Writing wellcares response due to your 2 years as a state contractor . Yesattorneys representing aetna, who lost out on the bid questioned an email schulte sent to wellcare employees just weeks before new state medicaid director mikki steir took the job. You are saying to ms. Steckel by the way it isnt public yet but our friend mikki will be named new medicaid director, it will be announced later this week and i presume that to be a smiley face correct . Yes. But wellcare attorneys stood firm. She had a role with the state and that role ended and then she had a role with wellcare so the allegation that aetna has brought just has no evidence to support itcompanies were also told to refrain from contacting certain individuals involved in the bidding process during specific blackout dates in fairness to all companies involved. Schulte believed steir was not in that group. Mikki had recused herself from the process due to all her previous contacts when she worked at broadlawnsit is during that period schulte had email communication after the proposals were submitted on may 27th. I didnt think about what type of employee she was when i hit send, i thought of her as a resourcebut just days before wellcare received the news of a winning bid. Schulte said she had a phone conversation with the state medicaid director. My contract was coming to an end so i didnt have work on the horizon and so it was you dont have anything to worry about renee you are going to be ok. Overall schulte admits she would do things different if given the opportunity but does not feel any of it gave wellcare a leg up on the competition. Where my mistake came was, i thought that meant she was not part of the quiet period because she was recused,. Former legislator and current well care lobbyist christopher rantz is scheduled to testify beginning at 8 30 friday morning. A bus driver for the Johnston School district is in jail accused of hitting a special needs child. 00 screaming stop stop 06 that video of the incident was Authorities Say 61yearold Robert Scarbrough hit the student in the head and threw him to the ground. Officials say it all started when the student wasnt following directions. And then said an inflammatory comment towards scarbrough. Officers say a group of students notified a polk county deputy as soon as they got of the bus. Scarbrough was then arrested at the scene. He is now charged with assault to cause injury and child endangerment. The district says they have never had a problem with scarbrough. He was hire from the start of the school year, underwent all of the behavioral Training Programs the drivers go through and as i said unfortunately made a lot of bad choices today at how to deal with a student issue. Scarbrough has been put on unpaid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. A des moines teen says he was sent to the hospital after being bullied. And that the School District isnt doing anything about it. 14 year old Steven Salgado claims another student intentionally slammed a desk into his foot, fracturing it. The alleged incident happened on monday at Jessie FranklinTaylor Education Center in des moines. The boys mother says her son has a learning disability and has been bullied for years. She says the districts zero tolerance bullying policy has no consequences. And punishes victims rather than the bullies. 123309 if you keep doing something over and over repeatedly and you never have any consequences for it and nothing ever happens. Why would you stop the des moines public School District say it cant go into the specifics of the case. But it released a statement saying quote. We did receive a report of bullying at the school this week. There was an injury to a students foot, which the student initially attributed to horsing around. End quote. They went on to say they will continue to work for a resolution however the boys mother says she is now considering home schooling her son. Authorities in Central Minnesota say there may have been a break in the the fbi says 52yearold Danny Heinrich , of annandale, minnesota, was arrested on federal child pornography charges last night. They have labeled him as a person of interest in the wetterling case. But say at this point, he has not been charged with a crime connected to jacobs disappearance. Jacob was 11yearsold when he was abducted in 1989 from the community of st. Joseph, minnesota. He was riding his bike with his brother and a friend on a rural road, when a man came up to them and took jacob. Theres been no trace of him since then. Federal Officials Say they recently started a cold case review on jacobs disappearance, using Dna Technology that wasnt available back then. And thats what led to heinrichs arrest. A local teenager was arrested. Accused of enticing a 6 and 8 year old to have sex with each other. A criminal complaint says that 18yearold kyle calvert asked an 8 yearold girl to commit a sex act on her 6yearold brother. The report says he used a video app called