Draft order to summarize the pro and cons discussed on each side over the last four days. They plan to use this in further talks because theres still a lot left to go over. The board focused on if the Dakota Access pipeline would promote public convenience and necessity. That meant looking at economic and environmental impacts. I agree they all have inherent risks, and i think when you look at what is planned for construction, those risks have been taken into account. Rose but throughout the 3hour meeting, Board Members showed they still have some questions left. Such as on certain issues like energy reliance. Those are the two views which comes first . Rose the pipeline would carry up to 570,000 barrels a day from the Bakken Oil Fields in north dakota to illinois. Members of iowa citizens for Community Improvement have protested the pipeline. They say theyre frustrated with the process. I think the past 4 days have indicated that this process is broken and isnt working for , iowans so
Right now in des moines we have a brisk wind at 12 Miles Per Hour. That is producing wind chills below zero at we have a few more snow flurries early this morning. The skies will be clearing out and staying cold with highs close to 16 degrees. Eric the latest check of 511ia. Org shows i35 from ames to clear lake, is still closed this morning. Thats the red line and red circles there. High winds and blowing snow made conditions dangerous there monday. Roads in other parts of the state are ok though. Blue means partially covered in snow and ice and pink means completely covered. White out conditions made driving nearly impossible north of ames monday. A jackknifed semi caused a standstill on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. 40 to 50 drivers were stuck there for nearly two hours. Fortunately no one was seriously snow eventually forced the dot to close down i35 from ames to clear lake. If you dont need to go out. Stay home. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going t
Blowing snow. Good morning everybody. A lot of you might be wondering when will these winds finally die down . Elizabeth lets get to metinka metinka we are seeing some improvement. Yesterday. Yesterday, we had wind up to 50 Miles Per Hour. But now they are close to 30 Miles Per Hour. They have come down a little bit but they are still enough to give you slight drifting concerns. The gusty wind will be calming down towards the evening commute. Overnight, the wind will be much calmer and that will improve everything. We have temperatures close to 10 below. We will have sunshine this afternoon but it wont do anything to warm us up. The latest check of 511ia. Org shows i35 from ames to clear lake, is still closed this morning. Thats the red line and red high winds and blowing snow made conditions dangerous there monday. Roads in other parts of the state are Getting Better though. Blue means partially covered in snow and ice and pink means completely covered. And green is just fine. White o
Evening news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 30. I dont expect this virus to get established in the continental united states. Todd but, the zika virus is in iowa right now with 3 confirmed , cases. Those cases are all women between the ages of 41 and 80. Laura kccis Marcus Mcintosh joins us live in the newsroom with a look at the situation. Marcus we know the unidentified women traveled to the caribbean or south america where the virus is spreading. Cases in the state is far from three an epidemic, pregnant women are told to carefully think before traveling travel to travel to puerto rico, virgin islands, carribean, central and parts of south america. Everyone traveling to those areas are being urged to wear long sleeves, pants use mosquito , repellant that contains deet. While the zika virus can be transmitted sexually, it is dr. Patricia quinlisk of the state department of Public Health says shes not surprised zika crept into iowa. We have people
Million pills last year. 20 were the painkiller hydrocodone, known as vicodin. While iowas amount of painkiller prescriptions is below the national average, some still find the numbers concerning. I spoke with a mother who lost her daughter to substance abuse. Her daughter first began abusing prescription pills before switching to heroin. Not be afraid to talk to your children, because its not just a street drug anymore. Its all of our problem. Everyone. Rose since this database started, doctorshopping has decreased in iowa. The program is working on expanding its database by sharing databases with more states to better track patients. Todd . Todd right now officials search , for 2 escaped inmates from the newton correctional center. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were discovered missing around 10 00 last night. Amodeo is serving a 10 year sentence on drug related charges. Foley is serving a 27 year sentence also for drug related if you see them, or know anything about their whereabout