J.C. and Karen Spencer(HOUSTON) -- An elderly couple from Texas is trying to locate a pair of Jet Ski-riding heroes who helped them to escape from their flooded home in north Houston earlier this week.The couple, Karen and J.C. Spencer, said they were OK for the first couple of days of Hurricane Harvey, but things took a turn for the worse on Monday when their home began to fill with […]
Erich Schlegel/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Thousands of people likely remain stranded and an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 homes have been destroyed in the Houston area as Hurricane Harvey, now a tropical storm, continues to batter the Gulf Coast region with torrential rains, flooding and strong winds, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett told ABC News.Harvey made its third landfall just west of Cameron, Louisiana, at 4 a.m. CT Wednesday with maximum sustained […]
Google Street View(CROSBY, Texas) -- Workers and residents within a mile radius of a manufacturing plant in Crosby, Texas, have been evacuated Tuesday evening over concerns that there could be an explosion or fire at the facility in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Harvey.According to ABC Houston station KTRK-TV, plant officials have described the situation as serious. The decision was made to evacuate the plant's 11-person emergency crew and […]
A former member of Davenport’s city council has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to lying to a federal grand jury investigating a drug case. Former Davenport Alderman Bill Boom was in Texas in April of last year when authorities searched his Davenport home, where 27-year-old Gage Wenthe was also living. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds has named the eight members of a board that will advise the Iowa Department of Public Health as the agency implements Iowa’s newly expanded medical cannabis law. Iowa Department of Public Health director Gerd Clabaugh says his agency is rushing to meet a December deadline for granting licenses for growing marijuana that […]Powered by WPeMatico
All kinds of fundraising efforts have popped up since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and it’s likely to there will be some scammers who want to take advantage of those looking to help. The spokesman for Iowa’s Attorney General, Geoff Greenwood, says you should be cautious in making donations. “Generally speaking, be very careful of solicitations […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two students were among four people hurt in a school bus crash on Tuesday afternoon in southwest Iowa. Authorities say a car driven by 33-year old Jason Hammond, of Atlantic, collided with the bus from the AHST-W School District around 4:15 P.M. Sergeant Jason LeMaster, with the Pottawattamie County sheriff’s office, says the bus was […]Powered by WPeMatico
A teenage bicyclist was hit by a pickup and killed Tuesday evening north of Des Moines in the suburb of Johnston. He’s identified as 13-year-old Ali Hashim of Johnston. Police say Hashim had been riding along busy Merle Hay Road with two friends when he was hit. The pickup driver stayed at the scene and talked […]Powered by WPeMatico
Gasoline prices are already rising in Iowa as part of the fallout from Hurricane Harvey as many Houston-area oil refineries are offline, but analysts still aren’t sure how the still-raging storm may impact propane supplies. Paul Ovrom, an ag marketer with the Iowa Department of Agriculture, is urging Iowa propane users — businesses, farmers and […]Powered by WPeMatico
