Vanessa a native american tribe based out of northeast nebraska with land in iowa has its eyes on monona county. Omaha tribal members approved referendums giving the Tribal Council authority to legalize marijuana for recreational and medicinal use, as well as to grow plants for hemp. Closer to home, near tama, home to the sac and fox tribe, we asked people what they thought about the possibility of pot on the meskwaki settlement. The only thing i see is more people coming in to get high but theyre probably just going to be at the resort. Vanessa so it wont really impact you . No, it wont really impact us, but i could see people getting mad about it. If they were controlling it i would have no problem. It wouldnt bother me at all because i wouldnt have a thing to do with it. Vanessa state drug control policy leaders say pot in iowa is a bad idea. Is it worth it . Is it worth it to have some youre going to be harming your young people and youre going to put peoples lives at risk. Vanessa
The life of 20yearold Dashawn Smith and hospitalized three others. Neighbors along northwest 6th avenue say they are fed up with the activity happening most weekend nights. I expected it to be not heavy criminal activity. Ryan s. since the nightclubs opening in april, polk county sheriffs deputies have responded 70 times to the business. Most calls logged show noise complaints a few fights and one , other report of shots fired. Thats insane. Thats way too many calls for one business that hasnt been operating for what . 6, 7 months. Ryan s. the county supervisor tells me hes actively investigating along with the sheriff and county attorney to determine if the business was in violation of any laws. If so evolution nightclub could lose its liquor license. Noise complaints are one thing, and we take them seriously but when you get a shooting thats a whole , different level of problem. Elizabeth kcci did reach out to the nightclubs owner its a familyrun business. They didnt want to go on ca
Time and people have a lot of emotion flowing. It is just time now for knoxville to move on. Marcus Council Member elect kingery is hoping for the same because he knows his stay in office is dependent on the work he does for those who cast their votes. I fully expect to be gone if i do the wrong thing. Marcus a third incumbent Council Person decided not to run for reelection. We did speak with outgoing Council Members verwers and formanek on the phone, but both politely declined my request for an interview. Marcus mcintosh, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Kevin 5 people, at least 4 from the des moines area, arrested in osceola on a Human Trafficking sting. All face prostitution charges. The arrests all made at an osceola business during the sting yesterday. Stacey an update on an illness that made 58 Roosevelt High School teachers and Staff Members sick. The Polk County Health department now says meat, served at a staff luncheon october 21st, was contaminated with a food borne bacteriu
Trump came right out of the gate taking on his hottest topic immigration. Mr. Trump i have a plan but i dont want to tell isis what it is. Cynthia he bashed his fellow republicans. Mr. Trump im telling carly, whatever her name is, would you stop cutting in . Cynthia especially ben carson. Mr. Trump did anyone in this audience ever glad your mother to hit her on the head with a hammer . The people of iowa believe . Give me a break, give me a break. It doesnt happen that way. How stupid are the people of iowa . How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crack. Quest he says what he wants to and i think that is what a lot of people like. Cynthia he told the crowd that when he wins, they will always river this night. He said he loves i was so much he is thinking about buying a farm here. Kevin on the democratic side of things, it is the runup to the candidates next debate, were just 2 days away from the event at Drake University. Kcci is a proud cosponsor, i will have the hon
Jason r bloodsaw admitted to two counts of neglect. Daughter who was 1yearold and exposed to drugs. Bloodsaws boyfriend deshaun trombone has already been sentenced to 65years in prison. Live in studio, jason rantala, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve 2 people are now charged in a des moines area road rage case. This happened on october 22 near the goode greenhouse, just north of interstate 80 35. Police say 2 groups of people got into a heated argument then drove off in separate cars. The lead car fired shots at the trailing car, sending it into a ditch. The driver of that vehicle 25yearold maria eshom, now , faces multiple charges, including firstdegree robbery. 32yearold dewayne cole also including intimidation with a dangerous weapon. Kevin right now, authorities continue to search for a suspect following a deadly weekend shooting. This one happened outside evolution nightclub just north of des moines on 6th avenue early sunday. Moines was killed. The shooting one of three in th