The south Dakota Legislature passed the bill to increase teacher pay. The vote passed 25 to 10. The halfcent sales tax increase willllelp Fund Governor Dennis Daugaards plan to improve south teacher. The bill now heads to the supportive governor. Folks in orange city, iowa are voting today whether to pay for a new fire station. The Fire Department wants to end 3point5 Million Dollars to expand the existing station which dates back to 1973. Fire chief Dennis Vanderwel says its too small for todays needs. He also says theres also a lack of ventilation that exposes the firefighters to high levels of diesel exhaust. Polls are open until eight o clock tonight at Living Waters church in orange city. The city of sioux city held a meeting toy to discuss the possible move of the clerk of Courts Office from the Law Enforcement t nter to the county courthouse. E. Ktivs sam curtiss will have more on the meeting a northwest iowa dairy and animal feeding operation is facing a federal lawsuit. The la
And with those words, Vice President joe biden closed the door on his lifelong goal of running for president. An extraordina moment in the rose gardens, bowing out but delivering a call to action and taking a swipe at Hillary Clinton who has moved away from some of obamas policy. This party, our nation, will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attttpt to undo the obama legacy. Reporter biden, who made his decision last night, said the grieving process over his late son beau was pivotal. Ive said all along, what ive said time and again to others, that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a real estatistic campaign for president. That it might close. Ive concluded it has closed. Reporter but biden said he wont sit on not be a candidate, i will not be silent. Reporter clintnt callll biden after his speech and tweeted, the Vice President is a good friend and great man. Today and always inspired by his optimism and com
Secretararclintons campaign. Clinton beben by focusing on ambassador Chris Stevens and the four americans who died. Hillary clinton fmr. Secretary of state d president ial candidate i took responsibility, and as part of that before i left office, i launchch reforms to better protect people in the field. But she argues. To keep terrorism from growing, diplomats must continue to work in dangerous areas. They cant do their jobs for us from bunkers. Retreat from the world is not an option. Later this afternoon. Tough questions about emails. Security and inevitably politics. Speaking of politics, republican president ial candidate jeb bush tweeted this morning, calling benghazi security failures a stunning example of incompetent Foreign Policy and that clintons role in that, deserves scrutiny. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. A new poll says donald trump is by a republican rival in iowa. A Quinnipiac University poll of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers says ben carson now leads the gop
Bottom out near 30 degrees. This afternoon, the main conceen will be the wind and dry air which will create high outdoor fire danger for a chunk of the viewing area as gusts could top 30 miles per hour. Temperatures, meanwhile will be in the middle to upper 60s this afternoon with sunshine before only reaching the 50s at their highest on friday see graphics. Wx timer 40 meth is a huge problem in the state of iowa, but now a highly concentrated form of the drug is on the se in the state. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley says he wants to change that. Lauren moss reports on how he plans to do that. Police departments tricounty Drug Enforcement team says a pure form of meth is coming from over the border. And ending up here in iowa. The yield of ice meth our lab results indicate around 9798 percent pure meth compared to the home based meth labs are anywhere from 4560 percent. So the yield is much higher. And theyve been working hard to get it off iowas streets. In the last probably 4 years sinc
I think that is his thinking there, maybe get a big play. Dan notre dame, just a stop away from putting this one away. Kessler. Completes near side. First down to madden. He gets out of bounds. They stop it with 1 01 left. Doug as long as you get out of bounds, fiveyard gains are fine. As long as you can lineup quickly. Dan here come the trojans on the line again. Waiting for a big play attempt here by kessler. Underneath. That ball gets loose. Doug they are not a lot of big windows. The threeman rush allows notre dame to drop eight men in coverage. Your receivers will take a big hit. Dan sanders there by a couple of blue jerseys. Doug with all of the zone coverage you are getting, it is a risky call. But a screen pass to one of your backs, jones, they have an opportunity. Dan sheldon day on the sidelines. He was very active in the second half. Second down and 10. Usc out of timeouts, trailing by ten. Waiting for one of these big these speedy wideouts. Pressure. Steps up. Throws near s