[kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] mollie it happened in the 100 block of north lucas. Our vanessa peng just arrived there in the past hour. She joins us now live on the phone. Vanessa, what can you tell us . Vanessa it happened yesterday around 8 00, on valentines day. Its in the 100 block of north lucas avenue. Its kind of an industrial area, there are some older buildings and some that arent occupied. The one we are seeing that we do believe may be it happened here, but we have not had it confirmed from authorities that happen, theres an apartment complex over here. What happened was, authorities found both the victim and the suspect had gunshot wounds. Both the victim and suspect were transported to area hospitals, and then Center Des Moines hospitals. What were learning from authorities right now is that the Iowa Division of
With only a few breaks here and there. We will be mild, though, with highs in the mid 30s. As the winds turn to the northwest, though, those temps could start slide. We will be colder tomorrow, butit warms up by the end of the week. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. Getting your taxes done early can help protect you from fraud. Thieves are filing returns early and the easiest way to protect yourself is to file early. If you need help getting them done theressfree serviies avavilable. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live from the uni campus to explain how to take advantage of this free service. Accounting juniors. Seniors. And grad students at uni are offering free tax return help. They say every monday and wednesday night they will be in the Curris Business Building from 7 to 9. They are a part of a program called helping low income tax payers. Students will electronically a prepare and exile both federal and iowa tax returns for people. I spoke wi
New this morning. A longtime fued between an iowa police chief and a county sheriff boils over. The police chief is now running for sheriff. And the current sheriff makes a shocking accusation. You knocked up a 15 year old and she had a miscarriage, okay . The police chief says its the voice of the Pocahontas County sheriff he rereorded the call. The two men have apparantly been battling for the past two years. Over which office is supposed to respond to crimes in certai areas. According to the fonda police chief, the allegations are not true. I can promise you 100 there any truth to it. As for the allegations of assault the sheriff hasnt commented followinn the phone call about where he got that idea. Citing the possibility of a lawsuit. According to the des moines register, the sheriff cut emergency dispatch calls to the police chief last month. The mayor of fonda released a statement. Saying all county agencies need to work together. Snow is a problem here, but in the south, they ha
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
Her community. Maybe not the flashy headquarters title she was hoping for. But she says the practical benefits are still there, with hope for growth down the road. 1 55 50 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. Now mayor dierenfeld tells us in the short term, as the companies transition into the merger, we may see some more layoffs out of johnston. But she says the company is confident itll hover around that 26 hundred employee number its at right now. And down the road, could grow even larger. But not everyone sees this a positive move. Stephanie moore joins us from the State Capitol with reaction from lawmakers, steph the deal has all the bells and whistles for dupont but some of iowas democratic lawmakers feel at least part of the money could have been allocated differently. The deal breaks down the 16 for Research T