Good morning, and thank you for joining us on kcci 8 news this morning. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. We will check things out starting with metinka. Metinka 57 already in des moines, a huge improvement over the frosty weekend we had. Wind at 17 Miles Per Hour and will continue to increase throughout the morning. The wind could gust over 35 Miles Per Hour by noontime right through the afternoon. Headed for a high today of 80 degrees, but the wind combined with the dry conditions is leading to an extreme fire danger today, so we have a red flag warning in effect. Elizabeth this morning, several businesses in newton are cleaning up after a fire that started last night in the panda garden restaurant kitchen. Customers and employees made it outside a free. Smoke and water damage was caused to the apartment above. No word yet on the extent of the damage. Eric a registered sex offender is charged in a child sex abuse case. Berlou barnard is accused of sexually assaulting
Combined with the warmth will lead to rapidfire growth. Postpone any open burning. Caps on headed to near 8 temps are headed to near 80 degrees. Elizabeth thanks metinka. Big stories in central iowa. This morning, several businesses in newton are cleaning up after a fire. The fire started last night in the panda garden restaurant kitchen. Customers and employees were able to make it outside. The newton fire captain says it started on the stove and caused some smoke and water damage to the apartments above the restaurant. Luckily no one was injured and no word yet on the extent of damage to the restaurant. Eric also in newton this morning, a registered sex offender is charged in a child sex abuse case. 46yearold Berlou Barnard is accused of sexually assaulting his own granddaughter. The Jasper County sheriff says ashley durants daughter told her the august 13 assault took place at barnards home. He had previously been convicted registry ever since. Because of this durant says her daught
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August 13. They say it happened at barnards home near the 3000 block of highway f 48 west. She said mommy i need to tell you something. It was there barnard allegedly touched the girl. I was just really in shock. Jason r. barnards girlfriend Michelle Wortman saw barnard and confronted him. But the report says wortman never told durant. While wortman allegedly never did anything to protect the girl. She got child endangerment and was released on her own recognizance the next day. Jason r. no one answered when we tried knocking on barnards door sunday. Barnard had been previously convicted in a sex abuse case back in 1997 and has been on the sex offender registry ever since. Because of this, durant says her daughter would visit her dad with the stipulation wortman would supervise. I have a lot of hatred towards her, and in my opinion i think she should be in just as much trouble as he is for allowing it to happen and not saying anything. Jason r. durant says shes received criticism for e
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