iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship regarding stacey: welcome back. we're talking with mike naig from the iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship regarding the efforts of iowa farmers to reduce the amount of nitrate runoff into rivers and streams. steve: we already talked a little bit about the lawsuit filed against three northwest iowa counties. do you think that lawsuit has had any impact on speeding farmers up and agribusiness groups up in implementing these conservation practices? mike: that is kind of a difficult thing for me to say. i know what you are driving at. to the extent that it increased in awareness -- that an increase in awareness can lead to action, i suppose there has been. a lot of folks have a lot of frustration about what appears to be a wage driven between des moines and agriculture, the ag community here at it does not have to be that way and in fact, if you get outside of des moines, it is not that way. cedar rapids, for example, the city that is dependent on agriculture, they have decided to work upstream with farme

the animal rescue league of iowa is taking the iowa department of agriculture to court. find out why the arl says the state isn't following the law when it comes to wild animals. another day, another new wrinkle in the battle over replacing antonin scalia on the supreme court. find out when charles grassley will meet with president obama ... and the one word grassley used to sum up the whole controversy today. and will the south rise again? it could in an eastern iowa man's basement. we'll play along with the meticulous civil war game he's created in his home. news at four front door open good afternoon ... i'm sonya heitshusen. .and i'm dan winters ... thanks for joining us. a des moines man accused of killing his wife and daughter out a des moines hospital last night ... and walked right into the polk county jail. we learned late last night that barney fraaken had finally been booked into jail and charged with two counts of first degree murder. fraaken allegedly shot and killed his wife, amy, and the couple's 16-year old daughter, amber, at their des moines home last n

iowa will be one of the beneficiaries. iowa is also dedicating an additional four point 75 million dollars to help farmers implement technology that reduces nitrogen and phosphorous run-off. the iowa department of agriculture says the initiative will focus on the middle cedar and upper cedar watersheds, among others. last year, iowa taxpayers gave less to the state's fish and wildlife fund than they did the year before. taxpayers can donate by checking a box near the end of their state tax forms. radio iowa reports last spring, 75-hundred iowans donated a collective 132-thousand dollars. that's down about three percent from the year before when donations totaled nearly 136 thousand dollars. two healthcare insurance providers say they're ending efforts to gain contracts to manage iowa's medicaid program. iowa terminated a contract with wellcare in wellcare later joined a lawsuit with meridian health plan that said the state's bidding process was flawed and should be reopened. a judge rejected the suit monday. spokespeople for both companies say they're not planning to appeal. apple says it will not help investigators break into the i-phone of one of the san bernardino killers. a california judge ordered the

the iowa department of agriculture says iowa farms had 40 million chickens last month. that's up 6% from december, but down 32% from last year. more than 32 million birds were destroyed last summer, because of the bird flu outbreak. iowa farmers grew more crops, but earned less money last year. farmers grew 6% more corn in 2015, than the year before, but earned 2% less. steve: blockbuster, or bomb? still to come on the news at 6:00, the university of iowa professor that says his formula can predict box office success. stacey: and it draws 80,000 customers to downtown ames every why some main street businesses what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news

the iowa department of agriculture announced esday the emerald ash borer was found in trees on the university of iowa campus. university of iowa officials on campus. with johnson county added to the list, there are now 30 iowa counties where the pest has been confirmed. a legendary united states women's soccer player will be in eastern iowa. abby wambach will be speaking tonight at the eby fieldhouse at coe college. the event is the 13th coe college contemporary issues forumthe event starts at 7:30. coming up on kwwl, some changes are coming to some eastern iowa public schools - changes that could b inconvenient to se parents. and - thth city of denvee goes into a frenzy as they celebrate the super bowl win with their team. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your ffll forecast, coming up. you're watching kwwl. we've got "now your storm track 7 february is huge for us. all our handcrafted are just $6 each. the media is going a little crazy. "sub-mageddon" with an incredible amount of accumulation inside... that

iowa friends of companion animals is pushing the issue, saying state breeders more accountable. right now the u-s department of agriculture oversees licensed dog breeders in iowa. one woman who raises, trains, and shows corgis thinks s the bill is too broad. she also doesn't like that it increases licensing fees. "what we're seeing is broad taxation on anybody that wants to be a breeder in iowa she says the legislation would make it hard to encourage a new generation of dog breeders. the trial continues today for a man who shot another man to death outside of a waterloo grocery store in 2014. 26-year-old james ernst ii has been charged with first degree murder. his trial started yesterday after he asked for a delay because the other inmates in the black hawk county jail assaulted him. according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, ernst's attorney argued he had a permit to carry the weapon and was justified. police arrested ernst after a shooting outside the prime mart in waterloo in december of 2014. this is video from a for the victim, 23-year-old orintheo campbell, from that month. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. th

