THIRD TERM WATERLOO STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAS SMITH IS THE FIRST PERSON TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE A 2022 CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR. TUESDAY EVENING AT THE RIVERLOOP AMPHITHEATER, SMITH SPOKE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HE CALLED A BROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACT. FIND SMITH’S FULL TUESDAY EVENING SPEECH AT KXEL.COM.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICIZING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO AN INFLUX OF MIGRANTS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER THIS YEAR. FIRST DISTRICT IOWA CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SPOKE ON THAT TOPIC DURING THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE, FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HARRIS VISITED CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES, TELLING POTENTIAL MIGRANTS NOT TO TRAVEL TO THE BORDER.
GROUND HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN BROKEN FOR A NEW UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD. DURING A TUESDAY CEREMONY, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAVID HARRIS SPOKE ABOUT MOVING THE PANTHERS OUTSIDE FOR PRACTICES. THE NEW FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR USE IN THE FALL.
WATERLOO FIREFIGHTERS MINIMIZED THE DAMAGE AT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY AFTER A CALL CAME IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ARRIVED IN TIME TO CONTAIN A FIRE WHICH SENT EMPLOYEES SCRAMBLING OUT OF THE CPM CORPORATION FACILITY NEAR WATERLOO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SMOKEY INCIDENT. JUST LAST WEEK, THE WATERLOO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW 140 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CPM’S CEDAR VALLEY OPERATION. THE COMPANY MAKES EQUIPMENT FOR A VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS LIKE FOOD PROCESSING, BIOENERGY, AND ANIMAL FEED.
SPEAKING AT WATERLOO’S RIVERLOOP AMPHITHEATER TUESDAY EVENING, 33-YEAR-OLD STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAS SMITH TOLD A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. SMITH TALKED ABOUT PARALLEL CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENTS IN THE STATE. SMITH HAS SERVED IN THE IOWA HOUSE SINCE 2017 IN A DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES PART OF WATERLOO AND OTHER AREAS OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER BREANNA OXLEY HAS DECLARED HER CANDIDACY FOR THE IOWA SENATE. THE DEMOCRAT IS SEEKING THE SEAT REPRESENTING CEDAR RAPIDS FROM DISTRICT 33. OXLEY IS A CEDAR RAPIDS TEACHERS UNION BOARD MEMBER AND THE GRANDDAUGHER OF THE LATE JEAN OXLEY, WHO FORMERLY SERVED ON THE LINN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SENATOR ROB HOGG ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT HE WOULD NOT RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM IN DISTRICT 33.
A WILD RIDE IN RURAL BLACK HAWK COUNTY LED TO ONLY MINOR INJURIES. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY A CAR WENT OFF ROAD SOUTH OF HUDSON TUESDAY EVENING. FOR A MOMENT, THE VEHICLE WAS AIRBORNE BEFORE LANDING ON ITS SIDE IN A DITCH. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE CAR. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A WATERLOO HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.
EARLIER THIS SPRING, IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON INTRODUCED LEGISLATION SHE CALLS THE “SEE THE CRISIS ACT.” THE BILL WOULD PROD VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO VISIT THE SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER. DURING A RECENT APPEARANCE ON FOX AND FRIENDS, HINSON CLAIMED THAT CRIMINAL ELEMENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CONDITIONS THERE. HARRIS WAS ASSIGNED A PROMINENT PLACE IN THE ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION RESPONSE. THAT ROLE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS BEING DIPLOMATIC AND FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES BRINGING MIGRANTS TO THE BORDER.
THE UNI-DOME HAS BEEN A VENERABLE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOOTBALL PROGRAM. MARK FARLEY’S TEAM IS NOW GETTING A NEW OUTDOOR FACILITY FOR PRACTICES. COACH FARLEY SPOKE AT A TUESDAY GROUNDBREAKING JUST BEYOND THE UNI-DOME. THE DOUG AND ANN GOSCHKE OUTDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY IS AMONG 4 MILLION DOLLARS IN UPGRADES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE A NEW TEAM MEETING ROOM IN THE DOME.
