Gazette Daily News Briefing, August 27 and August 28
Welcome to the weekend!
This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28.
There will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the middle chunk of the weekend. According to the forecast from the National Weather Service the chance for rain will start ramping up after 4 p.m. on Saturday and will become most likely from early Sunday morning until around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon. When it is not raining, it will be partly sunny both days, with a predicted high of 85 degrees on Saturday and 88 degrees on Sunday.
A buyer has stepped forward to redevelop the 51-acre Transamerica property at a prime location near Highway 100, but specific details about what will take shape at the site remain to be seen.
Real estate agent Kerry Panozzo — the owner of HomeSmart international, which has offices in the Quad Cities — said Friday his company closed on the purchase of the property at Edgewood Road and 42nd Street NE about a month ago. EOP Development LLC purchased the site for $7.02 million, according to Panozzo.
There is no timeline established yet for development.
Transamerica relocated its Cedar Rapids operations to the former Hibu site in southwest Cedar Rapids starting in 2016.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a Thursday night stabbing that left one person dead.
Police were called to Cedar Valley Townhomes at 3000 J St. SW just before 10 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the police department.
Cordaro Griffin, 34, was found outside an apartment with a stab wound in his chest. He was taken to a hospital where he died.
Witnesses to the stabbing cooperated with investigators, and police believe there is no active threat to the public, according to the release.
Rescue workers from several agencies are credited with saving a farmer who was trapped in a grain bin overnight in Hardin County.
The victim was conscious and alert, and he was transported Friday to Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls for treatment, said Hardin County Sheriff Dave McDaniel.
The man had apparently become trapped in the bin at his rural Ackley-Iowa Falls area farm on Thursday afternoon and wasn’t discovered until Friday morning when a neighbor came over.
The neighbor called 911 around 11:16 a.m. Friday.
Workers used shields to keep more grain from engulfing the victim, and they cut holes in the bin to relieve pressure. He was freed by 12:36 p.m., the sheriff said.
Have a good weekend everyone.
