Layoffs. State leaders say once the dow dupont merger is complete, the company will still have a presence in iowa. 51 21 iowa was successful in all the company as to why iowa should be the location for this Global Business center for seed and biotechnology they hoped dowdupont would locate its Company Headquarters in johnston. Instead. They selected wilmington, delaware. Johnston will become home to the Companys Research and Development Branch thanks to millions of dollars in state and local tax breaks. 4 53 58 so when you look at what iowa maintained, and what its going to be able to do in the future as far as modest in getting this deal done. Heres a look at the deal. In exchange for maintaining 500 research and development jobs. Dowdupont will get 16Million Dollars in state aid. 2million will come in the form of a forgivable loan. The rest is from tax credits. The city of johnston sweetened the deal by adding on to the tax break the Company Already receives. 5 08 05 its 1 million, i
Kalamazoo police chief very relieved that we have someone in custody nats 911 gfx shots fired we have one confirmed victim right now overnight a city was gripped with fear after a man opened fire at three different locations across a 13 mile span in kalamazoo michigan. The first a parking lot where a woman walking to her car was shot several times. The second a few hours later at a car dealership, a father and son killed. The third outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, the suspect taking the lives of nye and 3 others in 2 vehicles. Leaving a 14yearold girl in critical condition. Sot jeffrey getting kalamazoo county prosecutor you dont ever expect anything like this to ever happen anywhere yet along in kalamazoo, this is just the most awful thing ever. The suspect, jason dalton, an uber driver taken into custody hours after the final shooting. In a statement the company says our hearts and prayers are with the families of the victims of this devastating crime. Its a crime not just heartb
Brad wx wall weather adlib we had some very fluffy snow come through earlier today with most areas getting 12. There could still be a few flurries into the evening, but a bigger snow may be coming at us this weekend tonight will be mostly cloudy for central iowa, but we could see some clearing late tonight in some areas. Those areas that do clear down will be colder with light winds helping to let temps fall. It looks like there will be some sunshine around thursday morning, but more clouds are likely to roll back in during the afternoon. Another little weather system will be flying into iowa now it looks like most areas will get less than an inch and it should have ended before the friday morning commute. Friday should bring us some sunshine, but also a chilly wind from stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Going faster in iowa. Lawmakers want to increase the speed limit on rural highways. But iowa state patrol says it could be dangerous.
City council said it is vitally important to keep the company in johnston. Jack lam governor branstad released a Statement Today about the move, saying quote we are proud that dow duponts leadership has selected iowa as its Global Business center for its newly formed agriculture company. For the past few months, weve had the pleasure of showing them what iowa has to offer a worldclass biosciences company. Stephanie 2shot the waiting game continues for the iowa utilities board decision on the bakken pipeline. Jack 2shot today, the board resumed its discussions about any and all conditions several concerned groups have expressed about the pipeline. Jack and stephanie, its been a very deliberate process. But the board appears to be getting closer and closer to a decision. The talk today was about timing, easements and overall communication with land owners while no one on the board has given an indication of attendance today, seem to think the pipeline will happen. Chad carter, business e
Brad wx wall weather adlib well, the warmth has arrived this is especially true for the state where 50s and 60s have pushed in this afternoon. Look for tonight to stay rather windy and warm by february standards with temps in the 50s for many areas overnight and then 40s to the north. This will set the stage for a very warm friday, but it will also be windy. Winds tonight will be more southerly at 15 25, but by morning they will have turned to the west at 2030 mph with some gust over 40 mph possible skies will tonight, but will clear us a very sunny friday winds, our highs north and 60s south. Good too with less wind, more sunshine and continued warm temperatures. It will really be feeling like a spring has sprung sunday will be a little cooler with some clouds around, but still not bad with highs mainly in the 40s. Next week is looking pretty quiet and dry overall, but mostly in the 40s for highs. That is still above average though, so i am not complaining local 5 news at 10 in stepha