Unemployment error. Hundreds of iowans who incorrectly collected thousands of dollars in unemployment checks may not have to repay the money. Why Officials Say it would cost more than its worth to collect it. Buck of a lifetime. Thats what an iowa man thought he got after a hunting trip in 2014. Did it caused controversy. How state legislators could now change the way iowans hunt of spring. Where theyre causing problems along the Des Moines River right now. From who hd iowas high channel 13 news at nearly three quarters of a Million Dollars in unemployment checks paid out mistakenly by Iowa Workforce Development Last year. May never be recovered. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us has been a member of the workforce created should be able to keep those checks because it wasnt their mistake. Money its worth. Mike dasilva has the story. 02 12 2735 it was really workforce developments fault. Iowans came forward and pointed it out and said i want to return the check and
And, im sheila brummer. Nebraska voters will hear a lot about Capital Punishment between now d the november election. matt lawmakers abolished the Death Penalty in may, but a petition drive is bringing the issue to voters. Today, Death Penalty opponents made their voices heard at the State Capitol in lincoln. They urged voters to keep the punishment off the books. We are promised a punishment and made to wait for it for years and years and years. Today, the group called retain a just nebraska also unveiled their first commercial. Meanwhile, Death Penalty supporters say they too plan to reach out to voters before the november election. Have an update, tononht, to a plan that could make roads safer for cyclists in iowa. The iowa senate has passed a bill that would require motorists to change lanes when passing bicycles. It now heads to the iowa house for consideration. Supporters of the bicycle bill say half of all deadly crashes have been caused by a cars trying to papa bicycles without
Staff excited by the selection and hopeful for the future of i think the most intriguing thing today was to see the iowa state people to support him. Then you know you have a great person when they come to support him. And thats exactly what happened iowa state Athletic Director Jamie Pollard in uni territory supporting his longtime friend even wearing a purple tie. Pollard well first and formost, he is going to bring a lot of character. David is a good person. Harris called pollard the single thus far. Weve got you covered. Jessica hartman kwwl news. Harris also saying he is excited to valley and is looking forward to getting to know the community better. A breezy night ahead lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team the sky remains mostly cloudy next week with highs in the 30s. We wednesday. Model guidance has
The increasing number of accidents convinced the dot to close the i35 this afternoon. It remains closed in both directions tonight between ames and clear lake. Chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us. For a few years now, the shooting sports have been at Simpson College, to the degree that administrators want to hire a coach to oversee the shooting Sports Program. Opponents say it makes the school beholden to the gun lobby. They argue its against the religious beliefs that the college was founded upon. Channel 13s Justin Surrency explains why the school is moving forward, anyway. Over its brief 5 year history Simpson College president jay simmons says the shooting Sports Program is gaining popularity. were hopefull this might be one factor that makes simpson a more attractive option in the future. but a proposal aiming to hire a full time coach for the program with over 30 members has sparked frustration from alumni who believe school funds should go towards academics and not the shooti
First on 13. Some of the results for the iowa caucus may have come down to coin flip tie breakers. But thats not the case in New Hampshire. The votes of the first in the nation primaries are in. And they have democrat Bernie Sanders and republican donald heres a look at the numbers with almost all the precincts reporting. Sanders redeems himself from a tough loss in iowa, beating Hillary Clinton by he also becomes the first jewish candidate to win a president ial primary. Donald trump coasts to number one with 34 percent. The primary gives new life to Ohio Governor john kasich. He finished eighth here in iowa, but came in second this time around. The caucus winner. Senator ted cruz rounds out the top 3 with 12 percent. Shortly after the polls closed secretary clinton called and was very gracious in her congratulations. I thank her for her call and i congratulate her and her supporters for the Vigorous Campaign they ran in New Hampshire. We want to thank the people of New Hampshire, rig