Finding it more difficult to navigate between wells fargo and downtown businesses. Kccis ryan smith is live to explain the big change. Ryan fans, parents, and wrestlers here at the turn it all know that you can run into some downtime. The skywalk has always been an easy accessible way to connect , them to downtown shops and dining. But this year, you can see, construction is causing some inconvenience. Wrestling fans from iowas four corners and everywhere in between are in town. Just gets super exciting, everybody just comes and watches. Johnston senior Austin Garcia needed to kill a couple hours before his match. But during his walk downtown for food, he noticed a big detour. We would eat at fongs or royal mile then walk up through the skywalk. Dealing with a disconnect between the arena and downtown. We wanted to get some starbucks and we couldnt get any because the skywalk was closed. Mark ryan construction on the new 300room Convention Center hotel is now underway shutting down a m
Travelled to delaware. And senator Chuck Grassley at a town hall meeting this week said he has called on the company to sell them on the value of the assets they have here in iowa. We dont want to lose these jobs with pioneer in johnston. I also told them to remember the history of pioneer in iowa going back to 1920s, and ought to put their Corporate Headquarters here. Cynthia im told the state is waiting to hear any day now about the decision on where the new headquarters will be located. Governor branstad told me he is optimistic about the companys future in iowa. The merger, creating the largest agrochemical and seed company, is still subject to regulatory approval. Steve thank you, cynthia. New information tonight in a deadly West Des Moines hit and run crash. 37yearold Ronald Paul Hauser of van meter now faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and owi. West des moines investigators say hauser was the driver that hit and killed 22yearold officers later
Collinsmaxwell superintendent jason ellingson, being put on , paid leave this week. District officials will not say why, but tell me it has nothing to do with the lockdown that happened here earlier today. Live in maxwell, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new at 5 00 00 major , changes to iowas medical cannabis billl. Lawmakers introduced a pareddown bill this afternoon, replacing 4 manufacturing sites and 12 dispensaries, with just 2 facilities to handle both jobs. The new version also drops the number of medical conditions eligible for the drug from 11 to 3. The republican senator who introduced the bill says the changes are necessary for it to have a chance of becoming law. Also at the statehouse the fight , against a common practice that impacts victims of Domestic Violence. The Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence is pushing a for Property Owners to evict tenants if they call the police. Advocates say its a common practice to write the rule into rental agree
Number of life long debilatating injuries claire now this bill again requiring athletic trainers to be present at every varsity collision sporting event passed the Senate Subcommittee monday. Next it will hit the Senate Education committee. Biggest challenge for the bill . This would be an unfunded mandate. Meaning no help from the state, could mean big issues for smaller schools with smaller budgets. Well have much more on this story at 10, with opinions from parents to athletes on the mat. Live from Wells Fargo Arena, claire powell, local 5 news we are iowa jack in statehouse news, working against Sexual Violence at the capitol today. Jack members of more than 20 Sexual Assault programs from across the state asked lawmakers to support Sexual Violence survivors. They made the case for a steady amount of funding that goes toward their issue. They also want a civil order of protection for Domestic Assault survivors. Beth barnhill Iowa Coalition against Domestic Assault currently thats o
Maintenance worker found a credit card skimmer inside the pump and called the police. Sgt. Ryan doty, Des Moines Police department they get information and they can in turn make other withdrawals, before they realize what has happened. Nats jon french is a partner with the unified moines. Inspect pumps just like these. Jon french, unified maybe on a weekly basis for sure, as far as just regular just doing things inside of it. And hes heard from omahaarea customers that these types of devices were slowly becoming a threat to consumers. Jon french, unified contractors partner over time, whats happening is people are coming through to get their gas, and theyre swiping their credit cards, and thieves are able to access their credit card numbers either remotely or through bluetooth. French says its likely that whoever broke into the pump had access to a universal key. Jon french, unified contractors partner they had access to that key and they were able to open up the dispenser and plug tha