It shows them that their identity is legitimate. Emmy the idea sparked from student zoey wagner who says that students there come from all walks of life. There is a transgenger population here, and there is a population here that dont adhere to the gender binary in one way or another. Emmy the single unit rest rooms are privately located in the library for staff to monitor the students that use it. This isnt like if you are transgender, you have to use just a second option. Emmy but not everyone who uses the space is on board with this just yet, saying it will take time to get used to. With transgender, so to say so i just different. That if the change can make an impact on even one person, then it is worth it. We have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. And i actually felt ashamed that we hadnt thought about this emmy students here magician for this change back in november. They have already ordered
Mark prosecutors dont know why yahia picked mcneeleys home. They cant find any evidence they knew each other and likely now will likely never know. Stacey Urbandale Police say a material witness in that officerinvolved shooting has turned herself in to authorities. Officers issued a warrant for 17yearold kiara olson last week. They believe she can provide information about the case. Steve the Des Moines Police department is on a mission to outfit all uniformed officers with body cameras. Kccis Marcus Mcintosh is in studio. Marcus, whats the timeline here . Marcus steve, the chief wants this to happen by june. That means the department will have to purchase some 270 body cameras. Cameras that will record the interaction between police and the public. The Departments School resource officers have been equipped with body cameras for more than five years. The Department Tells kcci it is well on it way to the more than all uniformed officers. It is a combination of private donations and bud
Stacey that was Cynthia Fodor reporting. This base is expected to be a very important place, well into the future. The commander says, as long as the air force has targets to be hit, the guard here will have a mission for years to come. Steve the state department of health says two more cases of the zika virus have been detected in iowa. This brings the total number of iowa cases to three. All three infected women are between the ages of 6180. All three also recently traveled to either the caribbean, central america, or south america. 27 states have now confirmed at least one case of the zika virus. But the cdc says only 1 in 5 actually become ill. Symptoms include fever, a rash, muscle pain, and headache. However, fetuses in pregnant women can develop birth defects. Stacey a dropped handgun turned into a deadly shooting in the town elk run heights. Black hawk county deputies say 45yearold Martin Lawrence got morning, when he dropped his the gun went off, shooting him in the leg. The b
[kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] mollie it happened in the 100 block of north lucas. Our vanessa peng just arrived there in the past hour. She joins us now live on the phone. Vanessa, what can you tell us . Vanessa it happened yesterday around 8 00, on valentines day. Its in the 100 block of north lucas avenue. Its kind of an industrial area, there are some older buildings and some that arent occupied. The one we are seeing that we do believe may be it happened here, but we have not had it confirmed from authorities that happen, theres an apartment complex over here. What happened was, authorities found both the victim and the suspect had gunshot wounds. Both the victim and suspect were transported to area hospitals, and then Center Des Moines hospitals. What were learning from authorities right now is that the Iowa Division of
Will be based here in johnston. The state went all out to try to sell the company on the value of locating the ag headquarters here. But a Dupont Pioneer spokesperson tells me there are no additional job cuts in iowa tied to this annoucement and no immediate plan to move iowa employees to delaware. About 175 jobs have already been slashed since december with more expected by the end of march as part of current restructuring plans. We expect over time we will see the jobs grow in johnston. That might not happen in wilmington is the headquarters. Reporter well would be losing jobs of lymington . Wilmington . In the short term you will see a shakeout as the merger is put in place. There may be some additional job loss but over the next 35 years we expect jobs increase. Reporter the Iowa Economic Development authority approved the march new Company Called dow dupont. 1 00 this afternoon. The city also plans to approve extending 1 million tax company as well. Coming up in the news, we will