Milestone. Fox 28 News Reporter and host of iowa in focus, kevin barry joins us now live from the governors celebration in des moines with more on tonights festivities. Kevin . More than a thousand people came to the fair grounds tonight to celebrate with the governor. The night included a discussion with the governor where he talked about his time in office. Early on he spoke about how he grew up in a family of democrats until he got to college. He said he didnt fit in with the College Democrats at the time so a friend invited him to a College Republicans meeting. And the speaker that night was a state representative named Chuck Grassley. So the first republican meeting i went to Chuck Grassley was the speaker and ive been an active republican ever since. Says from then on, he was a republican, and eventually got his mother to switch parties house. At the bottom of the hour. Hear what the governor has to say about how iowas worth ethic helped him get reelected over and over again. In
An update now on breaking news we brought you at the top of the newscast. Weve now learned that one person lost their life in a fire at the Grand View Village Mobile Home Park in southwest cedar rapids. The fire chief says the mobile home is a total loss and they are working on figuring out this story throughout the look at the people and events that shape our community. This is iowa in focus. The campaign thats suing their National Committee after having to fire a staffer. And we sit down with Terry Branstad the day after he becomes the longest serving governor in United States history. Welcome to iowa in focus where were giving context to what happens in the headlines and on the campaign trail. That starts with the barnstorm. Barnstorm. A data dustup late in the week pitted the top two democratic campaigns for the white house against each other. Other. The democratic National Committee suspended the Sanders Campaign from using using its voter database for a good part of the day frida
In coralville, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. And turning now to the weather, strong winds and rain to start the day, but it eventually dried off. Justin roberts joins us now with a clouds filled area skies today, but the sun is shining bright for one cedar rapids company. Company. Van meter recently partnered with a Political Organization called next gen climate iowa to act against climate change. Change. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee explains what motivated the local company to do this. Van meter says by getting involved with Public Policy, the company can educate iowans and speak with policy makers about the demand for clean energy. Energy. Putting together clean energy materials. Materials. Is like clockwork. Clockwork. Light harvesting, geothexmal, solar panels on the roof, it actually tookokour utility bill from roughly 10 thousand dollars a year to about three hundred dollars a year. Vice president of diversified business Scott Cornish says the Employee Owned company is alreadydy
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