IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WANTS ACTION TO CLEAN UP INTERNET CRIME. THE LATEST DISRUPTION CAUSED BY HACKER RANSOMWARE INVOLVED MEATPACKING COMPANY JBS. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV9 PROVIDED THIS CLIP OF GRASSLEY TALKING ABOUT THE HACK, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN RUSSIA. JBS HAS THREE PROCESSING PLANTS IN IOWA. WORK AT FACILITIES IN MARSHALLTOWN AND OTTUMWA HAS BEEN GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED AFTER A WEEKEND SHUTDOWN.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CAMPUS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET SINCE CLASSES WRAPPED UP LAST MONTH. HOWEVER, THE IOWA FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER AT UNI IS AN EXCEPTION, AS PROGRAM DIRECTOR JAYNE KIELMAN TOLD KXEL’S JEFF STEIN DURING A RECENT INTERVIEW. KIELMAN SAID THE FIRST OF THOSE EVENTS WILL BE ON JUNE 17TH, FOCUSED ON COMPENSATION IN FAMILY BUSINESSES. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UNI’S IOWA FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER IS AVAILABLE AT ADVANCEIOWA.COM.
THE WATERLOO BUCKS PLAY THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF THIS SEASON TONIGHT AT RIVERFRONT STADIUM TONIGHT. WATERLOO HOSTS THE ROCHESTER HONKERS AT 6:30. THE BUCKS COME INTO THE GAME WITH A 2-1 RECORD AFTER A 14-8 WIN IN ROCHESTER LAST NIGHT.
A WATERLOO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN MARCH HAS LED TO AN ARREST. EARLY YESTERDAY, POLICE COLLARED 28-YEAR-OLD KALON BRUCE AFTER A SEARCH WHICH RECOVERED A HANDGUN. BRUCE IS CHARGED WITH SEVERAL WEAPONS VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. DURING THE MARCH 21ST INCIDENT, SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED OUTSIDE A SUMNER STREET ESTABLISHMENT, RESULTING IN A LEG WOUND TO ONE WATERLOO MAN.
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 20 LATE LAST NIGHT KILLED A FARLEY MAN. THE IOWA STATE PATROL ARRIVED AT THE SCENE NEAR DYERSVILLE AROUND 11:30. THEIR REPORT SAYS 34-YEAR-OLD WESLEY HAMES LOST CONTROL AFTER HIS TRUCK WENT ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES, GOING ACROSS THE OPPOSING LANES OF THE HIGHWAY. HAMES WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
LINN COUNTY RESIDENTS GATHERED YESTERDAY TO LEARN ABOUT PLANS FOR A LARGE SOLAR FARM. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS FROM TV-9 TALKED TO BETH DUNKEL, WHO OPPOSES THE PROJECT. DEVELOPER NEXTERA ENERGY IS BASED IN FLORIDA. WHILE MANY DETAILS ABOUT THEIR PLAN HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED, THEY SAY THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A $700 MILLION INVESTMENT WHICH WILL CREATE AN ESTIMATED 300 CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
TWO IOWA HAWKEYES AND ONE UNI PANTHER ARE ON THE 2022 BALLOT FOR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. IOWA’S DALLAS CLARK AND ROBERT GALLERY, ALONG WITH UNI’S CARL BOYD ARE AMONG THE 177 NAMES UNDER CONSIDERATION. FORMER UNI COACH CLYDE STARBECK IS PART OF A SEPARATE GROUP OF COACHES WHO COULD BE HONORED.
A 54-MEGAWATT WIND FARM IN NORTHEAST IOWA HAS A NEW OWNER. THE INDEPENDENCE WIND ENERGY PROJECT IS LOCATED NEAR RYAN AND INCLUDES 20 TURBINES. RPM ACCESS HAS SOLD THE WIND FARM TO DES MOINES-BASED BHE RENEWABLES. BHE IS A SUBSIDIARY OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.
POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH TWO TEENAGE SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE A VEHICLE IN CEDAR RAPIDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ARREST OF 19-YEAR-OLDS KAZIUS CHILDRESS AND MIONTRE BOOTS REQUIRED A CHASE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY. OFFICERS REPORTED SPOTTING THE VEHICLE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON L STREET. THE PURSUIT ALLEGEDLY REACHED SPEEDS OF 80 MILES PER HOUR.
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 300 FAMILY BUSINESSES WERE SURVEYED ABOUT WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR COMPANY LEADERS. THE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED BY COMPENSATION ADVISORY PARTNERS. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, CAP REPRESENTATIVES WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS DURING A VIRTUAL LUNCH HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHER IOWA’S IOWA FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER, ACCORDING TO JAYNE KIELMAN. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM ADVANCEIOWA.COM. HEAR MORE FROM KIELMAN ABOUT IOWA FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAMS DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
THIS IS HEAT AWARENESS DAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS OR ACCIDENTS LEAD TO HUNDREDS OF FATALITIES EACH YEAR. YOUNG CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE. HEAT AWARENESS DAY COMES AS SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR 2021 ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS.
