Travelled to delaware. And senator Chuck Grassley at a town hall meeting this week said he has called on the company to sell them on the value of the assets they have here in iowa. We dont want to lose these jobs with pioneer in johnston. I also told them to remember the history of pioneer in iowa going back to 1920s, and ought to put their Corporate Headquarters here. Cynthia im told the state is waiting to hear any day now about the decision on where the new headquarters will be located. Governor branstad told me he is optimistic about the companys future in iowa. The merger, creating the largest agrochemical and seed company, is still subject to regulatory approval. Steve thank you, cynthia. New information tonight in a deadly West Des Moines hit and run crash. 37yearold Ronald Paul Hauser of van meter now faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and owi. West des moines investigators say hauser was the driver that hit and killed 22yearold officers later
Iowans all over the state to get outside this weekend. Yes it will and many of us will , head straight for the recreational trails and parks. We did some checking, and while some are still pretty wet, all of the local trails are now open. And with warm temperatures in the overnight forecast the dreaded refreeze is unlikely. So you will be able to get out there, and enjoy some fresh air. Here is a guy who enjoys a lot of fresh air, curtis. You can get out there and ride your bike. Kurtis there are still snow drifts as you head from Dallas Center two. Temperatures today topped out at 52. Colder to the north. Shenandoah, 72. This is amazing kansas, great bend kansas, 90 degrees. Garden city, 89. Some of that warmer air is going to slide our way. As steve mentioned, when you get that temperature above freezing we will drop down to the upper 40s. Sunshine on the way. I want to keep in mind a lot of wins tomorrow wind tomorrow. If we hit 64 degrees i think we well it will be be warmest febru
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When a decision on the hotly debated Bakken Oil Pipeline in iowa will finally be made. Road rage. Anger over the condition of the roads in a central iowa county. Locals say theyre dangerous. Where the county is laying blame. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 Dupont Pioneer began reducing preparation for a merger with dow chemical. So far, thats cost dozens of iowans their jobs, and the deals latest development has some worrying more cuts are to come. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. The merger would result in three spinoff companies, one focusing on agriculture. Leaders hoped it would be located in johnston, the site of Dupont Pioneers headquarters. Today, dow dupont shot down those hopes, instead giving the city a iowa was successful in all our efforts making the case to the company as to why iowa should be the location for this Global Business center for seed and biotechnology that will serve us well into t
The 26 hundred person facility. Johnston mayor Paula Dierenfeld says the company in johnston expects to hover around that 26hundred employee level in the shortterm. And while there may be some layoffs still, she believes the Research Focus johnston is getting from dowdupont will create more jobs in the future. 1 55 50 as they work through this merger theres going to be a little shakeout, and we can probably expect those numbers to decline a little bit. And well see some more loss of jobs in the short term, but over the long term, we believe because theyll continue to do their Research Activities here in johnston, the employment numbers will go back up again and maybe even be higher than what we have currently. 01 23 dupont began reducing its Global Workforce by 10 percent back in december as part of its merger agreement with dow. So far, thats resulted in about 175 jobs lost at pioneer in johnston, but the company says most of its layoffs are complete. Thank you reid. While officials i