MANCHESTER, Iowa (KCRG) - “Why in the world would you do this?”That’s the question Heather and Nic Weers have been asking themselves after someone broke into their storage shed in Jones County on Saturday and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of items inside.“Boxes were thrown on the floor,” Heather said. “There were a lot of totes that were gone, tools missing. It was pretty upsetting.”Those items belong to the Jones County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds beds and donates them to kids who don’t have a bed.In the last year-and-a-half, Heather, the chapter...…MANCHESTER, Iowa (KCRG) - “Why in the world would you do this?”That’s the question Heather and Nic Weers have been asking themselves after someone broke into their storage shed in Jones County on Saturday and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of items inside.“Boxes were thrown on the floor,” Heather said. “There were a lot of totes that were gone, tools missing. It was pretty upsetting.”Those items belong to the Jones County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds beds and donates them to kids who don’t have a bed.In the last year-and-a-half, Heather, the chapter...WW…

MARENGO, Iowa (KCRG) - It took moving to Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo for Wayne Schwarting to get his first tattoo — and then his second.Schwarting showed them off during a Zoom call Wednesday, flexing both of his biceps to reveal a small gun tattooed inside each arm.“Gotta have fun once in a while!” he said.Schwarting inked up last week during Rose Haven’s “Booze N' Tattoos” event, in which masked staff applied temporary tattoos and handed out drinks, of both the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties, to socially-distanced residents.“When I said, ‘Hey, do you want to come and get a...…MARENGO, Iowa (KCRG) - It took moving to Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo for Wayne Schwarting to get his first tattoo — and then his second.Schwarting showed them off during a Zoom call Wednesday, flexing both of his biceps to reveal a small gun tattooed inside each arm.“Gotta have fun once in a while!” he said.Schwarting inked up last week during Rose Haven’s “Booze N' Tattoos” event, in which masked staff applied temporary tattoos and handed out drinks, of both the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties, to socially-distanced residents.“When I said, ‘Hey, do you want to come and get a...WW…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Data that isn’t available to the public regarding COVID testing in Iowa shows the state is testing at a much higher volume than is apparent, according to Paul Trombino, Gov. Kim Reynolds' chief operating officer and the interim director of the Department of Administrative Services.“It’s probably 70,000 to 80,000 [tests] a week,” Trombino said. “So that’s coming in from all labs, sites, antigen tests, PCR tests. Our volume has been pretty high.”Data collected each day from by KCRG-TV9 shows that number is much lower, with the total number of tests logged in the...…CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Data that isn’t available to the public regarding COVID testing in Iowa shows the state is testing at a much higher volume than is apparent, according to Paul Trombino, Gov. Kim Reynolds' chief operating officer and the interim director of the Department of Administrative Services.“It’s probably 70,000 to 80,000 [tests] a week,” Trombino said. “So that’s coming in from all labs, sites, antigen tests, PCR tests. Our volume has been pretty high.”Data collected each day from by KCRG-TV9 shows that number is much lower, with the total number of tests logged in the...WW…