NEW DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ABOUT TWO WEEKEND SHOOTINGS IN WATERLOO. 18-YEAR-OLD JEREMY ALBERS HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM AND OTHER WEAPONS COUNTS. ALBERS IS ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN OUTSIDE AN ADDRESS ON DEVONSHIRE DRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HITTING A NEARBY HOUSE. ALSO, THE MAN INJURED IN AN UNRELATED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. TRIPLETT SESSION WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE FOOT WITH A SHOT. THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 A.M. SUNDAY IN THE 200 BLOCK OF SUMMIT AVENUE.
CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL FALL AT A CEDAR RAPIDS APARTMENT. AUTHORITIES SAY 52-YEAR-OLD SHELLEY LANGE WAS INJURED AT HER APARTMENT LAST THURSDAY. LANGE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL BUT DIED TWO DAYS LATER. SHE LIVEN IN THE GENEVA TOWERS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF CEDAR RAPIDS.
IOWA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON IS TOURING THE FIRST DISTRICT LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER FORMALLY TAKING HER SEAT. SHE TALKED ABOUT HER PRIORITIES MONDAY WHILE VISITING THE KXEL STUDIOS. HINSON WON HER FIRST TERM IN NOVEMBER, CLAIMING A SEAT WHICH HAS ALREADY SWUNG BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE PARTIES FOUR TIMES THIS CENTURY. HEAR MORE FROM HINSON DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
A NORTHEAST IOWA MAN MADE AN UNEXPECTED DETOUR BEFORE DAWN ON MONDAY. THE UNNAMED DRIVER FROM LAWLER WAS FILLING HIS TANK AT A GAS STATION IN NEW HAMPTON. HE SAYS A MENACING FIGURE APPROACHED AND FORCED HIM TO DRIVE TO WATERLOO. THE VICTIM SAYS HE DID NOT SEE A GUN BUT BELIEVED HIS ASSAILANT HAD ONE. AFTER MAKING THE TRIP, THE DRIVER TOLD AUTHORITIES HE WAS ASSAULTED WITH MINOR INJURIES. WATERLOO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION AFTER RECEIVING THE INITIAL ACCOUNT AROUND 2 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING.
THE FIRST WEEK OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S TERM HAS INVOLVED A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS COVERING A VARIETY OF POLICY PRIORITIES. FIRST DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SPOKE MONDAY ABOUT ONE AREA OF PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR HER. HINSON WAS A GUEST MONDAY DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW ONLINE, ON DEMAND, AT KXEL.COM.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR’S CLASS OF CENTURY AND HERITAGE FARMS. SINCE 1976, IOWA AG OFFICIALS HAVE HONORED FARM FAMILIES WHO HAVE WORKED THE SAME LAND FOR AT LEAST 100 YEARS. THE HERITAGE FARM PROGRAM RECOGNIZES 150 YEARS OR MORE OF OWNERSHIP AND FARM OPERATION AND WAS FIRST ORGANIZED IN 2006. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS, OVER 20 THOUSAND OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CENTURY FARM PROGRAM, WITH ABOUT A THOUSAND HERITAGE FARMS SO FAR. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JUNE 1ST, WITH RECOGNITION PLANNED FOR THE 2021 IOWA STATE FAIR.
IT’S A SNOW DAY FOR MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. UNRELATED TO THE WEATHER, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS THIS WEEK OFF. IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SAYS SHE WOULD PREFER TO BE USING THE TIME DIFFERENTLY AND YESTERDAY EXPRESSED HER OPINION OF THE SCHEDULE ARRANGED BY SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. HINSON TOLD KXEL’S JEFF STEIN THAT SHE IS USING THIS WEEK TO VISIT SEVERAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHEAST IOWA. SHE ALSO SAID THAT – AFTER MEETING WITH ENTREPRENEURS – PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES IS A PRIORITY AFTER WHEN THE HOUSE DOES RETURN TO ACTION.
IT WON’T HAPPEN IN TIME TO GET YOU OUT OF THE SNOW WHICH HAS JUST ARRIVED, BUT IF YOU NEED TO GET AWAY TO SOME PLACE WARMER, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPTION AVAILABLE SOON. OFFICIALS AT THE EASTERN IOWA AIRPORT SAY DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN CEDAR RAPIDS AND ATLANTA WILL BE RUNNING AGAIN IN EARLY MARCH. DELTA AIRLINES HAD SENT JETS BACK-AND-FORTH ON THE ROUTE TWICE EACH DAY BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WHEN FLIGHTS BEGIN AGAIN, DELTA WILL MAKE ONE TRIP IN EACH DIRECTION. THE AIRLINE WILL ALSO REPORTEDLY BE DOWNSIZING THE PLANE THAT CARRIES PASSENGERS ON THAT ROUTE, AT LEAST TO START.
TONIGHT THE DUBUQUE FIGHTING SAINTS COME TO YOUNG ARENA TO MEET THE WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS. THE GAME WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THANKSGIVING BUT WAS ONE OF WATERLOO’S EIGHT NOVEMBER POSTPONEMENTS. THE HAWKS LOOK FOR THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN THIS EVENING WHEN THE PUCK DROPS AT 7:05 P.M.
