Gazette Daily News Briefing, July 17
This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I’m here with your update for Monday, July 17.
There will be some pleasant weather to start your week. It will be sunny with a high near 81 degrees in the Cedar Rapids area on Monday. On Monday evening it will be mostly clear, with a low near 55 degrees.
The latest round of Canadian wildfire smoke should start clearing a little bit, but if you’re sensitive to its effects, keep it in mind and check the conditions.
It will be cooler overall this week, with highs averaging in the upper 80s.Tuesday looks like the likeliest day to have rain at this early juncture.
A person was taken to the hospital Saturday night after one of several bullets shot at a home on Cedar Rapids’ northeast side struck them while they were sleeping inside the house.
Cedar Rapids police were called to the 1100 block of 32nd St. NE at around 10:54 p.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired, according to a news release.
The home had been shot “several times” and an adult sleeping inside the house was struck by one of the bullets.
The victim was treated on-scene and transported to a local hospital. They are reported to be in stable condition, the release states.
An investigation into the incident is active and ongoing.
A Polk County district judge could decide as soon as today whether Iowa’s new abortion law will remain in effect amid a legal challenge.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the new "fetal heartbeat" law on Friday, banning nearly all abortions after cardiac activity is detected in the embryo, which happens at about six weeks of gestation.
Meanwhile on Friday Polk County District Judge Joseph Seidlin heard arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and abortion providers about whether the law should be allowed to remain in effect as a legal challenge continues.
Opponents of the bill were asking Seidlin to block the bill on Friday while the matter is considered by the courts. He refused but said he would try to issue a ruling by the end of the day on Monday, noting that a ruling this important requires his ‘strong and lengthy’ attention.
