FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK, A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN EASTERN IOWA PROVED FATAL. TUESDAY NIGHT, EMERGENCY WORKERS WERE CALLED TO A CRASH SCENE ON HIGHWAY 30 NEAR PALISADES-KEPLER STATE PARK BETWEEN CEDAR RAPIDS AND MT. VERNON. THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND THROUGH A DITCH BEFORE HITTING A TREE SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM. A DAY EARLIER, A CRASH WHICH WAS SIMILAR IN SEVERAL WAYS KILLED A 16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER IN JONES COUNTY. DETAILS ABOUT THE VICTIM IN TUESDAY’S ACCIDENT WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED.
FOREST CITY-BASED WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES REPORTED ITS QUARTERLY EARNINGS THIS MORNING. THE MAKER OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES SAID IT GENERATED MORE THAN 71 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROFIT DURING THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS. OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, WINNEBAGO HAD TAKEN A LOSS. TODAY’S REVERSAL EASILY BEAT ANALYST EXPECTATIONS; EARNINGS OF $2.05 PER SHARE WERE WELL OVER THE $1.76 PER SHARE THAT THE EXPERTS HAD ANTICIPATED.
A MEMBER OF THE IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION BOARD IS ENCOURAGING FARMERS TO BE MORE POLITICALLY ACTIVE. SUZANNE SHIRBROUN IS A GROWER NEAR FARMERSBURG IN CLAYTON COUNTY AND WAS A TUESDAY GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. THE IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED A STATE RENEWABLE FUELS STANDARD, AMONG OTHER PRIORITIES DURING THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
JUDGE JEFFREY HARRIS DIED TUESDAY IN HIS OFFICE AT THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HARRIS HAD SERVED FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AFTER FIRST BEING SELECTED FOR HIS DISTRICT COURT SEAT IN 1997. AN OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED, HOWEVER JUDGE HARRIS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
LINN COUNTY LIFTS WILL RESUME COLLECTING BUS FARES NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 1ST…LIFTS SUSPENDED FARES IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AS A SAFETY MEASURE DUE TO COVID-19. PASSENGERS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE MASKS ON BUSES, DUE TO FEDERAL RULES.
THERE IS A NEW WAY TO GET AROUND IN DOWNTOWN WATERLOO. LAST NIGHT, CITY OFFICIALS FORMALLY WELCOMED THE ARRIVAL OF RENTABLE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS OPERATED BY MOBILITY COMPANY BIRD. THE SCOOTERS CAN BE OPERATED THROUGHOUT WATERLOO’S DOWNTOWN AREA AND ARE ACTIVATED THROUGH A MOBILE APP. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 TALKED WITH WATERLOO MAYOR QUENTIN HART ABOUT HIS HOPES THAT RIDERS AND DRIVERS WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE CITY STREETS. UNDER THE CITY’S POLICY FOR THE BIRD SCOOTERS, THE DEVICES SHOULD NOT BE OPERATED ON WATERLOO SIDEWALKS. THE COMPANY SAYS ELEMENTS OF ITS SCOOTER-SHARING APP INCENTIVIZE SAFE OPERATION.
STORMS PREVENTED THE CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS FROM PLAYING THEIR TUESDAY HOME GAME AGAINST THE LANSING LUGNUTS. THAT MEANS TWO GAMES THIS EVENING. THE SEVEN-INNING DOUBLE HEADER AT VETERAN’S MEMORIAL STADIUM BEGINS AT 5:35.
A CYBER CRIME AGAINST AN IOWA-BASED EYE CARE BUSINESS IS COMING INTO FOCUS. WOLFE EYE CLINIC OPERATES 20 OFFICES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE STATE FROM ITS MAIN CORPORATE HUB IN MARSHALLTOWN. RECORDS FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION PATIENTS MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN AS PART OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK EARLIER THIS YEAR. WOLFE EYE CLINIC SAID ITS COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS INFILTRATED IN FEBRUARY BY HACKERS WHO DEMANDED MONEY TO UNLOCK THE NETWORK, BUT THE COMPANY DIDN’T PAY THE HACKERS. WOLFE IS NOTIFYING AFFECTED PATIENTS AND OFFERING A YEAR OF CREDIT MONITORING AND IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION SERVICES. LAST MONTH, AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE HACKING REVEALED THAT PATIENT RECORDS MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED.
SOYBEANS GROWN IN IOWA FIND THEIR WAY TO MANY OTHER PLACES. SUZANNE SHIRBROUN IS A MEMBER OF THE IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION BOARD AND OPERATES A FARM IN CLAYTON COUNTY. SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE CROP’S ECONOMIC IMPACT DURING A RECENT INTERVIEW ON KXEL. SOY EXPORTS TO CHINA ARE EXPECTED TO SET A RECORD IN 2021. HEAR MORE FROM SHIRBROUN DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST AND FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW AT KXEL.COM.
MENACING VOICEMAILS LEFT FOR GOV. KIM REYNOLDS WILL LEAD TO A COURT-ORDERED PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION FOR 48-YEAR-OLD HARVEY HUNTER JR. HUNTER HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITH REYNOLDS FOR FIVE YEARS. LAST MONTH HE ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO HARASSMENT CHARGES IN POLK COUNTY AFTER LEAVING MESSAGES ABOUT FACE COVERING RULES.
