LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING ON A HOMICIDE CASE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO FIND A MISSING VEHICLE THAT COULD BE IN OR NEAR BLACK HAWK COUNTY. THE BLUE SUBARU FORESTER HAS AN ARIZONA LICENSE PLATE: W-V 1236. THE VEHICLE BELONGS TO ELISSA LANDRY; SHE AND HER STEPFATHER DAVID BATTEN HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. LANDRY’S BOYFRIEND – MITCHELL MINCKS – WAS ARRESTED IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY BY U.S. MARSHALLS IN LATE APRIL AND IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE.
SUPPLY MANAGERS IN THE REGION HOPE FOR AN ECONOMIC REBOUND THIS YEAR. THE MID-AMERICAN BUSINESS CONDITIONS CONFIDENCE INDEX, WHICH GAUGES SUPPLY MANAGERS’ ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, ROSE TO 45.5 IN APRIL FROM MARCH’S RECORD LOW 14.5. ANY SCORE ABOVE 50 SUGGESTS ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE SURVEY COVERS NINE STATES, INCLUDING IOWA.
IT’S TOUGH TO SAY HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE CLASSES THIS FALL. HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS DIONE SOMMERVILLE SAYS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS INSPIRED SOME STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR AREA STUDY TOWARD MEDICAL FIELDS.
A FIRE WAS REPORTED AT A HOME IN CEDAR RAPIDS SHORTLY BEFORE 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED AT 4600 WHITE PINE DRIVE NE. CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
SEVERAL MEAT PROCESSING FACILITIES IN EASTERN IOWA AND THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS AMONG WORKERS. LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ORDERED THESE PLANTS TO REMAIN OPEN AS ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE EXPLAINED THE SAFEGUARDS TIED TO THE PRESIDENT’S ACTION, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT WORKERS. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE COVID-19 CASES IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A TYSON PORK FACILITY IN WATERLOO WHICH WAS CLOSED LAST MONTH.
WATERLOO REAL ESTATE AGENT COLLEEN TIERNEY WOULD LIKE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO RUN FOR THE IOWA LEGISLATURE IN HOUSE DISTRICT 60, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, AND HUDSON. SHE WAS A GUEST RECENTLY ON KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL AND TALKED ABOUT HER PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. TIERNEY’S OPPONENT IN JUNE’S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IS JOHN DEERE EMPLOYEE RYAN HOWARD. THE PRIMARY WINNER WILL MEET INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DAVE WILLIAMS DURING NOVEMBER’S GENERAL ELECTION.
AND SPEAKING OF PRIMARIES, BLACK HAWK COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHRIS SCHWARTZ IS OFFICIALLY SEEKING TO KEEP HIS SEAT FOR A SECOND TERM. HE AND FOUR OTHER DEMOCRATS WILL SEEK NOMINATIONS FOR THREE SUPERVISOR POSITIONS. SCHWARTZ AND FELLOW INCUMBENTS LINDA LAYLIN AND TOM LITTLE ARE ALL RUNNING AGAIN. THEY ARE BEING CHALLENGED BY TERRANCE HOLLINGSWORTH AND MARY POSTEL IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
A WATERLOO MAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT A HOUSE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING. 27-YEAR-OLD TRENTON SLIEKERS IS CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATION WITH A WEAPON, AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. AFTER REPORTS OF SEVERAL SHOTS, OFFICERS FOUND A BULLET HAD STRUCK THE DOOR OF A HOME IN THE 200 BLOCK OF W. TENTH ST. NO ONE WAS INJURED. POLICE LOCATED SLIEKERS IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF COMMERCIAL ST. A .38-CALIBER REVOLVER WAS IN A NEARBY MAILBOX.
IN CENTRAL IOWA, AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE DES MOINES RIVER THIS WEEKEND. RESCUE PERSONNEL FROM THE DES MOINES FIRE DEPARTMENT REMOVED THE BODY AFTER IT WAS REPORTED NEAR PROSPECT PARK. AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIM AND DETERMINE HOW THE PERSON DIED.
ONE PERSON DIED WHEN A TRUCK HIT A TREE IN CLAYTON COUNTY. THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON CRASH HAPPENED SOUTH OF MCGREGOR. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL ON A CURVE AND THEN INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK DIED AT THE SCENE.
CHANGES TO DRIVING HABITS RELATED TO COVID-19 ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON WHICH VEHICLES ARE ATTRACTING INTEREST AT CAR DEALERSHIPS. MOBILITY EXPERT KEN CHESTER SAYS FALLING GAS PRICES CHANGE THE BUYING INCENTIVES RELATED TO SOME MODELS. HEAR MORE FROM KEN CHESTER IN THE ROADWORTHY DRIVE MINUTE ON NEWS/TALK 1540 KXEL. CHESTER WAS ALSO A RECENT GUEST ON KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL.
