Iowa teen raises $2,000 to provide life-saving devices for pets to fire departments Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Jan 15, 2021 Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Jan 15, 2021
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Show Transcript IN THE SENATE TRIAL. STACEY: NEW AT 10:00, A CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MAKING IT HER MISSION TO BRING LIFE-SAVING DEPARTMENTS. STEV CAFRLEY DEERY SAID SHE GOT THE IDEA AFTER HEARING ABOUT HER FIREFIGHTER FATHER IN ACTION. HER PLAN COULD HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF PLENTY OF PETS. REPORTER: HOUSE FIRES CLAIM THE LIVES OF AROUND 40,000 PETS EACH YEAR. THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ATTRIBUTES MANY OF THOSE DEATHS TO SMOKE INHALATION. A GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVAL ARE PET OX YEN MASKS, A DEVICE CARLEY DEERY IS GRATEFUL HER DAD, A DEMOIRN FIREFIGHTER HAD, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. HIS AMBULANCE DIDN T HAVE ONE, HE GOT TO BORROW IT FROM ANOTHER ONE. DAVID DEERY SAID HE S SEEN THE MASKS USED A LOT. EITHER PUT THE PET S HEAD OR THEIR NOSE INTO THIS MASK AN
How rural Iowa communities are getting the health care specialists they need Share Updated: 10:31 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 Share Updated: 10:31 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
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Show Transcript KAYLA: MORE THAN 30 COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA NO LONGER OFFER MATERNITY SERVICES. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEAL SHOWS 34 HOSPITALS DISCONTINUED SERVICES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2018. IT’S AN ISSUE BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER’S DR. LARRY SEVERIDT CALLS A REAL POTENTIAL CRISIS. WE’RE SEEING MORE PRE-TERMED BABIES, MORE PRE-MATURE DELIVERIES BECAUSE MOMS HAVE TOO FAR TO GO TO GET TO A MEDICAL CENTER KAYLA: DR. SEVERIDT PRACTICED IN IOWA RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR 24 YEARS, DELIVERING AROUND 2,000 BABIES. SO, FOR HIM, WHAT HE’S SEEING NOW IS DISCOURAGING. THERE JUST AREN’T ENOUGH DOCTORS WILLING TO DO OBSTETRICAL SERVICES. KAYLA: EASY ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS IS A COMMON REASON MEDICAL SPECIALTIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES MAY BE STRUGGLING. BUT THROUGH BROADLAWNS’ FA
Could impeachment proceedings begin close to inauguration day? Share Updated: 9:18 AM CST Jan 10, 2021 Share Updated: 9:18 AM CST Jan 10, 2021
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Show Transcript THE IMPEACHMENT ARE DOING SO WITH THE EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY IN THEIR MINDS. DAYS AFTER RIOTERS VIOLENTLY STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL, LAWMAKERS ARE VOCAL ABOUT THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT. WE ARE ASKING OURSELVES A QUESTION OF INTEGRITY RIGHT NOW, ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF NATION WE ARE GOING TO BE. KAYLA: THAT DISAPPOINTMENT IS SHARED BY SOME LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT HAS DISREGARDED HIS OATH OF OFFICE. WHAT HE DID WAS WICKED. KAYLA: ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT ARE EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS EARLY THIS UPCOMING WEEK. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AGAINST THIS MOVE ARE URGING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN TO GET INVOLVED. TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE CHIP ROY SENT OUT A TWEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SHOWING A LETTER WITH THE SIGNATURES OF SIX OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGR
ZIP Advertisement I didn t think anybody would do this for me : Ankeny man receives new bike from the community Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Dec 26, 2020 Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Dec 26, 2020
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Show Transcript KAYLA: KENNY RAN DOSM THOUGHT HE WAS JUST JOINING HIS FRIENDS AT FIRST CHECKING OUT BICYCLES. TAKE THIS. KAYLA: THEN SUDDENLY HE WAS TAKING ONE OUT FOR A RIDE. AND WHEN HE CAME BACK ON BEHALF OF SOME VERY GENEROUS PEOPLE, THIS IS ACTUALLY YOUR NEW BIKE. WHAT? [LAUGHTER] KAYLA: HE WAS LEFT SHOCKED. BECAUSE IN RANDOLPH S HANDS STOOD HIS NEW PHAT BIKE. A MUCH NEEDED GIFT WHEN RIDING EIGHT MILES TO WORK FROM ANKENY TO FIRESTONE IN DES MOINES. I COMMUTE UP SECOND AVENUE IN THE MORNING. AND IT S DARK. KAYLA: DO YOU SEE THE SEEK LIFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD? THAT S KENNY RANDOLPH WHO ERIN VAN DORN FIRST NOTICED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. HE NOTICED OFTEN THAT KENNY WITH NO HELMET. AND IT CONCERNED ME. KAYLA: VAN DORN
Leaders work on plans for COVID-19 awareness in underrepresented communities Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Dec 16, 2020 Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Dec 16, 2020
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Show Transcript ESPECIALLY THOSE IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS BEHIND IT WHO SAY INVOLVING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS KEY. KAYLA: DESPITE PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED TELEVISED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY PEOPLE ARE STILL WARY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAV COME TO ME THAT ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DON’T TRUST IT. KAYLA: A STUDY BY PEW RESEARCH CENTER SHOWS ONLY 42% OF BLACK AMERICANS INDICATED THEY WOULD GET THE VACCINE. IN ADDITION, 63% OF HISPANICS ALSO ANSWERED THAT WAY. REVEREND ROB JOHNSON SAYS COMMUNITY LEADERS COULD PLAY A KEY ROLE IN SPREADING VACCINE AWARENES I DO NOT BELIEVE IT’S OUR JOB TO TELL PEOPLE WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE IT OR NOT TO TAKE IT. IT’S OUR JOB TO PRESENT THE FACTS