oovoo to communicate with them. The complaint also says that calvert admitted to having the video. And later told police that he had just been messing around. He now faces two count of lascivious acts with a child. A woman in eastern iowa is dead after being hit by a car this morning. Officers say 59yearold terry harp was trying to cross a cedar falls street when she was hit. They say the car had the green light. Officers dont expect charges to be filed against the driver. Police in monroe are trying to figure out who stole and vandalized several cars. Four cars were stolen earlier this week. One has been recovered. The other three are still missing. Police also say six vehicles were vandalized. Authorities think this is all connected. If you have any information you are asked to call police. Summer clung on for quite a while this year. But the fall weather as finally arrived. Well head over to chief meteorologist ed wilson for a first check of the weather. Tonight winds will become less of a factor as lows once again slide into the 30s. Friday may see some sun early, but clouds will start to move in during the afternoon. Skies will be mostly cloudy and temperatures will be in the 50s for trick or treating on beggars night. Rain moves across the state late friday night into early saturday morning. Well be back in the 60s by saturday afternoon after the rain exits. It looks warm and dry next week. Fresh off a bye week the iowa hawkeyes are preparing to defend their 7and oh record. But could this saturdays game be a trap . Coming up in sports. Our hawkeye insider breaks down iowas chances against maryland. Plus. Millions of americans watched the third republican president ial debate last night. After the break. What one democratic candidate thought about the plans to boost the economy. I leave with no regrets, no way i started, just a regular guy, humbled by the chance to do a big after serving for more than 4 years john boehner stepped down as speaker of the house today. The representative from ohio announced last month that he was stepping down. During his final speech on the house floor. He gave his fellow Congress Members some words of wisdom. 17 if you faulter, and you will, you can pick yourself up, dust yourself off and go do it again because hope always springs eternal. And if you just do the right things for the right reasons good things will happen. And this too can really happen to you. God bless you can god bless our great country. 40 shortly after that. Lawmakers officially approved wisconsin congressman paul ryan as the countrys 54th speaker. All three Iowa Republicans voted for him. Ryan has said he hopes to unify a fractured Republican Party. During his acceptance speech he also said that it is time for a fresh start. The house is broken. Were not solving problems, were adding to them. And i am not interested in laying blame. We are not settling scores we are wiping the slate clean. Ryan was first elected to the house in 1998 when he was just 28. He was also mitt romneys running mate in the 2012 president ial election. Several republican president ial candidates are in town saturday chris christie, lindsey graham, marco rubio, rand paul, Ted Cruz Mike huckabee, jeb bush, bobby jindal, Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina will be at the Republican Party of iowas first ever growth and opportunity party. It takes place at the varied Industries Building at the iowa state fair grounds. Doors will open at 1030. Tickets start at 10 dollars. One of the three remaining Democratic Candidates arrived in des moines today. Martin omalley is making several Campaign Stops over the next few days, tomorrow he plans to speak at Morningside College in sioux city. The former Maryland Governor will also stop in des moines to attend the Iowa Safe School spirit awards. Political director dave price spoke with omally this morning about what he thought of last nights republican debate. 39 13 it seems like there was more of the doubling down on trickle down economics. A very exclusive view of how our country works. I offer a different vision, one that says that our economy growth is fueled by a stronger middle class. I think that is what most democrats believe. 39 30 omally will finish his trip on saturday with a meet and greet at inspired grounds cafe in West Des Moines. The ethanol industry is getting a big bump from the federal government. The Us Department of agriculture is spending 100million dollars to install new ethanol pumps at gas stations. 