J.D. Scholten To Hold Political Campaign Rallies
(Sioux City) — The Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District seat will hold a pair of campaign rallies this week within the area.
J.D. Scholten will be driving his Sioux City Sue R-V across the district for a series of appearances.
The rallies will be unique in that you can stay in your car and tune in, or stand outside and listen to the candidate.
Scholten lost narrowly to Republican incumbent Steve King in his first bid for the House in 2018. This year, he faces G-O-P State Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull, who defeated King in the Iowa primary. Scholten says he is hoping to appeal to voters on all sides of the political spectrum.
He says the pandemic has changed everyone’s perspective, and that includes the farmers and producers in the 4th District.
Scholten is scheduled to speak here in Le Mars at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds on Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. and then make an appearance Wednesday evening at the Sioux City North High School parking lot at 7:00 p.m. Scholten is also scheduled to visit KLEM Tuesday morning.
Grassley Says Greenfield Has Inconsistencies And Is Unapproachable
(Undated) — Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is coming to the defense of his Iowa colleague Senator Joni Ernst by telling news reporters how bad of a choice Democratic Senate contender Teresa Greenfield would be for Iowa.
During a news conference held this morning, (Monday), Grassley blasted Greenfield for being the hand-picked candidate of New York Democratic Senator Chuck Shumer. Grassley says Greenfield has many inconsistencies, and is not
accessible. Grassley worries that Greenfield would endorse the rulings from the Obama Administration dealing with the Waters Of The U-S, which he says would be damaging to Iowa agriculture.
Grassley told reporters of conversations he had with county engineers when the issue first was introduced.
Grassley says because of contributions to the Greenfield campaign from Senator Chuck Shumer of New York, a leading advocate against ethanol, he believes Iowa’s ethanol industry would suffer great hardships if Greenfield is elected.
Grassley says Senator Joni Ernst has worked hard to preserve the ethanol industry by combating opponents of ethanol.
The Iowa Republican said of Ernst that she helped extend a five-year biodiesel tax credit, something he doubts would happen with Greenfield in the Senate.
Major Storm Hits Central Iowa Causing Damage And Leaving Thousands Without Power
(Des Moines) — A powerful storm system with recorded wind gusts of up to 99 miles an hour is striking the state, causing significant tree and property damage. Tens of thousands of Iowans have lost power. The City of Ames announced at noon that power was out city-wide. Jim Turbes (TUR-buss) reports Boone also was hard hit.
Early this afternoon, Alliant Energy reported more than 115-thousand of its customers were without power. MidAmerican Energy’s outage map shows nearly 98-thousand of its customers were without power at one o’clock. Nearly 94-thousand of those customers were in the Des Moines metro. The roof of the Des Moines Bucaneers Ice Hockey Area was damaged. Hockey lessons were underway inside the building at the time, but no kids were hurt.
Family Of University Of Iowa Student Who Died In 2019 Polar Vortex Files Suit
(Iowa City, IA) — The family of a University of Iowa students who died when he froze to death during the 2019 polar vortex has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The wind chill dropped to more than 50 degrees below zero on January 29th, 2019, and the frozen body of 18-year-old Gerald Michael Belz was found the next morning. The Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office
declared his death was an accident. The university had locked the doors of Halsey Hall to keep the pipes from freezing and students hadn’t been informed, according to the suit. Belz was found outside one of the locked doors.
Muscatine Police Arrest Two Men For Terrorism
(Muscatine, IA) — Two men are accused of terrorism after trying to drive their car into the Muscatine Public Safety building last weekend. No injuries were reported. Twenty-four-year-old Gilberto Daniel Castillo the Third and 21-year-old Marc Anthony Castillo were taken into custody. Police say the Sunday incident was an intentionally targeted attack. The vehicle the brothers were in became hung up on a brick planter and didn’t enter the
building. Officers who were inside the Public Safety building came out and arrested the two.
Newton Man Hit By Vehicle On I-235 Dies 9 Days Later
(Des Moines, IA) — Des Moines police report a 32-year-old Newton man has died more than a week after he was hit by a car on Interstate 235. Paul Leon Harris the Third died from the injuries he suffered. Investigators say it appears Harris entered the highway for no apparent reason. The driver had no
time to avoid the impact. Des Moines police say no charges will be filed against the driver. The department’s Traffic Unit hasn’t finalized its technical investigation yet.
Fired Dunkin’ Donuts Workers Say They Didn’t Refuse To Serve DM Police Officer
(Des Moines, IA) — Two employees fired from a Des Moines Dunkin’ Donuts say they didn’t refuse to serve a police officer. A group of protesters gathered outside the business Saturday. Julia Cabral and Sierra Stevens say they weren’t directly involved with Des Moines Police Sergeant Paul Parizek.
Cabral says no one has explained why she was fired and she maintains she was in the bathroom at the time. Stevens says she was helping another customer and told Parizek she would be with him “in a second.” Both women say they didn’t want to serve the sergeant, but they say another employee told him
first.
