State officials say Adventureland’s Raging River Ride has received five years of satisfactory inspection reports. An 11-year old boy died after a fatal accident this weekend on the ride. The Raging River ride was inspected last Friday.
The inspector found “no code violations at this time,” according to a notation at the bottom of the inspection report.
The father of 11-year old Michael Jaramillo told ABC News that his son and other family members were trapped by the ride’s seat belts when the boat carrying them flipped on the Raging River ride. Police say Michael Jaramillo died Sunday from his injuries, and three others were injured. Michael’s older brother is hospitalized in critical condition. The is shut down, and Adventureland says the family-owned park is cooperating with investigators.
A Davenport attorney has been appointed to serve on a state redistricting commission. The commission will conduct public hearings about new maps that will be drawn later this year.
Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls said today that Jazmin Newton would replace Deidre DeJear of Des Moines on the Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission. DeJear was the first African American to win a primary for statewide office in Iowa in 2018 when she unsuccessfully ran for Iowa secretary of state. She is believed to be considering a run for Iowa governor. 
Iowa’s drought is getting worse, that’s according to the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub. Dennis Todey says prospects for the rest of the summer are hard to forecast. At best, Iowa would get enough rain to hold off an even worse drought, he predicted.
Todey says the drought is the worst in 20 years, and the long-term forecasts don’t call for much rain in the Midwest in the next week.
Raging River Inspected Friday with No Problems Found
