL.COM.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH TANYA WARREN HAS AGREED TO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. THE ADDITIONAL TIME WILL KEEP WARREN AT THE HELM UNTIL THE END OF THE 2026/27 SEASON. THIS SPRING, THE PANTHER WOMEN REACHED THE SEMIFINALS OF THE WNIT.
POTENTIALLY FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, PROMPTING A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FREEZE WARNING FOR A WIDE SWATH OF THE STATE.
