This is Iowa: Rural tradition rolls into school parking lots Share Updated: 6:29 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021 Share Updated: 6:29 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript HANSON’S THIS IS, IOWA. IN THE TOWN OF A THOUSAND, THERE’S NO RUSH HOUR, EXCEPT THE ONE SPRING MORNING. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS DREAM ABOUT EVEN MORE THAN THE PROM. YEP. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. I WOKE UP PRETTY EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE DARK JUST WENT OUT. AND STARTED JOHN DEERE 40 I’M GOING BE MADE OBJECTIVE IS THE HAVE FUN EVERY DOWN AND KEEP HER IN BETWEEN THE LINES. A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEIR DADS START PLANTING ME A FEW BUDDIES. JUST MET UP HERE AT SPARKY’S AND FARM KIDS GRAB THE KEYS TO THEIR FAMILIES FOUR WHEEL DRIVES ONCE I HEARD THAT KCCI IS COMING. I TOOK THE BIGGEST TRACTOR. HE HAD TOOK TOOK ME ABOUT SIX HOURS TO CLEAN IT UP AND CRUISE AT 18 MILES AN HOUR. SO IT TOOK ME ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET HERE TO A SUNRISE PARADE DOWN GALLE
Iowanâs inspiring life story makes its film debut Share Updated: 6:37 PM CST Feb 22, 2021 Share Updated: 6:37 PM CST Feb 22, 2021
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Show Transcript ERIC: IF EVER THERE WAS A MOMENT EXEMPLIFYING THAT GUY IN THE WHEELCHAIR, ITâS THIS CHRIS NORTON, DETERMINED TO MAKE HIS DAUGHTER LAUGH BY TOWING HER WITH HIS CHAIR THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. INSTEAD OF DREADING QUARANTINE, CHRIS EMBRACED IT WITH HIS STILL-GROWING FAMILY. HOW MANY GIRLS AND HOW MANY BOYS? OK, WE HAVE 5 GIRLS AND 2 BOYS. ERIC: REMEMBER DOCTORS GAVE CHRIS A 3% CHANCE TO MOVE. NOW, JUST 3 YEARS AFTER THE IOWA NATIVE DEFIED THOSE ODDS AND WALKED HIS BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE, THEY HAVE 7 ADOPTED AND FOSTERED KIDS. ITS CONTROLLED CHAOS, IS WHAT IT IS. ERIC: A PANDEMICâS NOT IDEAL FOR A GUY WHOâS BUILT HIS BRAND ON DELIVERING MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGES TO BIG CROWDS. BUT THAT ATTITUDE IS WHATâS GOTTEN HIM THROUGH. THEREâS NO BETTER TIME TO TALK ABOUT T