5thousand new pumps are going in across the county. Iowa will get 5million dollars as part of the effort. Tonight winds will become less of a factor as lows once again slide into the 30s. Friday may see some sun early, but clouds will start to move in during the afternoon. Skies will be mostly cloudy and temperatures will be in the 50s for trick or treating on beggars night. Rain moves across the state late friday night into early saturday morning. Well be back in the 60s by saturday afternoon after the rain exits. It looks warm and dry next week. Tonight winds will become less of a factor as lows once again slide into the 30s. Friday may see some sun early, but clouds will start to move in during the afternoon. Skies will be mostly cloudy and temperatures will be in the 50s for trick or treating on beggars night. Rain moves across the state late friday night into early saturday morning. Well be back in the 60s by saturday afternoon after e rain exits. It looks warmd dry next week. If you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. Americas most Innovative Companies are already moving to clean energy using existing technology to improve their bottom line. Now we need a plan to help businesses to save money on electricity and create millions of new jobs. It all starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. 60s by saturday afternoon after the rain exits. It looks warm the iowa hawkeyes will take the field as 17 point favorites saturday. Iowa is undefeated, and ranked 10th. But the hawks wont take any chances. Theyre bringing out a heavy hitter for the coin toss. Actually not a heavy hitter, but hes great with the short game. Two time major champion zach johnson. Zach will serve as honorary captain. Hes a hardcore hawkeye football fan and drake alum. Until iowa loses, a football game, anything is possible. Heres our hawkeye insider, michael admire. Iowa is a 17point favorite against maryland, and will for the next four weeks. Heres what im thinking about the 70 hawkeyes. Kirk ferentz told his team to dream big during the byeweek. So, lets dream big. A perfect season. Walking out of Memorial Stadium with the whats that trophy called again. Who cares. Its nebraska. Winning game12 infront of 90thousand huskers. Beautiful. Im dreaming of palm trees on new years eve. Another orange bowl means winning the big 10 title. Hey, ohio state is 53rd in the country against the run. Hawks have a surplus of backs, and a top 25 ground game. You make it to the semifinals, the National Championship is just one win away. Think thats crazydreaming. Go back 11months. When jake rudock was escorted by police out of the locker room and Jonathan Parker throwing forward laterrals on special teams. A new coach seemed more realistic than 70. Undefeated iowa hosts maryland saturday at 2 30. In ames, the new look cyclones host the resurgent longhorns. Texas a 7 point favorite. Gabby douglas trained in West Des Moines when she won all around olympic gold. Douglas left chows gymnastics, but shes not done competing. Today, douglas just missed winning the world championship. Team usas simone biles, on the left, won the allaround gold. Teammate Gabby Douglas takes silver. Biles becomes the first gymnast to win three straight allarounds. West des moines shawn johnson, 2007 world champion, tweets, holy cow simonebiles youre a beast 3 back 2 back world titles gabs gabrielledoug with silver so proud of you gals are you ready for some. Hawks play tonight. Its true. I doublechecked. Iowa hosts sioux falls in an exhibition at carverhawkwye arena. Well have highlights at ten. Hawkeye women crack the top 25. Uconn a unanimous 1. Baylor leads the big 12 at 5, followed by the big tens maryland. Iowa 23. Cyclones received do you think when you are president youll be paid as much as if you were a manmale. This is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. But there are so many examples where that doesnt happen. Im going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same. As the men who are doing that job. Im Hillary Clinton finally tonight. The Iowa Animal Rescue League provided a distraction from peoples normal workdays. The shelter is hosting the program called uberkittens. 5 uber cars brought adoptable kittens to several des moines businesses. For 30 dollars workers got 15 minutes of snuggle and play time. That money will be used to support the Animal Rescue league. Nov. 1 nfl on nbc packers broncos jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably the strongest governor in the history of the state of florida. He was a young guy that thought they might be able to run over him. That didnt happen. One tax cut wasnt enough he had to do more. It wasnt enough to have 15,000 kids with School Choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. If he didnt like a project, it was going to be vetoed. It didnt matter if you were a republican. It didnt matter if you were his best friend. He said this is where were going, this is how were going to reform state government. every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally theres not much change. But governor bush made a lot of changes. He got the nickname veto corleone. If he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. He vetoed a bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president. The message to washington, d. C. , is get ready. because there will be change. Right to rise usa is responsiblefor the content of this message