MOURNING FRIENDS AND FORMER CLASSMATES CAME TOGETHER AT CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER SABRINA JACKSON. ALONG WITH HER PARENTS, JACKSON WAS FATALLY SHOT ON TUESDAY, AND HER 20-YEAR-OLD BROTHER ALEX IS SUSPECTED IN THE CASE. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS FROM TV-9 WERE AT WEDNESDAY’S REMEMBRANCE AND TALKED TO SABRINA JACKSON’S FRIEND, GILLIAN GROCHALA. AFTER GRADUATING FROM KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL LAST SPING, JACKSON HAD ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT NORTH OF MONONA IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS IT’S NOT CLEAR WHY A TRUCK DRIVEN BY 60-YEAR-OLD ALGIE CROWDER OF ARKANSAS WENT OFF COUNTY ROAD X26. BOTH CROWDER AND A PASSENGER WERE THROWN FROM THE CAB. CROWDER WAS KILLED. THE PASSENGER, IDENTIFIED AS SANDRA DAVIS-MCDOWELL, WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO A HOSPITAL IN LACROSSE, WISCONSIN. STATE TROOPERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, PARTICULARLY AREAS SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S, PROPER HYDRATION IS RECOMMENDED, AS WELL AS STAYING OUT OF THE SUN DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BREAK THE HEAT TONIGHT, WITH A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FULL DETAILS ARE COMING UP IN YOUR TV-9 FIRST ALERT FORECAST.
FEDERAL JUDGE C.J. WILLIAMS CALLED A CEDAR RAPIDS MAN A “VIOLENT MENACE” DURING A WEDNESDAY SENTENCING. 28-YEAR-OLD NYLE BROCKS PLED GUILTY TO POSSESSING A GUN AS A DOMESTIC ABUSER. THE WEAPON WAS STOLEN. BROCKS’ NINE YEAR FEDERAL PRISON TERM COMES AFTER HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED FOR 16 DIFFERENT CRIMES IN STATE COURT, MANY WHICH ENDANGERED OTHER PEOPLE. JUDGE WILLIAMS NOTED THAT CEDAR RAPIDS WAS SAFER EVERY DAY THAT BROCKS IS BEHIND BARS.
FAREWAY STORES’ CEO REYNOLDS CRAMER SEES SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE IOWA GROCERY CHAIN AND MANY OTHER FAMILY BUSINESSES. CRAMER WILL BE A GUEST DURING THIS WEEKEND’S EDITION OF THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT ON KXEL. FAREWAY IS BASED IN BOONE AND HAS MORE THAN 120 LOCATIONS IN IOWA AND SURROUNDING STATES. THE COMPANY’S FIRST STORE OPENED IN 1938 AND HAS GROWN INTO A CHAIN WHICH NOW EMPLOYS MORE THAN 11 THOUSAND PEOPLE. LISTEN FOR CRAMER’S FULL INTERVIEW WHEN THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT AIRS ON SATURDAY AT 7 A.M. AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 11.
NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BARB PRATHER WAS ON HAND WEDNESDAY AS GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED A BILL LONG-SOUGHT BY THE ORGANIZATION. THE LEGISLATION EXEMPTS FOOD BANKS FROM PAYING SALES TAXES FOR GOODS OR SERVICES. THE NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK SAYS IT HAS PAID APPROXIMATELY 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANNUAL SALES TAX. THAT MONEY CAN NOW BE REPURPOSED TOWARD ITS PROGRAMS TO REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY.
AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN MARSHALLTOWN CAUSED DAMAGE TO A PAIR OF HOUSES. THE INCIDENT IMPACTED NEIGHBORING HOMES ON SOUTH SIXTH STREET. THE INITIAL FIRE REPORTEDLY CAUSED SOME TYPE OF EXPLOSION, RESULTING IN AN EXPANSION OF THE INCIDENT. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN EITHER RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO THE MARSHALLTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WEDNESDY EVENING IN CORALVILLE, FIRE CAUSED APPROXIMATELY 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE 300 BLOCK OF 1ST AVENUE. THE FIRE BURNED THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE STRUCTURE, HOWEVER IT WAS OTHERWISE CONTAINED TO ONE UNIT IN THE BUILDING. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE FIRE OR RESPONSE, WHICH HAD CORALVILLE EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE SCENE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 10 PM.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SPED UP MANY CHANGES, LIKE WORKING REMOTELY AND FOOD DELIVERIES FROM GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANTS. FAREWAY STORES CEO REYNOLDS CRAMER SAYS THE PACE OF CHANGE MAY HAVE ACCELERATED, BUT CHANGE ITSELF IS A CONSTANT. CRAMER’S COMMENTS CAME DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH KXEL’S JEFF STEIN FOR THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT PROGRAM. LISTEN FOR THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 7, SUNDAY MORNING AT 11.
TWO UNI PANTHER TRACK ATHLETES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. PARALYMPIC TRIALS, WHICH BEGIN TODAY IN MINNESOTA. SOPHOMORE ERIN KERKHOFF WILL BE INVOLVED IN SEVERAL SPRINT EVENTS. SENIOR JESSICA HEIMS SEEK TO QUALIFY FOR TEAM USA’S PARALYMPIC SQUAD IN DISCUS.
