Professor emeritus of history at Indiana University. Hes an awardwinning teacher and the author of many books including eli lilly, lynching in the heartland. Race and memory in america. And slinging doughnuts for the boys and American Woman in world war ii. His most recent book is hoosiers, a new history of indiana, which is on display outside. For many years, he coedited the Indiana University press series midwestern history and culture, which included a book he edited entitled comparative histories of the midwestern states. Jim says hes very proud, in a modest hoosier way that the midwest Mystery Association bestowed on him the Frederick Jackson turner Lifetime Achievement award. I have known jim many years, is many years, since i was a student at Indiana University. Ill testify that he has solid midwestern values, unfailing kindness, decency, unflagging work ethic and solid common sense. Jim represents the best of what it means to be midwestern, but he has never romanticized midwest
Iowans can be confident in county to ook athat else this part of iowa has to offer. Offer. This is fox 28 news at nine. A Staggering Number of kids right here in iowa and the rest of the country go to bed h. Hungry. It is a problem getting a lot of attention on all level. Levels. A recent report found that last year, more than 13 million American Kids lived in food insecure households. That means a massive demand for help. Help. But one Corridor High School has taken a big step to issue. Fox 28 News Reporter do mler is live in iowa city with Elizabeth Tate high schools new program. Students here at Tate High School dont have to worry where their next meal will come froma the program was anincrease vi vity nar me students, ilavailae. Ja d isnt always something thats readily available. Some kids even feel like aorwlmopioatn sde need. Freand educed lunch udts awe as a good number of homeless families. The senior says his family has struggled. This is going to be the sixth years since my d
New this morning a pedestrian is recovering after being hit by a car in cedar rapids on sunday. It happened at first avenue and Second Street southeast at around 2thirty yesterday afternoon. The woman hit is expected to be okay the driver has been charged with failing to yield at a crosswalk. Still developing this morning authorities are now trying to figure out what caused a tour bus to plow into a killing 13 people and injuring more than 30. 30. The deadly crash happened near palm springs california the bus was returning home to los angeles from a casino. The Highway Patrol says the bus was moving so fast that First Responders had to use ladders to search for victims because the door was unusable. That bus is halfway into that trailer. Thats only half of the bus youre seeing. Thats road. Federal records show the company in charge of the bus only owned one single bus and only had one driver. That driver was killed in the crash. Despite recent flooding that damaged damaging many towns
Coming up in about 12 minutes. Hillary clinton is hoping to help democrats take control of congress. And donald Trump Supporters are buying into his claims that the system is rigged. We have the latest from the campaign trail. Hillary clinton goes north to New Hampshire monday afternoon. A democratic leaning state is likely to vote for clinton. But it is also he governor and the incumbent republican senator the Clinton Campaign feels comfortable trying to help congressional candidates because recent polls show her lead over trump expanding. All over the country, i will tell you, we are seeing evidence that this could be a very big and historic win for hillary clinton. Donald trump access biggest problem in the polls is the gender gap. Hillary winning. Those polls are very inaccurate when it comes to women. I think we are doing better with women than men. His skepticism extends to the election in general she says cannot be trusted. If we win november 8th, we are going to fix the rigged
Cedar rapids is on the decline. There is one trend that has Cedar Rapids Police shaking their heads. Connecting with the crime dora miller with the message people are trying to send, dora. Reporter you think your car is safe and free from harm, parked in your street and the drive way, the fastest way to become the victim is to give easy access to a criminal, awe though thefts happen because car keys were left in the car, not stolen something were dangerous was taken from it. We found out this year there had been 18 firearms stolen frocarses, 2 were ak47s. Between 2014 and 2015, there were more than 20 guns stolen, just this year were quickly approaching that figure, the police chief says it came down iowa nights too far. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen from vehicles, its a deadly we weapon. Moral of the story police ask the public to lock their doors and dont leave valuables in the