SOME NEW DETAILS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AFTER A FATAL STABBING IN CEDAR RAPIDS LAST MONTH. ON FEBRUARY 20TH, KATRINA BRINSON WAS MURDERED FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. SUSPECT ARNELL STATES WAS FATALLY WOUNDED AS AUTHORITIES TRIED TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. ON TUESDAY, THE IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION NAMED KYZER MOORE AS THE POLICE OFFICER WHO FIRED ON STATES. MOORE IS A 3 1/2-YEAR VETERAN OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE REMAINS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING.
CRIMINAL FIREARMS AND DRUG CHARGES HAVE FOLLOWED THE ARREST OF TWO WATERLOO MEN LATE LAST WEEK. PATRICK ELLIS AND SHAMAR ROBERTSON WERE AT A HOME IN THE 1200 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET WHERE POLICE ALLEGEDLY FOUND A LARGE QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA AND SEVERAL WEAPONS. A PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY MEANS ELLIS CANNOT LEGALLY HANDLE FIREARMS.
IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON SPOKE ABOUT FEDERAL COVID-19 SUPPORT PLANS ON TUESDAY. HINSON MADE THOSE COMMENTS DURING THE TODD STARNES SHOW, WITH KXEL’S JEFF STEIN SERVING AS THE PROGRAM’S GUEST HOST.
IN SPORTS, THE IOWA AND IOWA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH PLAY TODAY. THE HAWKEYE WOMEN VISIT INDIANA AT 3:30. THE IOWA STATE WOMEN PLAY THEIR REGULAR SEASON FINALE AGAINST KANSAS AT 6:30.
JACKSON COUNTY WILL HAVE A NEW JAIL. A TUESDAY REFERENDUM ON WHETHER TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY IN MAQUOKETA WAS APPROVED BY OVER 71 PERCENT OF VOTERS. TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO PASS A JAIL QUESTION HAD BEEN VOTED DOWN. THE CURRENT JACKSON COUNTY JAIL HAD FAILED STATE INSPECTIONS TWICE.
WARMER WEATHER MEANS THAT OUTDOOR FOOD SERVICE IS LIKELY TO BE BACK SOON AS RESTAURANTS WORK TO FIND MORE SOCIALLY-DISTANT SPACE FOR THEIR DINERS. CEDAR RAPIDS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER KEN DEKEYSER TOLD OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS AT TV-9: RESTAURANTS DO NEED A FREE PERMIT TO SERVE FOOD IN TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SPACES. DEKEYSER SAYS HE EXPECTS TO SEE OUTDOOR DINING LATER THIS MONTH OR BY EARLY APRIL, WEATHER PERMITTING.
A 22-YEAR-OLD WATERLOO MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A NINE-YEAR FEDERAL PRISON TERM. ANQUAVION CLAYBON USED A FIREARM DURING A ROBBERY AND ASSAULT IN JANUARY OF 2020. CLAYBON’S PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY ESCALATED THE WEAPONS CHARGE TO A FEDERAL CRIME.
AN IOWA COMPANY IS LEADING A $2 BILLION EFFORT TO CAPTURE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM MIDWESTERN ETHANOL PLANTS AND PIPE IT TO NORTH DAKOTA WHERE IT WOULD BE BURIED DEEP UNDERGROUND. SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS SAYS THE PLAN IS TO GATHER CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AT LEAST 17 ETHANOL PLANTS. IT WOULD BE COMPRESSED INTO LIQUID FORM BEFORE BEING PIPED AND INJECTED INTO NORTH DAKOTA WELLS. THE PLANNED CARBON PIPELINE WOULD EXTEND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TO NORTH DAKOTA.
IOWA FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON TOUTED HER “REOPEN SCHOOLS ACT“ TO A NATIONAL RADIO AUDIENCE TUESDAY DURING THE TODD STARNES SHOW. HINSON’S LEGISLATIVE EFFORT WOULD REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE OPEN FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIVING FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. SHE FIRST INTRODUCED THE PLAN IN EARLY FEBRUARY. HEAR MORE FROM HINSON DURING NEXT HOUR’S KXEL NEWSCAST.
FAKE STAMPS WILL LIKELY SEND A MARION MAN TO PRISON. ON TUESDAY, BRADLEY MATHENY WAS CONVICTED FOR SEVEN COUNTS OF POSTAGE METER STAMP FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING AND THREE COUNTS OF EXPORT VIOLATIONS. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA SAYS MATHENEY USED THE FAKE OR ALTERED STAMPS TO SHIP PRODUCTS FROM AN ONLINE STORE STARTING AS EARLY AS 2015. EVIDENCE PRESENTED DURING THE FEDERAL TRIAL SHOWED THE BUSINESS SENT AS MANY AS 28 THOUSAND PACKAGES EACH YEAR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MATHENY’S ACTIVITY COST THE POST OFFICE AT LEAST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. SENTENCING WILL HAPPEN AT A LATER DATE.
FREE PARKING IN CEDAR FALLS WILL LAST FOR MUCH OF THE SUMMER. PARKING FEES IN CITY LOTS DOWNTOWN AND NEAR COLLEGE HILL WERE SUSPENDED PREVIOUSLY. THIS WEEK, CEDAR FALLS LEADERS VOTED TO EXTEND THAT RELIEF THROUGH THE END OF JULY. BUSINESSES HOPE THAT THE ABSENCE OF PARKING FEES WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE TO CEDAR FALLS SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS.
