Posted: May 15, 2020 / 09:45 AM CDTUpdated: May 15, 2020 / 09:48 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.IOWA FALLS, Iowa – A Hardin County man is behind bars on more than a dozen charges after police say he sexually assaulted a young girl for years.Fifty-eight year-old Robert Eakin is charged with five counts of sexual abuse, five counts of enticing a minor, three counts of lascivious acts with a child and one count of human trafficking.Court records show the charges...…Posted: May 15, 2020 / 09:45 AM CDTUpdated: May 15, 2020 / 09:48 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.IOWA FALLS, Iowa – A Hardin County man is behind bars on more than a dozen charges after police say he sexually assaulted a young girl for years.Fifty-eight year-old Robert Eakin is charged with five counts of sexual abuse, five counts of enticing a minor, three counts of lascivious acts with a child and one count of human trafficking.Court records show the charges...WW…

Posted: May 18, 2020 / 02:11 PM CDTUpdated: May 18, 2020 / 02:11 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — The State Auditor’s office says it is looking into a multi-million dollar contract to provide PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic that was given to an Iowa company that has never before sold PPE.“Prior to last week’s coverage of a vendor whom has never before sold PPE receiving a $7 million no-bid contract for PPE, we had already begun collecting...…Posted: May 18, 2020 / 02:11 PM CDTUpdated: May 18, 2020 / 02:11 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — The State Auditor’s office says it is looking into a multi-million dollar contract to provide PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic that was given to an Iowa company that has never before sold PPE.“Prior to last week’s coverage of a vendor whom has never before sold PPE receiving a $7 million no-bid contract for PPE, we had already begun collecting...WW…

Posted: May 13, 2020 / 09:06 AM CDTUpdated: May 13, 2020 / 12:26 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa – Alleged, repeated sex abuse of a young girl has landed three adults behind bars.Fifty-nine-year-old Frank Maier faces four counts of second-degree sexual abuse. According to court documents, Maier admitted to performing and receiving sexual acts from a female under the age of 12 on multiple occasions between May 2019 and April 2020. He was arrested...…Posted: May 13, 2020 / 09:06 AM CDTUpdated: May 13, 2020 / 12:26 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa – Alleged, repeated sex abuse of a young girl has landed three adults behind bars.Fifty-nine-year-old Frank Maier faces four counts of second-degree sexual abuse. According to court documents, Maier admitted to performing and receiving sexual acts from a female under the age of 12 on multiple occasions between May 2019 and April 2020. He was arrested...WW…

DES MOINES, Iowa — As positive COVID-19 cases disproportionately continue to rise in Iowa, statewide organizations and community organizers are calling for Governor Kim Reynolds to include additional information targeting the immigrant community.continues to offer translations of statewide updates and orders in various languages. Jeannette Brown, commissioner for the , says the governor should be offering these resources directly on the state’s COVID-19 website.“There’s a lot of confusion going on. A lot of the websites and the tools that we have available are English only, so it’s kind of...…DES MOINES, Iowa — As positive COVID-19 cases disproportionately continue to rise in Iowa, statewide organizations and community organizers are calling for Governor Kim Reynolds to include additional information targeting the immigrant community.continues to offer translations of statewide updates and orders in various languages. Jeannette Brown, commissioner for the , says the governor should be offering these resources directly on the state’s COVID-19 website.“There’s a lot of confusion going on. A lot of the websites and the tools that we have available are English only, so it’s kind of...WW…

Posted: Apr 29, 2020 / 10:52 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 29, 2020 / 10:52 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A team of experts advised Gov. Kim Reynolds last week not to relax social distancing rules, warning that doing so at this point could cause a second wave of infections and that Iowa could suffer “catastrophic loss of life” even under strict limits, according to documents released Tuesday.Days after receiving that warning, the Republican governor...…Posted: Apr 29, 2020 / 10:52 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 29, 2020 / 10:52 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A team of experts advised Gov. Kim Reynolds last week not to relax social distancing rules, warning that doing so at this point could cause a second wave of infections and that Iowa could suffer “catastrophic loss of life” even under strict limits, according to documents released Tuesday.Days after receiving that warning, the Republican governor...WW…

