iStock/Thinkstock(EAU CLAIRE, Wisc.) -- A Wisconsin man thought he lost much more than his home when a tornado touched down on Tuesday.Ron Belcher says he was knocked out from the violent storm and woke up to find everything gone, including his two dogs.“They’re like my kids,” Belcher told WQOW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.Two important bundles of fur, Cocoa the Husky and Taz the Pomeranian, were missing from […]
WFAA-TV(DALLAS) -- Three Texas sisters have gone from dropping out of high school to graduating at the top of their class.Han, Tran and Ngan Tran, 18, are triplets. They graduated from Evolution Academy Charter School, which serves at-risk youth, at the top of their class of 148 students, according to ABC affiliate WFAA-TV.Their final grade point averages were just one-hundredth of a point apart.WFAA-TV reports that the girls arrived in […]
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — The driver suspected of plowing into a crowd in New York's Times Square midday Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 20 others, was arraigned today on charges of murder, attempted murder and aggravated vehicular homicide.Three people remain hospitalized with critical injuries from the crash.At 11:55 a.m. Thursday, 26-year-old Richard Rojas, a Navy veteran, was driving south on 7th Avenue when he slowed down, allowed traffic to […]
Purestock/Thinkstock(PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.) -- Two women and a child were hospitalized Thursday night after falling 15 to 18 feet from a Ferris wheel at a carnival in Washington State, officials said.The incident happened around 6 p.m. at the Rhododendron Festival at Memorial Field in Port Townsend, located about two hours northwest of Seattle.The victims fell onto the metal base at the bottom of the ride, according to East Jefferson Fire […]
Governor Terry Branstad today said the parents accused of mistreating two Iowa teenagers who’ve recently starved to death will be held accountable by the justice system and the governor said staff in the Department of Human Services who did child welfare checks in both homes are trying to do the best they can. “We have to review […]Powered by WPeMatico
The man who was arrested for the ambush-style shooting deaths of two Des Moines-area police officers last year pleaded guilty today. Scott Greene of Urbandale was then sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison. Polk County Attorney John Sarcone, at news conference after the court hearing, was asked about Greene’s motive. “I think […]Powered by WPeMatico
The University of Iowa has reached a settlement with fired field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum and agreed not to appeal the ruling it lost in lawsuit by a former athletic administrator. The settlement agrees to pay Tracey Griesbaum $300,000 in back pay, $1,187,588 for emotional distress and mroe than $1,062, 411 in attorney fees. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s unemployment rate for April remained at 3.1 percent. “It’s absolutely status quo,” says Cory Kelly, a spokesman for Iowa Workforce Development. Kelly says there are very few hints as to what long-term trends may be in Iowa’s economy, but the state is close to “full employment.” “We’re very close,” Kelly says.” Globally, economists generally agree that 3.0 […]Powered by WPeMatico
Sad news in the Vilsack family. Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s granddaughter has died. Six-year-old Ella Vilsack passed away last night from complications due to influenza. She is the daughter of Jess and Kate Vilsack. Jess Vilsack is an attorney in Des Moines who is the oldest son of Tom and Christy Vilsack. News of […]Powered by WPeMatico
