U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield joined KXEL Live & Local for an extended one-on-one live interview Friday, and the Democrat was asked about her stance on abortion. She said the decision is between a woman and doctor at all phases, including third trimester. Greenfield says responding to COVID-19 is the top issue facing our country today, and she called on more action from the federal government now. Riots and attacks on police continued this past weekend in many of our nation’s largest cities. Greenfield Friday said the federal government has a role to play in maintaining order but only if asked to intervene by cities and/or states.You can hear the full interview by going to the podcast section of KXEL-dot-com.
A bicyclist who was injured in an early morning collision with a car yesterday has died. Waterloo police said she was taken to UnityPoint-Allen Hospital and then flown to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City where she later died. The accident happened at about 2 a.m. Sunday as the bicyclist was riding east in the westbound lanes of Broadway Street near Burton Avenue; police say the car was traveling west in the westbound lanes. The car’s driver did remain at the scene following the collision.
State Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican running for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, announced Saturday she is under self-quarantine after she came in contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19. Hinson said she has tested negative, but is still following CDC guidelines. Meanwhile, the incumbent, Democrat Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer announced yesterday that she was married Saturday to Daniel Wasta of Cedar Rapids. The wedding was outdoors at their home in front of a small group of family members and friends; others joined via a livestream of the event.
The mother of an 18-year-old University of Iowa student who froze to death on the
university’s campus is suing the school for negligence. The lawsuit contends
Gerald Belz of Cedar Rapids was unable to get into his residence hall on the night
of Jan. 29, 2019, when wind chills were 51 degrees below zero. The lawsuit says
the university locked all exterior doors to Burge Hall to prevent pipes from
freezing but did not alert residents to the change in normal procedures. Belz was
found unresponsive the next day in a nearby alley. His death was ruled an
accident. The university declined to comment on the lawsuit.
The family of a man killed by a Polk County sheriff’s deputy two years ago alleges
in a federal lawsuit that the office is “covering up” the killing by refusing to
release footage and records. The family of 25-year-old Isaiah Hayes, of Ashland,
Wisconsin, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Iowa. It says the county has refused to release body camera or dash camera
footage which shows the shooting of Hayes in 2018. The lawsuit alleges the
county is withholding the video because it would show a deputy shooting Hayes
in the back while Hayes did not pose a threat.
Two Iowa men are facing several charges after authorities say they tried to run a
vehicle into the Muscatine police headquarters shortly before 5 a.m. yesterday.
The two Muscatine men were arrested after their vehicle became stuck on a brick
planter outside the Muscatine Public Safety Building. No one was injured. Police
said 24-year-old Gilberto Daniel Castillo III and 21-year-old Marc Anthony Castillo
were both arrested on suspicion of terrorism and second-degree criminal
mischief. The 24-year-old was also charged with drunken driving, and the 21-yearold
was charged with public intoxication.
UNI football has become the latest victim of the pandemic. The Missouri Valley
Football Conference board of governors voted Friday to postpone the fall football
season to the spring, with plans to play an eight-game, all-conference schedule.
Three Panthers who were looking to have strong senior seasons have opted out
of playing in the spring, in order to better prepare themselves for the NFL Draft.
Conference schools could play non-conference games in the fall, but that won’t
work for UNI—two of their opponents had already moved to spring, and the third
is playing only conference games.
