Itll be about five degrees warmer, though. Showers and a few thunderstorm s arrive tomorrow night into friday, winding down late friday evening into friday night. The weekend looks like another winner with sunshine and highs in the 70s. Seasonable 70s continue straight into next week. Today turning mostly sunny. Pleasant. Wind ne 510. High 72 alo 71 dbq 71 iow 73 tonight mostly clear. Wind e 1 w 56 alo 55 dbq 54 w 56 a. Snowden wants president obama to pardon him and allow his safe return to the states. Hes lived in russia since 2013. Snowden gave an interview shortly before the film about him hit theaters. Andrew spencer has the latest. Seem to be softening his stance on snowden. When asked if theres a chance the president would pardon the nsa whistleblower, White House Press secretary josh earnest responded like this the fact is the manner in which mr. Snowden chose to disclose this information damaged the United States, harmed our national security, and put the American People at gr
Monsanto. It comes with a 66 billion dollar price tag. Now, the deal must still be approved by monsanto shareholders and antitrust regulators. If approved, monsanto shareholders will get 128 dollars per share, which is a 44 percent premium over monsantos Closing Price a day before the deal was announced in may. The company constructing the Bakken Oil Pipeline removed about 30 pieces of heavy machinery from a work site in north hold for now. Workers at the pipeline site did not have to encounter protestors as they took equipment away. Instead, police provided security as the employees loaded up heavy machinery and drove it away. It just makes sense that we have Law Enforcement presence in the area to help with removal of all the equipment, making sure that were keeping the roadway safe. No demonstrator s showed up during the removal process, and to it. Protests against the pipeline have continued across the nation. Yesterday, hundreds rallied in front of the white house, calling on pres
A juvenile acting in self defense. Thats the reason why there wont be any charges for a shooting in linn county. The Linn County Attorneys Office says the shooter was underage and bbieve he acted in self defense for a shooting earlier this month. Sheriffs deputies responded to 1414 sisley grove road northwest the morning of february 6th. They found 44 year old Richard Smith was shot twice at his home. Hes since been released from the hospital and declined to file charges. A 30yearold man is in the Monroe County jail this mornrng for sexually abusing a 2 and half month old girl. Justin stickrod has been charged with 1st degree sexual abuse and child endangerment. Hes currently held on a 68,000 dollar bond. The Albia Police Department is assisting the Sheriffs Office with the investigation, which started is recovering. In a tv9 followup this morning. The e et Dubuque School board president is leaving the position. Shirley horstmans colleagues announced her resignation at last nights meet
Subcommittee that approved the bill. He tells the Des Moines Register hes w wried the currently law unreasonably requires servers and bartenders to know when someone has had too much to drink. The bill still has to pass a full committee before heading to the house floor. Healthcare Company Wellcare says its done trying to g g back into iowas privatized medicaid program. Wellcare was 1 of 4 companies picked to manage the new program last year. But the department of Human Services removed the company from the program, saying it had not disclosed some information during the bidding process. After wellcare District Court state. Iowas medicaid system is expected to fully change over in less than 2 weeks. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first await the warmup, todays mid30s even feel quite mild. Its smooth sailing with our weather as we go into the second half of the week. Today will be partly cloudy, with the majority of the happening northeast with more clouds southwest. Regardless, h
In the case is stickrods daughter. Stickrod appeared in court this morning for a preliminary hearing. He remains in the Monroe County jail. The Sac County Sheriffs Office needs your help finding a man charged with attempted murder. Officials are looking for 30 year old Jeremy Allen Werneburg of ida grove. They say werneburg hit a man with a car on purpose sunday night it happened outside of the carnarvon inn. In the 100th block of 3 hundred and 70th street. The victim was taken to Stewart Memorial Hospital in lake city and then transferred to a des moines area hospital with serious injuries. Call 911 or the Sac County Sheriffs Office, if you know where werneburg is. People led Des Moines Police on two overnight chases on slick metro roads. The first started on the east side of des moines around 1 30 this morning. A vehicle led officers on a chase that reached speeds as high as 60 Miles Per Hour on city streets. Interstate. The driver Michael Jones eventually crashed at east 21st and un