AFTER DAYS OF INVESTIGATION WITH FEW PUBLIC DETAILS AND AS NEIGHBORS WATCHED ANXIOUSLY, INFORMATION IS COMING OUT ABOUT AN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE IN URBANA. THE DEATHS OF GARRY AND MARGARET JENSEN HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLABORATED TO DETERMINE THAT GARRY JENSEN SHOT HIS WIFE BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF. A EMERGENCY CALL FRIDAY BROUGHT FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE, WHERE THE COUPLE WAS FOUND DEAD. FINDINGS IN THE CASE WERE RELEASED LATE TUESDAY.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS ARE ONE WAY TO KEEP BUSINESSES IN LOCAL HANDS WHEN A COMPANY OWNER IS READY TO MOVE ON. THE STOCK PLANS ARE CALLED ESOP’S FOR SHORT, AND PATRICK LUENSMANN WITH THE CENTER FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA DESCRIBES HOW THEY WORK. LUENSMANN WILL PRESENT A FREE PROGRAM ON ESOP’S AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANSFER PLANS ON JANUARY 14TH. REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT ADVANCE IOWA.COM.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TONIGHT…THE IOWA HAWKEYE WOMEN TRY TO BUILD ON A 7-1 START, HOSTING MINNESOTA IN IOWA CITY. THAT GAME BEGINS AT 6 P.M. IOWA STATE’S WOMEN’S TEAM WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO PLAY AT HOME THIS EVENING, BUT THAT GAME IS OFF. COVID-19 CASES AMONG THE KANSAS WOMEN’S PROGRAM MEANS THAT MATCHUP WILL BE PLAYED LATER THIS SEASON.
A PAIR OF TEENAGE BOYS WERE HURT IN A CEDAR RAPIDS SHOOTING ON TUESDAY EVENING. AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUNFIRE AROUND 6:15 P-M MAY HAVE COME FROM A PASSING CAR IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF 10TH STREET SOUTHWEST. THE INJURIES TO THE 16- AND 18-YEAR-OLD WERE DESCRIBED AS NOT LIFE THREATENING. EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE AND INVESTIGATORS ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK INTO THE CASE.
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC ARE A BAD TIME TO HAVE A GLITCH IN THE EBT PROGRAM. FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS, EBT CARDS PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE. JANEE HARVEY OF THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TALKED WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9 ABOUT THE SITUATION. HARVEY TOLD TV-9 THAT THE COMPUTER GLITCH WHICH CREATED THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
SIGN-UP FOR THE USDA CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 12TH. ENROLLED ACRES ARE PUT TOWARD CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND GENERATE RENTAL PAYMENTS FOR LAND OWNERS. RECENTLY DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL, CURT GOETTSCH OF THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE IN DES MOINES TALKED ABOUT WAYS C-R-P HAS ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVES. CRP WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE 1985 FARM BILL.
IOWA HAS REACHED ANOTHER DIFFICULT COVID-19 MILESTONE. THE STATE HAS SURPASSED FOUR THOUSAND DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS. ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, IOWA’S PER CAPITA DEATH RATE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE 14TH HIGHEST IN THE NATION. FATAL CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE DROVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RECORDED DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES TO A NEW RECORD IN 2020. NUMBERS FROM DECEMBER AREN’T FINAL, BUT EVEN WITHOUT THEM, IOWA HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM 2019.
A CEDAR RAPIDS COMPANY INVOLVED IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESSES NOW HAS NEW OWNERS. FLUID QUIP TECHNOLOGIES HELPS BIOFUELS MAKERS GET MORE VALUE OUT OF THEIR RAW MATERIALS. THE CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM HAS SOLD A CONTROLLING STAKE TO GREEN PLAINS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA. FLUID QUIP’S MANAGEMENT SAYS THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL PROVIDE THE COMPANY WITH RESOURCES TO FURTHER DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING NEW OWNERS FOR A FAMILY BUSINESS, PATRICK LUENSMANN (pr. LENS-MUN) OF THE CENTER FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IS HOPING TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION “WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY MY COMPANY?”. LUENSMANN WILL INTRODUCE THOSE OPTIONS DURING A FREE ONLINE PROGRAM JANUARY 14TH. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT ADVANCE IOWA.COM, AND YOU CAN HEAR MORE FROM LUENSMANN DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWS UPDATE.
