CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) – At around 10:39 a.m. Saturday morning, MercyOne Paramedics, Cedar Falls Police, and Cedar Falls Fire Rescue were sent to Viking Road, east of the intersection with Hudson Road after receiving a report of an accident involving a car and a motorcycle. At the scene, responders learned that a 2006 BMW motorcycle, driven by 50-year-old Scott Waterman from Washington, Missouri, and a 2013 Chrysler 200, driven by Jonathon Mootz from Cedar Falls, were both heading west on Viking Road. Mootz slowed to turn left on Prairie Lakes Park and Waterman’s motorcycle hit Mootz’s vehicle from behind. Waterman sustained fatal injuries in the collision and was taken to MercyOne in Waterloo where he died. The occupants of the 2013 Chrysler 200 were not injured.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – At around 12:17 a.m. Sunday morning Linn County Sheriff’s Deputies, Coggon Fire, Prairieburg Fire, Center Point Ambulance Service, and Delaware County Ambulance were called to the scene of a two vehicle head-on accident on Highway 13 near the Linn Delaware Road intersection. At the scene, responders learned that a Toyota 4Runner, driven by 50 year-old Julia Gharib from Marion, had been traveling south when it crossed the centerline and hit a Chevrolet Malibu, driven by 16 year-old Ava Bockenstedt from Manchester, that had been headed north. Center Point Ambulance took Ava to Mercy Hospital for minor injuries. Gharib was charged with Operating While Intoxicated and Improper Use of Lanes.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – The governor’s fifth annual Harvest Festival was held on Saturday. The event had family activities and live music for audience members waiting to hear from Iowa lawmakers. Republican legislators took the event as an opportunity to get in front of their constituents before the election. Many issues were top of mind for legislators, including inflation, taxes, and student loan forgiveness. The governor recently announced she was joining five other states in filing a lawsuit against President Joe Biden in opposition of canceling student loan debt. Reynolds was joined by Zach Nunn, Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley. Nunn went before the audience, explaining the importance of voting in November. “We’ve got a great opportunity here in the third district and across the state to change the tenor in Washington, D.C. One from tax and spend from one that’s a lot more like Iowa, give taxes back and watch your economy grow,” Nunn said. With the general election quickly approaching the emphasis is to flip both houses of Congress to red. Grassley left the audience saying he is hopeful that could be done. “We Republicans are going to take that lesson and try to do something about it when we have control of both houses of Congress come Nov. 8,” Grassley said.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the 10 teenagers charged with murder in the drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy outside a downtown Des Moines high school in March has entered a plea deal with prosecutors and a second is considering it. Court documents say 17-year-old Manuel Buezo entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder and two counts of willful injury on Wednesday. Sentencing is May 30. Prosecutors agreed to a term of 20 years in prison. A second teen, 16-year-old Kevin Martinez, was scheduled to appear at a plea hearing on Friday. They are among eight juveniles charged with murder as adults and two in juvenile court in the March 7 shooting that killed 15-year-old Jose Lopez and injured two girls.