Posted: Apr 18, 2020 / 11:07 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 18, 2020 / 11:15 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.PERRY, Iowa — A third Tyson Foods location in Iowa has confirmed workers testing positive for COVID-19.Tyson Foods Communications Director Liz Croston sent an email to Channel 13 News saying, “We do have some confirmed cases of workers from the Perry plant. For the privacy of our team members we are not disclosing the number of confirm cases associated with a...…Posted: Apr 18, 2020 / 11:07 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 18, 2020 / 11:15 AM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.PERRY, Iowa — A third Tyson Foods location in Iowa has confirmed workers testing positive for COVID-19.Tyson Foods Communications Director Liz Croston sent an email to Channel 13 News saying, “We do have some confirmed cases of workers from the Perry plant. For the privacy of our team members we are not disclosing the number of confirm cases associated with a...WW…

Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 09:29 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 28, 2020 / 09:29 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DALLAS CENTER, Iowa — Randi Boelkes never could have predicted celebrating the three-year anniversary of her business under a global pandemic.“It’s hard right now. Sales are tough and we are already limiting our hours,” said Boelkes.On April 25, Boelkes, who co-owns Twisted Corn Tavern in Dallas Center with her mom Juanita Slaughter, had her world turned upside down....…Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 09:29 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 28, 2020 / 09:29 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DALLAS CENTER, Iowa — Randi Boelkes never could have predicted celebrating the three-year anniversary of her business under a global pandemic.“It’s hard right now. Sales are tough and we are already limiting our hours,” said Boelkes.On April 25, Boelkes, who co-owns Twisted Corn Tavern in Dallas Center with her mom Juanita Slaughter, had her world turned upside down....WW…

Posted: May 19, 2020 / 09:28 AM CDTUpdated: May 19, 2020 / 01:32 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to favorable weather, Iowa farmers have planted most of the corn crop and are nearing completion of soybean planting, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday.The USDA said in the week ending Sunday, farmers had planted 96% of the expected corn crop, putting them nearly a month ahead of last year and almost three weeks ahead of...…Posted: May 19, 2020 / 09:28 AM CDTUpdated: May 19, 2020 / 01:32 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to favorable weather, Iowa farmers have planted most of the corn crop and are nearing completion of soybean planting, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday.The USDA said in the week ending Sunday, farmers had planted 96% of the expected corn crop, putting them nearly a month ahead of last year and almost three weeks ahead of...WW…

Posted: May 12, 2020 / 05:10 PM CDTUpdated: May 12, 2020 / 05:10 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — An unreleased report from the White House puts Des Moines on the map as one of the top ten hotbeds for COVID-19 in the country.reportedly obtained undisclosed data the White House is using to track rates of infection of the coronavirus. The report issued May 7 shows COVID-19 cases increasing by 1,467 from the previous seven days in Des Moines....…Posted: May 12, 2020 / 05:10 PM CDTUpdated: May 12, 2020 / 05:10 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — An unreleased report from the White House puts Des Moines on the map as one of the top ten hotbeds for COVID-19 in the country.reportedly obtained undisclosed data the White House is using to track rates of infection of the coronavirus. The report issued May 7 shows COVID-19 cases increasing by 1,467 from the previous seven days in Des Moines....WW…

Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:56 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:56 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — COVID-19 outbreaks have spread across seven additional long-term care facilities, Governor Kim Reynolds confirmed Tuesday.Seven of the nine deaths reported in the newest report were residents of long-term care centers, the governor said.These are the sites of the new outbreaks:Reynolds said, “COVID-19 spreads quickly in congregate settings. We’re...…Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:56 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:56 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.DES MOINES, Iowa — COVID-19 outbreaks have spread across seven additional long-term care facilities, Governor Kim Reynolds confirmed Tuesday.Seven of the nine deaths reported in the newest report were residents of long-term care centers, the governor said.These are the sites of the new outbreaks:Reynolds said, “COVID-19 spreads quickly in congregate settings. We’re...WW…