but at least in those rare cases , where perhaps someone was an accomplice and they worked hard opportunity to apply and go before the parole board. the iowa board of parole still in control who is considered low-risk to re-enter society. prisons on the send it does is because they have earned it. eric: iowa s public safety board has weighed in on modifying robberies. elizabeth: the board recommends cutting the mandatory minimum for first-degree robbery from 17 years to seven years served. and 7 to three years for second-degree robbery. i can feel like just thinking about it just the hair from his face on my body. i can feel that. eric: a des moines woman says family member for 9 years. iowa law prevents her from pressing charges. elizabeth: right now the statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims to press criminal charges is 10 years after their 18th birthday. that means if victims don t press charges by the time they re 28 they can t do a thing. eric kcci s kim st
soil has s lot of phosphorus and potassium and our crops, soybeans and corn, have a difficict time extracting those from soil. but he says cover crops help. this year..he s testing out radishes d field peas. tillage radish and field peas have an easier time getting it out of the soil. so they absorb it into the plant..and when they die they release it back out and then the soybean and the corn can get the nutrient easier now because it s in a more organic form, said john cover crops increase the number of organisms living in the soil. it also reduces erosion..and cuts the amount of nitrates that leak into ground water. and those aren t the only benefits john has reaped. i saw pretty close to a five bushel increase on my soybeans where we did it, said wilcox, plants cover crops. john says it cost him about 25 dollars per acre.to plant the crops using a crop duster. but farmers can get financial assistance. those incentives are available to producers who may have never tri
seeing a few sprinkles light up the radar to the west and some mostly cloudy skies. measurable rain however is pretty unlikely today. landowners who oppose the keystone xl pipeline continued in o neill nebraska yesterday. landowners in holt county are suing transcanada over a state law that granted the keystone xl pipeline company eminent domain for private gain they appeared in court for oral arguments in their case. no witnesses testified. all testimony had to be submitted in writing ahead of time. back in 2013. former governor dave heineman approved a nebraska route for the pipeline. but that decision is still being challenged. and if were right the statute was invalid then the governor s proported approval was not an approval because he wasn t authorized to give it jessica rae: the judge could make a ruling on the case as early as next month. jessica rae: a week long effort to keep kids away from drugs and alcohol got underway in sioux city. red ribbon week kicked off
after kicking in their door and pistol whipping a 17-year-old boy, the suspects barged into a bedroom and pointed a gun at two sisters. in the 8th and 9th grades. when one of them began to yell for help, the armed man took the butt of the gun and hit her in the head and mouth. she had to go to the e-r. by then, their parents were up, called 911 and went to confront the intruders who ran out the door. 05:19:00 i feel like i should have been able to do more to protect my family.. 05:14:32 it was a helpless situation because they were already in here really before anyone could do anything to stop them 38 the family says the intruders got the wrong apartment. they live in what should be a secure building, but think one of their neighbors left the outside door propped open. their landlord has promised to replace their apartment door with one that is more secure. a man wanted for attempted murder in northern iowa. is now in custody in wisconsin. police say 25-year old brandon thoma
polson answer my question. i did stephanie: on friday afternoon, the judge gave the jury 69 instructions, calling it a short novel so it s not a big surprise that deliberation is taking such a long time. again no verdict has been reached in the pete polson trial today. they ll resume tomorrow morning, we ll be here when the verdict is reached. more courtroom news now also out of pleasant hill. stephanie: a woman who ran a daycare out of her home pleaded guilty today to two counts of child endangerment. 29 year old christina williamson was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. as part of a plea deal, she pled guilty to the two counts of child endangerment .. one a felony and the other a misdeamonor . while other charges were dropped. i handled the children roughly. i handled a-n roughly. i handled nr roughly to the point where one was crying and you could tell there might have been potential injury. stephanie: williamson