CEDAR FALLS AT-LARGE CITY COUNCILMAN DAVE SIRES WILL RUN FOR MAYOR. SIRES WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRST TERM ON THE COUNCIL IN 2019 AND WILL CHALLENGE MAYOR ROB GREEN, WHO WAS VOTED INTO OFFICE DURING THE SAME CYCLE. SIRES HAS BEEN A CRITIC OF MANY CEDAR FALLS CITY POLICIES, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MODEL, WHICH COMBINES POLICE AND FIREFIGHTING RESPONSIBILITIES. SIRES’ ENTRY INTO THE RACE, ALONG WITH GREEN AND BUSINESSMAN TOM BLANFORD, INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THE RACE WILL BE SETTLED IN A RUN-OFF ELECTION.
FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR CHET CULVER HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OVERSEEING THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION. IT WOULD BE CULVER’S SECOND STINT ON THE BOARD OF FARMER MAC. THE AG CREDIT FACILITATOR HELPS PROVIDE LIQUIDITY FOR THE AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRY.
REGISTRATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL IOWA RURAL SUMMIT. BILL MENNER IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IOWA RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. ON KXEL, MENNER TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PREVIOUS SUMMITS FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE 2021 IOWA RURAL SUMMIT BEGINS AUGUST 18TH AT KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
DURING IOWA’S MOST RECENT PHEASANT SEASON, HUNTERS BAGGED 16 THOUSAND MORE BIRDS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. TUESDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NOTED THOSE RESULTS, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN PHEASANT HUNTERS IN 2020. THE DNR SAYS ROADSIDE SURVEYS LAST SUMMER SUGGESTED AN INCREASING PHEASANT POPULATION. THE DNR’S NEXT ROADSIDE SURVEY OF UPLAND GAME STARTS IN AUGUST.
THE BANKRUPTCY OF A MINNESOTA GRAIN DEALER AND WAREHOUSER COULD HAVE REVERBERATIONS IN IOWA. PIPELINE FOODS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY EARLIER THIS MONTH. PIPELINE OPERATES FACILITIES IN CRESCO AND ATLANTIC, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER STATES AND IN CANADA. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS THAT ANYONE WITH OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS FOR GRAIN SOLD OR DELIVERED TO PIPELINE FOODS BEFORE JULY 8TH CAN FILE A CLAIM WITH THE IOWA GRAIN DEPOSITORS AND SELLERS INDEMNITY FUND. THOSE CLAIMS ARE DUE BY NOVEMBER 5TH.
FOOTBALL FANS AND FORMER PLAYERS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO SLOANE WALLACE STADIUM NEXT WEEK. WATERLOO SCHOOLS WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE AND CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE FACILITY NEXT TUESDAY BEGINNING AT 5 P.M. A PROGRAM ON SLOANE WALLACE’S HISTORY WILL BE DELIVERED AT 6 O’CLOCK THAT NIGHT. FROM 1922 THROUGH 1993, WATERLOO’S VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES WERE STAGED AT THE FIELD. THE FACILITY WILL BE DEMOLISHED LATER THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE MORE PLAYGROUND AND P-E SPACE FOR NEARBY IRVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AND NEW YORK YANKEES ARE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THEIR LONG-AWAITED GAME AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS MOVIE SITE IN DYERSVILLE. FESTIVITIES AROUND THE EVENT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM PLANNED FOR LAST SUMMER. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT CBS-2 TALKED TO KARLA THOMPSON OF THE DYERSVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE GAME AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT BEYOND-THE-GAME-IOWA.COM.
A 46-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM MONTICELLO HAS ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF ENTICING A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY. MIRANDA BREEDEN ADMITTED TO THE COUNT AGAINST HER ON TUESDAY. BREEDEN WAS A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST FOR A CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOL. PROSECUTORS SAY, FROM NOVEMBER OF 2019 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2020, BREEDEN GROOMED A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY, RESULTING IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. SHE ALSO REPORTEDLY PURCHASED A FIREARM FOR THE BOY. BREEDEN WILL FACE AT LEAST 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AS A RESULT OF THE CASE AGAINST HER.
AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING NEAR CEDAR FALLS SENT A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN TO UNITY POINT-ALLEN HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT BLACK HAWK PARK SHOOTING RANGE NORTH OF CEDAR FALLS. THE MAN REPORTEDLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE LEG WITH A ROUND FIRED FROM HIS OWN HANDGUN. THE WOUND WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING. THE MAN’S NAME WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED.
IN 2020, THE IOWA RURAL SUMMIT WAS HELD AS A VIRTUAL EVENT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. NEXT MONTH, THE ANNUAL GATHERING TO PROMOTE VIBRANT SMALL TOWNS RETURNS TO IT’S TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON FORMAT. IOWA RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BILL MENNER. THE IOWA RURAL SUMMIT IS PLANNED FOR AUGUST 18TH THROUGH 20TH IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HEAR MORE FROM MENNER DURING THE IOWA BUSINESS REPORT THIS WEEKEND ON KXEL.
