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
First on 13. We could learn the fate of a multistate oil project soon. Today, the iowa utilities board holds its fourth and final hearing of the week on the Bakken Pipeline proposal. The 3 point 7 billion project fields to an oil pipeline in illinois. Members are considering allowing the developer to use private land that belongs to owners who dont want them digging on their property. North dakota, south dakota and illinois officials have already approved it. A decision could come at the end isnt promising that. Officials say could be lost without iowas approval. A bill introduced in the iowa house faces an uphill battle as it tries to make it easier for medical patients to get cannabis oil. Lawmakers made medical Cannabis Oil Legal for iowans with chronic epilepsy in 2014. But the law doesnt allow iowans to produce or sell it in the state. Leaving many iowans without the drug. House republican peter cownie is breaking from some members of his party in hopes of fixing the problem. We h
And central iowa. Travel is not advised for areas north of highway 30, with i35 closed between ames and mason city. Scattered snow showers with blowing snow will continue early this morning. The wind will still be monday. Wind gusts will be in the 25 to 30 mph range. Temperatures will drop to the Single Digits with wind chills staying below zero. It will be colder today with highs only in the teens. We will see the clouds break up a bit with some sunshine this afternoon. There is another shot at some light snow again on wednesday. That could bring a quick 1 to 2 of snow across the state. First on 13. Des Moines Police dead following an overnight fire. Firefighters responded to the home of 25hundred 59th street just before 1 am. Thats where channel 13s josh nguyen joins us live now. Fire started in the back of the house at 2500 59th street in des moines. Police responded because of fire, tried to communicate with him, he wouldnt come out, they had to get back. Fire started responding. F
A short time later. Crews were called back to the same house when they got there a 48yearold man was inside. Threatening police with a gun. While officers tried to speak to the man. They saw a fire break out. Police were not able to get the man to come out of the home before the fire spread. Crews entered the home and tried to rescue the man. And even tazed him. It didnt take. And by the time the Fire Department stepped in the man died inside. Firefighters were able to put out the fire. And Officials Say the investigation started. Des Moines Police will hold a News Conference at one thirty this afternoon. Well have more on our later newscasts. One person is hurt after an Early Morning fire in the ames power plant. And 10 center avenue the fire was in a unit holding garbage to be burned. One worker was hurt in the fire and was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center to be treated. But. The injuries are not serious. In the past, fires have burned in this unit for several days. An 80 mile st
Lorettas death. A prominent Des Moines Community leader will be laid to rest next week. The funeral for former Principal Financial ceo david hurd is set for wednesday. It will be at First Unitarian Church in des moines at 10 30. A Community Visitation will be held on tuesday at the Capitol Square atrium. The 86 year old died on saturday after falling from the 22nd floor of the plaza condominiums downtown. The Missouri State trooper charged in the death of a clive man faced a judge this morning. Anthony piercy faces one count of involuntary manslaughter. Piercys arraignment was this morning in morgan county, missouri. Back in may 2014, investigators say Brandon Ellingson drowned while in handcuffs and in Police Custody at the lake of the ozarks. More than a year after a special prosecutor cleared piercy of any wrong doing, a new Prosecutor Says he life jacket on the college student. If convicted he faces up to 7 years in prison. The iowa utilities board could make a decision on the cons