Chris EarlNews anchor and reporter for SourceMedia Group News. I come with an extensive background for reporting -- I've been a father for seven years, a husband for 12, a news anchor for five years and, before that, a sports anchor for nine.Previous stops: Main News Anchor at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, WI (twice, both in news and sports), Sports Director in Duluth, MN, Sports Reporter in Topeka, KS and Sports Producer in Madison, WI.Graduated in 1997 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, political science and broadcast journalism.Even with most of my career coming in TV, I actually love writing, with three published novels to my credit -- all set in the Midwest. |
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Cedar Rapids traffic cams keep on clicking
CEDAR RAPIDS — Now at more than three years since the Cedar Rapids traffic cameras first went live, some elements remain true year after year. • Keep the speed under 67 on I-380 and you will avoid a $75 surprise in the mail weeks later. • Millions of dollars flow into the police department each year [...]
Cedar Rapids Kernels adapt to new affiliate, trends
In the dead of winter, the Cedar Rapids Kernels don’t have any players assigned for the upcoming season. Yet walking around the bowels of Veterans Memorial Stadium, the emptiness of the locker and equipment rooms stands out. Hardly any bats or baseballs can be found, as the Kernels are in the midst of an affiliate [...]
Allamakee County residents concerned about frack sand mining
On an evening of frozen land and thoughts of silica sand, dozens of people talked about why Allamakee County leaders should approve a proposed moratorium to keep silica sand mining out of the county until at least July 2014. “I am for the moratorium and so are the 800 signatures I have with me,” said [...]
Seven years later, many ’15-in-5′ ideas remain unfulfilled
Think back seven years, to the year 2005. The world was a different place. Paying $4 a gallon to fill up a gas tank during the summer was unheard of. Selling a home usually took no more than a fresh coat of paint and a few weeks of open houses, about the same amount of time [...]
First phase Of Marion Corridor Project nearing completion
MARION – For the first weeks and even months of her business, Jeanne White could only watch from the front porch. “It was really hard when it was going on,” said White of the constant construction on 10th Street in Marion. “Forty-nine days for us when the street was closed off.” White and two others [...]
Former area boy scout leaders included in ‘Perversion Files’
CEDAR RAPIDS — Five of the Iowans included in the “Perversion Files” of former Boy Scouts of America leaders released Thursday were Corridor residents. Four lived in Cedar Rapids and one lived in Coralville when the alleged incidents or convictions occurred. An Oregon law firm releases the documents on Thursday. There are thousands of files on [...]
Phone fee increase put to Linn County voters
MARION – A quarter is usually all you need to call from a payphone, but as cell phones replace landlines and technology upgrades loom, Linn County emergency responders are asking landline holders to pay an extra quarter every month. In the right column of the back page of the November 6 ballot in Linn County, voters [...]
Opposition to Cedar Rapids casino proposal already emerging
With both the Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County Board of Supervisors on board, will the push for a new casino in the Cedar Rapids area gain enough support to be up for a referendum in 2013 and pass with a majority vote? In a meeting last week with The Gazette’s editorial board, Steve Gray [...]
Sign company in the business of manufacturing politics
DAVENPORT – Call it the manufacturing of politics. In a state with relatively low unemployment, the presidential campaigns have spent their Iowa visits focused on plans for better-paying jobs and not simply more jobs. Yet instead of the politics of manufacturing, a Davenport company is in the midst of an intense surge until Election Day. Its [...]
New high school in Independence to have ‘safe room’
INDEPENDENCE — The new Independence Junior/Senior High School includes space for a “safe room,” the first ever in Buchanan County. On Friday, the district reported that FEMA will offer the Independence Community School District a $831,064 grant, including $733,292 in federal funds and $97,772 state funds, for the safe room, designed to “meet FEMA criteria [...]
