Gazette Daily News Briefing, April 23 and April 24
This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24.
Enjoy the warm and sunny weather on Saturday because the rain is returning Saturday night, and the weather will return to cooler temperatures much of next week. According to the National Weather Service it will be mostly sunny in the Cedar Rapids area Saturday with a high near 78 degrees. It will also be breezy, with a wind of to 25 mph gusting as high as 40 mph. Saturday night there will be showers and possibly a thunderstorm, with a 90 percent chance of precipitation. The low temperature will be around 53 degrees. Rain will be possible again through Sunday morning. It should clear eventually, though, revealing sunny skies with a high near 63 degrees. On Sunday night it will be partly cloudy, with a low around 38 degrees.
The high temperature will drop down to 50 degrees on Monday and the high temperatures will hover there for much of the week.
According to a report from the Iowa Capitol Dispatch, Iowa is leading the nation so far this year in puppy mills that were sanctioned by the federal government.
A national animal welfare group determined the ranking after a review of detailed inspection reports filed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the first quarter of 2022. The review indicates that so far in 2022, 19 of Iowa’s breeders and brokers of dogs and cats have been cited for violations — more than any other state in the nation. Missouri places second, with 16, and Wisconsin places third with 13. Violations included improper sanitation and housing for the animals, improper treatment of injured or sick animals, and housing too many animals in one space.
Henry Dinkins, accused of killing 10-year-old Breasia Terrell, will have his trial in Linn County.
Dinkins, 49, of Davenport, is accused of kidnapping Breasia on the morning of July 10, 2020, and shooting her, causing her death.
Breasia was the half sister of Dinkins’ son, and investigators have said both children were staying the night with him at the apartment where he was living with a girlfriend.
Her remains were found March 22, 2021, by two fishermen in a Clinton County pond. She had been missing for 9 months.
The trial is scheduled for Oct. 17.
Major League Baseball announced late Thursday morning that the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Quad Cities River Bandits are scheduled to meet for a Midwest League game Aug. 9 at the Field of Dreams movie site near Dyersville.
This will be the second professional baseball game at the site, following last August’s MLB game (the first ever in Iowa) between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will play a regular-season game Aug. 11 at the Field of Dreams.
The Kernels and River Bandits will wear throwback jerseys from 1919 for their game. The Kernels, who officially will be the visiting team, will wear jerseys of the Cedar Rapids Bunnies, who they were known as from 1904 to 1932.
Quad Cities will be the Davenport Blue Sox, their mascot during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
