Court avenue security. Violence near the court avenue Business District has raised security concerns recently. What the city is planing to do about it. Remembering austin. In the middle of a championship match, a Spencer High School wrestler collapses and dies later at the hospital. How the community is honoring austin roberts. Madrid remembers. He was a larger than life figure who put his community on the map when it comes to athletics. How the community of madrid os reacting to the sudden death of randy hinkel. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Tonight. Recent violence has brought safety concerns to light near downtowns court avenue Business District. In the past, offduty Police Officers have provided an extra safety net while patrolling late at night. Justin surrency explains why that wont be happening over the forward. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are no
Hitting hard. Already. The flu season turns deadly in iowa. What Health Experts are urging folks to do. And the shortage that could get in the way. Refugee crisis. Governor branstad is the latest governor to say no to refugees from syria. His explanation. And why the president says, its the wrong approach. Fantasy sports. Sites like fan dual and draftkings are quickly emerging with sophisticated sharks who play hours each day. The concerns some have about the unregulated industry. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at flu season is here. And it is already hitting hard. Good evening. Im lynn thank you for joining us tonight. Iowa is one of just three states to already be dealing with the flu in big numbers this season. And here the virus has already brilbeck has the story the flu season is hitting iowa hard. With two people already dying because of complications with the flu. They were males between the ages of 40 and 60 and they both had Underlying He
Water. They were able to stop the spread before it reached the home. They were also able to rescue horses inside the barn. The vehicles and equipment though were destroyed. Crews from cambridge, collins, and nevada assisted. No one was hurt. Crews say the hay will continue to burn throughout the day. We now know what may have sparked large scale field fires in eastern iowa. It took 13 Fire Departments 5 hours to put out the flames in eldridge monday. Crews believe a burn pile, fueled by high winds likely caused that. Theyre now asking people not burn on windy days. They say if you have to, dont leave it unattended. The fire knocked out nearly two thousand acres, including some fields of corn that had yet to be harvested. Theres almost as much talk today about who was not on the stage at last nights democratic president ial debate as the debate itself. But one thing was clear. The two frontrunners dominated the Nbcs Chris Clackum has the story. The day after tuesday nights debate in las
Polson. Hes charged with shooting at three people. And hitting two of them. In Pleasant Hill neighborhoods last november. Polson claims he was using drugs at the time. And he didnt know what he was doing. Jurors only deliberated for half an hour on friday. One person is recovering this morning after a shooting in davenport. It happened just after six last night. Near the intersection of 13th street and eastern avenue. Police say the suspects left the scene right away and responders took one person to the hospital. No word on the victims condition. Or any arrests in the case. At this time. Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 20 year old College Student. After a deadly shooting at a zombie themed event in florida. The officer called me and was telling me she sorry for my loss i said so its really true i just lost my baby and she was like yes im sorry but hes gone. Police say someone shot and zombicon in fort meyers late saturday night. About 20thousand fans were estimated to be
Shortly after 11 15 this morning. He made the announcement from the rose garden at the white house. President barack obama joined him. Along with his wife dr. Jill biden. Although the Vice President has been looking like he was headed toward a campaign by participating in events, he has also been publicly been mourning his son beau biden, who died in may at age 46. Beau is our inspiration. I will not be a candidate. I will not be silent. Biden talked about how he will speak up during this campaign by being a voice for the middle class. His speech minutes. He didnt take any questions. Republicans running for the white house are in the state today. President ial candidates Chris Christie and donald trump are in iowa. Christie is in newton for a town hall meeting at the raceway cafe. And trump will hold one of his signature make America Great again rallies in burlington tonight at 6 at memorial auditorium. House Speaker John Boehner scheduled an election for republicans to pick his succes