Butterflies like its the night before the prom Jeff Kaufmann the Republican Party says after the 2012 results snafu its aware of the skeptics. But are hoping to prove them wrong 104318 i hope that the rest of county sees that we are taking this seriously and what we are taking seriously. Quite frankly its leading of the search for the next commander in chief. So what if this technology fails. Both parties have a back up plan in place by using getting the results on paper the Old Fashioned way the iowa caucus meansa big boost to the local economy. Hotel rates soar for the iowa caucuses. At the hampton inn and suites downtown. Youll pay at least four hundred dollars for a room. And up to ninehundred. But rooms will be hard to come by. Most Hotels Downtown are sold out. Visitors will also need says it expects full tables just about everywhere across the metro on and around caucus night. In 2011, we estimated about a 12 million economic impact. We have some new tools now that we can utiliz
Morning. It happened at the intersection of southwest 9th and mckinely at 830 this morning. Police say the white suv was heading eastbound on mckinley. It went through a red light and hit a car that was going north on southwest ninth street. The driver of the car is recovering in the hospital this afternoon and his condition is unknown at the time. Police expect to issue tickets to the driver of the suv. Falling in a trench has a gofund me account set up for him. Fell in a trench in altoona yesterday friends and family have set up a go fund me account and have raised more than 2thousand dollars so far. Jorgensen was installing sewer lines yesterday afternoon, when the roughly 12 foot trench collapsed around him. Crews worked for several hours osha regulations say special walls to prevent a collapse are required for trenches deeper than 5 feet. The 12 Year Old Girl who went missing in december is now back home and safe. Charlene brown was found with her mom and her moms boyfriend in vic
From deadly flash flooding. The storm system now barrels towards the northeast. Abcs Lauren Lyster is in dallas where theyre recovering from monster twisters. That over the weekend left eleven people dead. Reporter intro the string of tornadoes here over the weekend were the deadliest in 90 years, and thats just one of the Severe Weather events that have led to the deaths of more than 45 people over the last week. Script blizzard warnings. Sleet hitting boston as the region gets its first major snowfall. The weather delaying departures for dozens of planes at boston logan airport. On top of the record rain and flooding in parts of the midwest and south. Claiming more lives. In missouri four visiting soldiers swept away in a car in this roadway and killed. But also leading to successful rescues. Broadcastify a water rescue school bus occupied with at least 18, standing upright. Overnight in illinois, this school bus carrying a girls highschool Basketball Team skidded off the road into f
Showers may mix in with the rain showers before things wind down will be falling all day on saturday, with sunday seeing very cold of the state. Highs there on sunday will be in the single digits, with low teens around the des moines area. The Iowa Caucuses are less than there on sunday will be in the single digits, with low teens des moines area. A month away, and businesses across the metro are expecting to do from hotels to restaurants. Reid chandler explains the benefit of being firstinthenation. Eric wahrman general manager, hampton inn suites 18 24 greg edwards president ceo, Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau 44 54 Jessica Dunker president ceo, Iowa Restaurant Association 1 241 32 were pretty much going to make about double what we normally make in january, just this week alone. Eric wahrman general manager, hampton inn suites for the hampton inn and suites in Downtown Des Moines, this will be its first iowa caucus. General manager eric wahrman says the rates his
We have continued to see a light drizzle for most of the morning hours. At this transition its way northward, we will continue to see the moisture building. You can see the bucket of moisture just off to the south. You can see cooler air off to the northwest. Eventually, we will see some of this to the northwestern part of the state transition to snow. It could be accumulating snow. For now, staying relatively warm. Mid30s is what we are looking at. It is about as warm as we will be for a while. Story of the morning, the fog. Starting to see some structures reemerging. The fog will continue to disperse as we head throughout the day. Rain continues. I will have details coming up soon. We could see a steep cold out. You can count on kcci to keep you weatheraware. Download our kcci weather app to track the storm as it happens. Youll get live radar, traffic alerts and Road Conditions straight to your smartphone. Its available for free for both android and iphone. Police say weather does no