Gazette Daily News Podcast, July 25

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This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, July 25th.

According to the National Weather Service, we can expect increasing clouds today, with a high near 77 in the Cedar Rapids area. 5 mph winds from the northeast will shift and come from the southwest in the afternoon. Then tonight, we’ll have a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. and a low around 61.

A 9-year-old Cedar Falls boy was spared in an attack that killed his parents and younger sister early Friday as they camped at the Maquoketa Caves State Park in Eastern Iowa, according to the mayor of Cedar Falls. Mayor Rob Green issued a statement on Facebook saying that the family’s son, Arlo, "survived the attack, and is safe." The Iowa Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Tyler Schmidt, 42; his 42-year-old wife, Sarah Schmidt; and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula Schmidt. Their bodies were found in their tent early Friday, and investigators said they had been shot. Authorities said the suspected gunman, 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin of Nebraska, was found dead in a wooded area of the park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety's Division of Criminal Investigation, told the Associated Press on Saturday that the motive for the attack was still unknown.

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🎹 Podcast music: “World” by Emily McGlothlen