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A nice stretch of weather is heading our way, with highs in the 50s and 60s over the next few days.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds holds COVID-19 press conference (March 3, 2021)
As of Wednesday morning, 349,744 individuals have started their vaccine series and 186,759 individuals have completed the series in Iowa.
Published: 3/3/2021 2:30:28 PM
Gov. Kim Reynolds holds COVID-19 press conference (March 3, 2021)
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What is the UrbandaleEYE program? Police introduce community camera program
If residents sign up for the voluntary program, they will be indicating to the police department where they live and what direction their camera faces.
State takes steps to strip administrator license from Des Moines Public Schools superintendent
The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners says it found probable cause Dr. Thomas Ahart broke the law by not submitting or implementing a lawful return-to-learn plan.
Reynolds receives J&J shot, more single-shot doses coming to Iowa throughout the week
Gov. Kim Reynolds received the single-dose vaccine Wednesday. The rest of the vaccine will go to food processing and manufacturing companies across Iowa.
Comparing COVID vaccine recommendations from the CDC and Infectious Disease Advisory Council
The CDC recommends grocery store workers and mail carriers be vaccinated in Phase 1B. But Iowa's vaccine plan does not include those two groups of people.
Families breathe sigh of relief as Iowans with disabilities are next in line for vaccine
Isolation is often felt more strongly by individuals with disabilities, and families hope the vaccine will alleviate that by allowing community gatherings once more.
A bill would create a task force to investigate Iowa cold cases. So what would that look like?
Hundreds of families still don't have answers as to why their loved one disappeared— or was murdered. An Iowa bill hopes to create a task force to solve those cases.
DNA evidence in the JonBenet Ramsey case doesn't support a controversial development: a former prosecutor's decision to clear the girl's family from all suspicion.
Two years after Nanette was found in her burned home with a gunshot wound to her head, her family hopes new information will cause a break in the case.
Survived By: One Year After the Capital Gazette Shooting
On June 28, 2018, 5 employees of the Annapolis Capital Gazette were killed in a mass shooting. We detail how survivors spent the past year navigating their grief.
Selling Girls: Sex traffickers are targeting American children
Sex trafficking is a billion-dollar-a-year industry in the U.S. And traffickers are preying on young girls across the nation — our daughters, sisters and friends — r
We follow a Seattle man’s decision to die with dignity following a cancer diagnosis.
Bob Fuller, 75, shares his journey over the last few months of his life.
With California’s wildfires growing deadlier and bigger than ever, ABC10 examines the connection between wildfires, PG&E and its influence on California politics.
With California’s wildfires growing deadlier and bigger than ever, the state’s largest power company admitted to the largest corporate homicide in American history.
As the nation grapples with difficult conversations about race, equity and social justice, we might all be well served to listen to the teachers at Woodlawn Elem.
Charlie Foxtrot: Veterans not given promised treatment
Charlie Foxtrot exposes the trauma of war as soldiers once driven to the brink of suicide open up emotionally and share videos, photos and memories from the warzone.
The Triangle: Young people are dying in Atlanta's suburbs
In the affluent Atlanta suburbs, there's a deadly secret. Young people are dying from heroin. There are some people who don't want you to know about it.
Vision to Learn provides free eye exams and glasses to kids in low-income communities
Vision To Learn Iowa Program provides exams and glasses to low income kids that need them...another organization who partners w/ Variety-The Children's Charity
VERIFY: Yes, flu cases are low this year but that doesn't mean there's anything suspicious going on
Flu activity is at its lowest in 25 years. Experts believe that could be in large part because of efforts to stop COVID spread and increased vaccinations.
Senator Ossoff asks FBI Director Wray about increase in US violent crime
This is the FBI director's first public appearance before Congress since the deadly Capitol attack two months. Wray also addressed Breonna Taylor's shooting death.
6 books, nix books: Dr. Seuss works halted for racist, insensitive images
Dr. Seuss Enterprises says the decision to cease publication of Seuss books including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” follows months of deliberation.
FBI Director Chris Wray on 'bad apples' within law enforcement
FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence.
