A 19-YEAR-OLD IS NOW CHARGED AFTER AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY. ANDRE ROBERTS JR IS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS. HE IS ALLEGEDLY THE GUNMAN SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FIRING SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM A WEAPON AS A FIGHT BROKE OUT IN THE IOWA CITY PEDESTRIAN MALL. TWO PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE INCIDENT. ROBERTS IS BEING HELD ON COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, USING A DANGEROUS IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, AND OTHER GUN CHARGES.
A PROMINENT CENTRAL IOWA BRIDGE RECOGNIZES PROMINENT WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. UP TO THREE MORE WILL BE HONORED THROUGH THE IOWA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS LATER THIS YEAR. NOMINATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED. TIFFANY O’DONNELL OF THE WOMEN LEAD CHANGE ORGANIZATION TALKED WITH KXEL ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS AND THE IOWA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT BRIDGE. THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FEATURES PLAQUES RECOGNIZING PAST WINNERS OF THE IOWA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IS GIVING STUDENTS A FORUM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SALES. THURSDAY, UNI ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF THE CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL SALES EXCELLENCE. ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATORS, SALES TRAINING WILL BOOST CHANCES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO FIND A JOB. THE UNI CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL SALES EXCELLENCE IS OPEN TO STUDENTS IN ALL FIELDS OF STUDY.
TWO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE GRADUATED TO THE NBA. LAST NIGHT THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS SELECTED JOE WIESKAMP WITH THE 41ST OVERALL PICK DURING THE NBA DRAFT. LATER IN THE SECOND ROUND, THE DETROIT PISTONS DRAFTED LUKA GARZA.
THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON COVID-19 VACCINATION RATES AND MASK RECOMMENDATIONS. AS OF EARLIER THIS WEEK, NOT QUITE 60 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS OVER AGE 12 HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY BLACK HAWK COUNTY CURRENTLY RANKS IN THE “HIGH” CATEGORY FOR COVID-19 TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE AGENCY IS ECHOING NEW CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL GUIDANCE THAT MASKS SHOULD BE WORN INDOORS, EVEN BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A COVID SHOT. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN CARRY AND SPREAD THE VIRUS WITHOUT SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
A SITTING MEMBER OF THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DIED. 71-YEAR-OLD JOHN LANDON PASSED AWAY THURSDAY. LANDON REPRESENTED HOUSE DISTRICT 37 FROM ANKENY. THE REPUBLICAN WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2012. A VIETNAM VETERAN, LANDON SOLD AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE BEFORE MOVING INTO STATE GOVERNMENT. ORIGINALLY FROM STATE CENTER, LANDON WAS AN IOWA STATE ALUMNUS.
THE 100TH CEDAR FALLS BIBLE CONFERENCE BEGINS THIS WEEKEND. LAST YEAR’S CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED IN PERSON AND ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME. DIRECTOR MATT REISETTER TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING ON KXEL. THOSE ATTENDING THE 100TH CEDAR FALLS BIBLE CONFERENCE IN PERSON WILL BE IN CEDAR FALLS THROUGH AUGUST 7TH.
THE CITY OF CEDAR FALLS IS HIRING A NEW PERSON WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF…HIRING. THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, ACCORDING TO CEDARFALLS.COM. THE JOB LISTING WAS ADDED TO THE SITE EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WILL REMAIN UNTIL THE POSITION IS FILLED. TONI BABCOCK HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES IN CEDAR FALLS. SHE TOOK THAT JOB IN LATE 2020 BUT WILL LEAVE THE 95-THOUSAND-DOLLAR-PER-YEAR POSITION NEXT WEEK.
NOMINATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE IOWA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. HONOREES WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN LATE OCTOBER. TIFFANY O’DONNELL OF WOMEN LEAD CHANGE TALKED WITH KXEL ABOUT COORDINATING THE AWARDS WITH PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL. THAT IS THE IOWA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. NOMINATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED ONLINE AT WLCGLOBAL.COM.
JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES COULD SEE SOME FAMILIAR MACHINES ON TELEVISION THIS WEEKEND. SOME OF DEERE AND COMPANY’S PRODUCTS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED DURING A NEW EDITION OF MODERN MARVELS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL. THE EPISODE WILL DEBUT ON THE CABLE NETWORK THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 9 P.M.
IT’S DAY SIX OF RAGBRAI. RIDERS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY FROM ANAMOSA TO DEWITT. TODAY’S RAGBRAI ROUTE COVERS JUST OVER 64 MILES. THE BICYCLE TOUR OF IOWA WILL WRAP UP ON SATURDAY.
