On facebook speaks out about the officer being charged with manslaughter. Although shes glad the officer was charged. She says shes been called a liar even since. I never asked for the negative or the positive but it has affected my life. Its affected my job. It affects the way people look at me. It affects everything i do in my life, and its just hard to move forward here in minnesota when you feel like everyone is against you. Diamond reynolds is the financee of philando castile. He was shot and killed by officer jeronimo yanez. Who was charged with Second Degree manslaughter. Diamond says castile was reaching for his wallet when he was shot. She also says he had a license to carry. And tried telling the officer about the gun. Reynolds says she misses their relationship. Him being there. Every day. Me being able to come home and whats going on on facebook. Me being able to come home and take a selfie in the mirror, myself and him telling me im perfect, because i was perfect to him. M
Information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the winds will be gust to 30 mph or higher and will be Even Stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind half of our counties for gusts to 50 mph. We may have a few showers track through today, but it will be mainly windy and getting colder. Developing overnight a stabbing in waterloo. Police went to randolph street early this morning. A woman said shed been stabbed but theyre still trying to figure out where it happened. They were told it did not happen at the home on randolph street. We saw the ambulance pulling expected to survive. A Birthday Party for a twoyearold ends in chaos. One person shot and killed several others also wounded. It happened
Action. It seems those potential investigators disagree. Bob krause. 2715 you have 2500 employees. You know youve got a problem. The massive fertilizer plant is several hours away in lee county. But bob krause says he can see trouble from des moines. 2458 lee county. Tax abatement. About 133 Million Dollars. Its all in his Little Red Book wheres hes added it all up. He says he has sources in the trade unions warned him of the temporary work stoppages and now this federal lawsuit claims contractors arent krause contends supporters were all too eager to promise state support for the chance at hundreds of jobs. Now he feels the futures very we havent heard back from the company. The Iowa Economic Development authoritys spokeswoman says the agency feels comfortable the fertilizer Plant Project is moving forward. Iowas plan to transition to a privatized medicaid system has been approved, but delayed. The governor introduced the reform last year with the goal of it happening january first. B
The dynamics of this changed throughout the day. Earlier this year, the republican Governor Terry branstad and Senate Democrats doubted the budget could afford these tax breaks. However, the governor signaled today hes open to a oneyear extension. Bolkcom then came back with. Thats fine. But show us how you can also properly fund schools. Along with these tax breaks. Well see how the math works on that. A Company Getting millions of dollars in state tax breaks is now accused of failing to pay the company thats building its new fertilizer plant. Orascom broke ground on the nearly 2billion dollar fertlizer facility in lee county in 2013. Much of that cost was coming in the form of state and local tax incentives. The department of Economic Development offered 107Million Dollars in state tax credits. Lee county added to that with 133 Million Dollars in local tax abatements. The department of transportation added another grant for one point6 million. Now one of the subcontractors building i
At large. The two inmates that escaped from the Newton Correctional Release Center over the weekend remain missing. Why Officials Say the inmates most likely dont pose a threat to the public. Animal abuse. Iowas low Animal Protection rating doesnt sit well with one iowa senator. What he is doing about it. And why the laws were written the way they are. Super tuesday. Republicans are scrambling for support before an important day in politics. How theyre attacking the frontrunner, and why governor branstad is joining in. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. In like a lion. Doesnt exactly describe the start to march here in central iowa. But it may be a different story for part of Northern Iowa. Snow is falling tonight. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has the latest on what we can expect by morning. Hi brett. Skies are cloudy and temperatures have dropped back to the 40s. A Winter Weather advisory be