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
Bring back morning in america. Sen. Rubio the 21stcentury conservative movement is the son of a bartender and a maid from cuba. Who, tonight, stands one step closer to being the 45th president of the united states. Craig donald trump will try to make it three in a row tuesday at the nevada caucuses. Craig boswell, cbs news, columbia, south carolina. Todd and in nevada, Bernie Sanders says the wind is at our backs, despite his loss to Hillary Clinton in the nevada caucuses. Tonight, sanders congratulated clinton on her victory in nevada, crediting her for running a very aggressive and effective campaign. Meanwhile, clinton says many doubted her in nevada, but that she and her supporters never doubted each other. Laura thousands of baconlovers were in des moines today for the ninth annual blue ribbon bacon festival. About 40 food vendors filled hyvee hall, with everything from bacon cotton candy to bacon ice cream and bacon marmalade. This years theme was body by bacon, so festivalgoers
Collinsmaxwell superintendent jason ellingson, being put on , paid leave this week. District officials will not say why, but tell me it has nothing to do with the lockdown that happened here earlier today. Live in maxwell, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new at 5 00 00 major , changes to iowas medical cannabis billl. Lawmakers introduced a pareddown bill this afternoon, replacing 4 manufacturing sites and 12 dispensaries, with just 2 facilities to handle both jobs. The new version also drops the number of medical conditions eligible for the drug from 11 to 3. The republican senator who introduced the bill says the changes are necessary for it to have a chance of becoming law. Also at the statehouse the fight , against a common practice that impacts victims of Domestic Violence. The Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence is pushing a for Property Owners to evict tenants if they call the police. Advocates say its a common practice to write the rule into rental agree
Right now, students are studying best prevention practices for the disease. Gray spent five years at the cdc the agency now tasked with leading the u. S. Response to the virus. Jeffrey theyre doing both a lot of work within our borders, to look at the cases and potential transmission of the virus. Ryan the actual testing, we want to know, is not done here at the Iowa Department of public health. Blood samples are drawn, then shipped to the cdc in georgia. For the actual analyzing of the samples. But i did learn tonight that state Health Officials are considering in the future offering the test right here in iowa. Live in des moines, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve thank you, ryan. Right here in iowa, an ames company is working to develop a zika virus vaccine. For its work on an ebola with zika. The Biopharmaceutical Company says it is still trying to figure out what type of vaccine they are going to work on. Brian were just starting, right . Everybody is just starting
In the middle school, which is to be expected. Emmy president mary gibbs says that emotional support at the parish started on sunday and will continue throughout the week. We had priests available, counselors available, some nurses whatever the students , needed. Emmy deeply rooted in the community, all his brothers and sisters attended st. Edmonds. His mother, also holds a also a leader at the church. Faculty and students are uplifting another through this hard circumstance. They are just coming together and hugging, crying, doing whatever they need to help each other get through this. Emmy all siblings injured in the accident have since been released from the hospital. Steve . Steve another accident on saturday killed a 17yearold near maxwell. The iowa state patrol says chase mohler died when his vehicle went off the road and crashed into an embankment. Stacey iowa state patrol investigators are looking for the cause of an accident that killed a semitruck driver this morning on inter