SOME PARTS OF IOWA ARE ANTICIPATING AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF SNOW BEFORE THIS TIME TOMORROW. SOUTHERN IOWA IS EXPECTED TO GET THE LARGEST ACCUMULATION TOTALS, HOWEVER A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STRETCHES UP TO THE U.S. HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 MILES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE MORE CHALLENGES LIKE REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE QUICKLY FALLING SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY BE DRIFTING IN THE WIND. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
WATERLOO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SHERWOOD COURT, NEAR ELMWOOD CEMETERY. THE UNNAMED VICTIM WAS WOUNDED IN ONE FOOT. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE DURING THE INITIAL CALL TO THE SCENE, BUT POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.
THIS IS NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK. SCHOOL CHOICE ADVOCATES WILL SPEND THE FINAL DAYS OF JANUARY HIGHLIGHTING EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS INCLUDING PRIVATE, CHARTER, AND HOME SCHOOLING FOR STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. ANDREW CAMPANELLA IS PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION WHICH SPONSORS NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK; HE WAS A RECENT GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. CAMPANELLA TOLD KXEL’S JEFF STEIN THAT MORE THAN 330 SCHOOL CHOICE EVENTS ARE PLANNED IN IOWA THIS WEEK. HEAR MORE FROM CAMPANELLA DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWS.
A SCHOOL CHOICE ADVOCATE POINTED TO IOWA AS A LEADING STATE FOR GIVING FAMILIES A VARIETY OF K-THROUGH-12 EDUCATION OPTIONS. ANDREW CAMPANELLA IS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK ORGANIZATION. HE WAS A RECENT GUEST DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. THIS IS NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK. THE GROUP SAYS THEY DO NOT ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION BUT FOCUS ON HELPING FAMILIES FIND THE RIGHT SCHOOL OPTIONS, WHETHER PUBLIC, PRIVATE, HOME SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CAMPANELLA AT KXEL.COM.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA’S NEW SEMESTER OPENED AT 8 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. IT’S A LATER START THAN USUAL DUE TO ALTERATIONS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STUDENTS WILL STAY ON CAMPUS THROUGH THE END OF THE TERM, BECAUSE SPRING BREAK HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR. THAT MEANS FINAL EXAMS FOR THE TERM WILL REMAIN ON TIME DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. UNI’S CLASS OF 2021 WILL GRADUATE MAY 7TH AND 8TH.
HELP WAS NOT GOING TO ARRIVE IN TIME, SO A PAIR OF EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS ASSISTED ON THE PHONE AS A NEW LIFE CAME INTO THE WORLD SUNDAY. THE IOWA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS APPLAUDING DISPATCHERS JAIME OCHS AND MAKAYLA COON. THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT AN EXPECTANT MOTHER IN LABOR. OCHS AND COON REPORTEDLY COACHED THE FATHER THROUGH THE DELIVERY. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT IS THE FIRST TIME EITHER DISPATCHER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SUCH A SITUATION.
A WILD SCENE AT A WAL-MART IN CEDAR RAPIDS ON SATURDAY HAS LEFT ONE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER INJURED AND TWO PEOPLE UNDER ARREST. AROUND 3 O’CLOCK ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AN ALTERCATION BROKE OUT IN THE STORE. AUTHORITIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO INVESTIGATE. WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING, ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RE-INSTIGATE THE FIGHT. AS POLICE ATTEMPTED TO APPREHEND 18-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY CHRISTMAS, HE REPORTEDLY BIT ONE OF THE OFFICERS. CHRISTMAS IS IN CUSTODY ON SEVERAL CHARGES. SO IS HIS MOTHER, KEVETT’A MCPHAN, WHO IS ALSO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER AND INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS.
MANY RESIDENTS IN BLAIRSTOWN SPENT PART OF THEIR WEEKEND CLEANING AND REFURBISHING THEIR COMMUNITY’S AMERICAN LEGION POST. THE FACILITY IS THE SCENE OF MANY ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF APPROXIMATELY 700. IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF PAUL STULTS’ LIFE; STULTS TALKED WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9. WITH MANY OF THE POST’S WORLD WAR II-ERA MEMBERS PASSING ON IN RECENT YEARS, BLAIRSBURG COMMUNITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO FIND WAYS TO BRING YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO ACTIVITIES AT THE AMERICAN LEGION FACILITY.
BOTH THE UNI AND IOWA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASONS HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS. THE LAST FOUR IOWA STATE GAMES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED, BUT THE CYCLONES HOPE TO PLAY TONIGHT IN AMES AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE. MEANWHILE, THE PANTHERS HAVE BEEN OFF SINCE JANUARY 17TH. A GAME AGAINST COE COLLEGE TONIGHT WAS ADDED TO FILL THE VOID BEFORE THE NEXT CONFERENCE MATCH UP SATURDAY. PREGAME COVERAGE THIS EVENING BEGINS AT 5:30.
