We were there this morning when governor branstad announced the creation of the Wrongful Conviction division to be run by the state Public Defenders Office. The focus of the new division will be to identify potential cases involving inmates who have been wrongfully convicted, as well as to pursue available legal remedies. Gov. Branstad this division of the Public Defenders Office will take the lead to move forward with postconviction relief, to see that the innocent people that may have been convicted are represented, and they get their day in court. Mollie the fbi recently admitted serious errors in cases involving hair comparision analysis. The new division will work to determine if similar errors have occurred in cases here in iowa. Turning to news from around iowa now the iowa state patrol is , investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near near shellsburg. That truck was stolen yesterday in benton county. Two men who came upon the scene soon noticed blood on a door h
Facility with no bond on a violation of parole warrant that was also filed awaiting initial appearance. Investigation is ongoing with the Benton County Sheriffs Office, Iowa Division of criminal investigation iowa state patrol, linn countyy Sheriffs Office, with assistance from shellssurg and Urbana Police departments. Were waitin on autopsy reports lab reports the dci lab crews spent most of the day at the reseidence. Results that would tie the two together. Thank you, dave. We received many calls to our newsroom investigation. At 3193659999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Waterloo police are looking for the person who shot through a car window early this morning. It happened arououd 2 15 in thee 200 blblck of locust street. No one was hurt. Check for updates on this story on tv9 and kcrg dot com. Clayton county auditor Dennis Freitag will have to defend his job today. Hes been working from home while caring for his wife pam, who needs aroundthe clo
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on more clouds to roll in from the north today. In many areas, temperatures will struggle with readings only in the 45 49 range for highs. Factor in the wind, and youve got a pretty chilly day in some of the thickest clouds, areas of drizzle will be possible. Plan on a quiet friday, though clouds may still linger over portions of the area. Another system is set to arrive on saturday with clearing sky on sunday. At this time, it appears the bulk of the rain will be out by trick or treat time on saturday evening. Well see some warmer weather going into next week with highs well into the 60s for monday and tuesday. Have a great day today cloudy, patchy drizzle high 4450 winds nw 1525 alo 46 dbq 46 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 3036 winds nw 510 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 35tomorrow iow54tomorrow night rnrrives late low 4winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 43w 45 anks kaj. Workers in tiffin will get a raise next week, as the City Council
25yearold sabrina hustads body sunday afternoon in a driveway. That was in the 32hundred block of 59th street trail, near shellsburg. Authorities say thats the home of 31yearold david miller. Thats who police say they are investigating in connection with the homicide. Right now, he faces vehicle theft and parole violation charges. Authorities believe miller stole a truck from a neighbor early sunday morning and wrecked it a couple of miles away. They say miller then stole another truck and crashed that one, too. The owner of the first stolen truck says he couldnt stop miller. He says, in hindsight, that was probably a good thing. Now that i know what hes capable of he probably wouldnt have gotten out and ran he probably would have fought for that ride out of here. Later in the day, the Linn County Sheriffs Office received reports of a man with a head injury walking along a road. The man who was identified as miller went to the hospital, where authorities interviewed him and later arres
And tonight, a suspect is in custody. Ryan owens with the latest on the victims, and why police say this happened. Reporter they never saw it coming. This disturbing video shows the grey car plowing into a crowd of homecoming parade goers saturday morning at Oklahoma State university. Were gonna need a bunch of help. We got a car through a crowd up here. Reporter the casualty count is staggering. Four dead, 47 injured. It hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. As people were flying. Most of the people i saw were just lying on the ground in crumpled messes. Reporter police say this is the woman responsible for all of the carnage 25yearold adacia chambers, arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Tonight, shes being held on four manslaughter charges. The District Attorney says investigators believe chambers was using drugs. Coworkers say chambers was sent home early from her job at this local Fast Food Restaurant just morning. Among the fatalities, professor marvin ston