A MONDAY EVENING POLICE CHASE TURNED INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR URBANA. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE WHOLE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN TWO JUVENILE SUSPECTS STOLE A VEHICLE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE SITUATION TOOK ITS TRAGIC TURN WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OUT OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AND WAS RUN OVER. HE DIED AT THE SCENE. A PASSENGER WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A HOUSE WEST OF URBANA. NAMES OF THE JUVENILES INVOLVED HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. NO ONE IN THE HOME WAS INJURED.
CEREMONIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY MARKED MEMORIAL DAY ON MONDAY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED IN MT. VERNON AND HEARD FROM 98-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN FRED LEHMAN, WHO ALSO SPOKE TO OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. LEHMAN TOLD TV-9 THAT HE WAS GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS YEAR’S MEMORIAL DAY GATHERING AFTER COVID-19 DISRUPTED LAST YEAR’S COMMEMORATION.
THE PHELPS YOUTH PAVILION AT THE WATERLOO CENTER FOR THE ARTS REOPENS TOMORROW. THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR DUE TO CONCERNS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. CENTER FOR THE ARTS OFFICIALS NOTED THAT CAPACITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO 50 VISITORS AT ONE TIME AND THAT MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED. THE YOUTH PAVILION WILL ALSO BE CLOSED FOR A TWO HOUR CLEANING AND SANITIZATION BREAK EACH DAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS RESPONDED QUICKLY TO A REQUEST FOR HELP FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT ASSISTS THE HOMELESS AND THE HUNGRY. “BRIDGE UNDER THE BRIDGE” OPERATES A FOOD TRAILER THAT PROVIDES FREE MEALS. EARLY MONDAY, THE ORGANIZATION’S GENERATOR WAS STOLEN. AFTER POSTING A MESSAGE ABOUT THE THEFT, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS DONATED GENERATORS OR OTHER ASSISTANCE. THAT ALLOWED “BRIDGE UNDER THE BRIDGE” TO PROVIDE DOZENS OF MEALS YESTERDAY.
IT’S A NEW MONTH, BUT THE NEXT ROUND OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS ARE STILL MORE THAN 17 MONTHS AWAY. NONETHELESS, BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES ARE JOCKEYING FOR 2022. IOWA SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT DURING A RECENT APPEARANCE ON “FOX AND FRIENDS”. MILLER-MEEKS AND OTHER REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S HANDLING OF A MIGRANT SURGE AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. HOWEVER, BIDEN HAS RECEIVED SOLID POLL NUMBERS FOR HIS HANDLING THE PANDEMIC AND THE NATION’S ECONOMY.
AS JUNE BEGINS, ONLY 19 WARNINGS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE IN 2021. THERE WERE NONE CALLED FOR LAST MONTH BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES OFFICE. ALTHOUGH MAY DID INCLUDE A WET STRETCH, RAIN TOTALS FOR THE MONTH REMAINED BELOW AVERAGE FOR MANY LOCATIONS.
IOWA SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN MARIANETTE MILLER-MEEKS WAS PART OF A DELEGATION TO THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER EARLIER THIS YEAR. THAT HAS MADE MILLER-MEEKS A SIGNIFICANT REPUBLICAN VOICE ON IMMIGRATION AND BORDER ISSUES, AS EVIDENT FROM THIS RECENT APPEARANCE ON FOX AND FRIENDS. MILLER-MEEKS TOLD THE FOX AUDIENCE THAT SHE EXPECTS IMMIGRATION TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF 2022 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.
TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY FOR A LOCALLY PRODUCED MUSICAL WHICH HAD PLANNED TO OPEN LAST SUMMER. “THE SUFFRAGIST” WAS INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT. NANCY COBB HILL IS THE PRODUCER AND WROTE THE SCORE; RECENTLY ON KXEL, SHE SAID SHE HOPES THE PRODUCTION WILL SPREAD THE STORY OF THOSE WHO HELPED SECURE VOTING RIGHTS FOR WOMEN. “THE SUFFRAGIST” IS SCHEDULED TO DEBUT ON CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IN MID-JULY.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS OPEN A NEW SERIES ON THE ROAD TONIGHT. NEARLY A MONTH INTO THEIR SEASON, THE KERNELS ARE 10-14. THEY PLAY THEIR NEXT SIX GAMES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AGAINST THE FORT WAYNE TIN CAPS.
