A MAN WHO LEFT A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM IS THE SUBJECT OF A SEARCH IN NORTHEAST IOWA. AUTHORITIES SAY 44-YEAR-OLD CHAD WEEKLY IS 5-10, 234 POUNDS, WITH VERY SHORT OR RECEDING HAIR. WEEKLY DISAPPEARED FROM HIS WORK RELEASE ASSIGNMENT IN DUBUQUE YESTERDAY. HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES AN ASSAULT CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY.
A NEW SCHEDULE FOR AIRLINE SERVICE FROM WATERLOO TO CHICAGO AND BACK TAKES EFFECT AT THE END OF JANUARY. AMERICAN AIRLINES WILL OFFER ONE DAILY FLIGHT WITH A TRAVEL TIME OF ABOUT AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES EACH WAY FROM THE CEDAR VALLEY TO O’HARE AIRPORT IN CHICAGO. KEITH KASPARI IS THE DIRECTOR AT WATERLOO REGIONAL AIRPORT. KASPARI SAYS THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 25 TO 30 PERCENT OF ITS PRE-PANDEMIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
MARION’S NEW YMCA IS NOW OPERATIONAL. JOGGERS, SWIMMERS, AND OTHER HEALTH ENTHUSIASTS BEGAN TO USE THE NEW FACILITY YESTERDAY. THE YMCA IS NOT FAR FROM LINN-MAR HIGH SCHOOL ON TOWER TERRACE ROAD. THE ORGANIZATION’S FORMER MARION FACILITY HAD OPERATED SINCE THE 1960S.
THE IOWA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM LOOKS FOR THEIR 10TH WIN TONIGHT. IF THEY GET IT, IT WILL BE THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT VICTORY. THE CYCLONES HOST THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS IN AMES STARTING AT 6:30.
IOWA AUTHORITIES SAY MOST BARS AND RESTAURANTS ARE TAKING APPROPRIATE STEPS TO COMPLY WITH COVID-19 REGULATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE IOWA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 850 COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC, LEADING TO APPROXIMATELY 30 BAR CITATIONS SO FAR. GROUPS OF MORE THAN EIGHT, A LACK OF MASKS, AND INADEQUATE SOCIAL DISTANCING HAVE ALL BEEN GROUNDS FOR A CITATION, WHICH CAN INCLUDE A FINE OF UP TO $1,000. IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED IOWA’S CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY 7TH; THAT ORDER EXTENDS THROUGH FEBRUARY 6TH.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHANCES OF COVID-19 SPREAD DURING AIRLINE TRAVEL. WATERLOO REGIONAL AIRPORT DIRECTOR KEITH KASPARI SPOKE RECENTLY ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES IN AIRPLANES. KASPARI WAS A RECENT GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. A NEW AMERICAN AIRLINES SCHEDULE FROM WATERLOO TO CHICAGO BEGINS ON JANUARY 31ST. ONE FLIGHT TO AND FROM O’HARE AIRPORT IS PLANNED FOR EACH DAY. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH KASPARI AT KXEL.COM.
THE RENEWABLE FUELS INDUSTRY SAYS MANUFACTURERS PRODUCED 351 MILLION GALLONS OF BIODIESEL IN IOWA DURING 2020. THAT AMOUNT WAS ONLY 14 MILLION GALLONS SHORT OF A 2018 RECORD. THE IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION CITES THE REINSTATEMENT OF FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AS ONE REASON DEMAND WAS MAINTAINED DESPITE COVID-19 DISRUPTIONS.
DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN THE CEDAR VALLEY, THROUGHOUT IOWA, AND BEYOND ARE ASKING FOR TIPS ABOUT ANY VIOLENCE WHICH COULD HAPPEN DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION THIS WEEK. THE SIGNS FLASH MESSAGES WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FBI’S TIP LINE AND WEBSITE. THE BUREAU IS ALSO ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL EARLIER THIS MONTH. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FBI TOLD OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT CBS-2 THAT THE DIGITAL BILLBOARD TIME IS BEING OFFERED FOR FREE BY THE SIGNAGE COMPANIES. INFORMATION ABOUT ANY TYPE OF NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT CAN BE OFFERED THROUGH TIPS.FBI.GO OR 800-CALL-FBI.
JANUARY IS NATIONAL SLOW COOKER MONTH. A WIDE VARIETY OF COMFORT FOOD IDEAS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE. JILL WEBER OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY SAYS: BE CAUTIOUS OF ANY SLOW COOKER RECIPIES WHICH SUGGEST USING FROZEN INGREDIENTS. WEBER WAS A GUEST THIS MORNING DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. YOU CAN FIND THE FULL INTERVIEW AT KXEL.COM.
THE CURRENT MULTISTATE LOTTO JACKPOTS COULD BUY A LOT OF COMFORT FOOD. BOTH THE MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL GAME PRIZES HAVE CLIMBED AMONG THE BIGGEST ALL-TIME. TONIGHT’S MEGAMILLIONS DRAWING IS WORTH 850 MILLION DOLLARS; TOMORROW’S POWERBALL NUMBERS COULD BE WORTH 730 MILLION OR MORE.