the iowa department of agriculture announced wednesday that the survey is being mailed statewide to farmers raising horticulture food crops.. they want the farmers to complete it and send it back by mid-march. secrerery of agriculture bill n nthey says a lot has changed in the last 15 years.. and the data will be important.. the survey data hopes to capture 20-15 data of ommercial productiononf state fruit.. vegetable.. nut.. honey.. syrup.. and crops.. ---- and that's all we have for the show today.. thanks for joining us on the agribusiness report.. i'll be back here uonday.. have a good weend.. ---- we'll post a video evevy day in the agribusiness section of kckc.com. you'll find it under the news tab. i'm david geiger with the agribusiness report. trt 3.46 oc webtease as oil prices have been hovering in recent months, president obama is calling for a new $10 dollar-per-barrel tax on oil. l companies would pay the tax, and it would be used to pay for billions in mass-transns and even a push for self-driving vehicles. the fee would only be applied to imported oil, and crade pumped in the

the iowa department of agriculture says iowa farms had 40 million chickens last month. that's up 6% from december, but down 32% from last year. more than 32 million birds were destroyed last summer because of the bird flu outbreak. iowa farmers grew more crops, but earned less money last year. farmers grew 6% more corn in 2015 than the year before, but earned 2% less. still ahead on kcci, farmer's market feud. want to see the farmer's market pack up shop. and what city council members plan to do about it. plus, defying the odds. how a special little girl is taking the world of show jumping by storm. what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news t

the iowa department of agriculture says the initiative will focus on the middle cedar and upper cedar watersheds. iowa taxpayers gave less to the state's fish and wildlife fund in 20-15 than they did the year b bfore. taxpayers can donate by checking a box near the end of their state tax forms. radio iowa reports last spring, 7,500 iowans donated a collectiveve132,000. at's down about 3% from the year before when donations totaled nearly $136,000. olympic athletes are said to be the best in the world, and it's not easy to get there. there's one woman who faced tougher obstacles than most olympic athletes. you can see her in the 2020 stay with tv9. it's ---. warmer days are coming, and plan on highs generally into the 40s area-wide with the warmest readings over our far southwest counties. clouds may initially be an issue, but given that these are higher, thinner cirrus clouds, we should be able to warm up regardless. out of the southeast today with gusts up to 30mph. warmest day with highs well up into the 50s with windy conditions. the sky should generally be clear for both friday an

the iowa department of agriculture announced wednesday that the survey is statewide to farmers raising horticulture food crops.. they want the farmers to complete it and send it back by mid-march. secretary of agriculture bill northey says a lot has changed in the last 15 years.. and the data will be important.. the survey data hopes to capture 20-15 data of commercial production of state fruit.. vegetable.. nut.. honey.. syrup.. and crops.. ---- and that's all we for joining us on the agribusiness report.. i'll be back here monday.. have a good weekend.. ---- we'll post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg.com. you'll find it under the news tab. i'm david geiger with the agribusiness report. trt 3.46 oc webtease we all can get reel in a lucky catch from time to time. but this boy had an extra batch of luck this week. and he is smiling about it. more fishing friends in today's big ol' fish. area with a typical february chill and a steady increase in clouds. a weak area is still set to drift across the area this evening and it'll likely squeeze some snow showers out. mo

senate and house bills aim to change that by overhauling iowa code chapter 162 and give oversight to the state department of agriculture. essentially, iowa would get teeth to pursue and fine bad breedede. "the intent here, i wananto make this crystal clear, is not to put the good breeders out of business." representative bobby kaufmann is one of the sponsors of the house bill. he says versions of it have been tried for 5 5f the last six years. making it to full committee in the house and senate is the furthest it's gone to date. "conversations are happening in a significant volume on the house for. i can't predict its exact chances, but that it's progressed this far, that conversations are going onit's further than we've been in a number of years." breeders have taken issueue wititit though. the bill calls for a tiered increase in license fees depending on the size of a breeding operation. some have said the increase could bankrupt them. breeders aren't the only ones so has the american kennel club. it too has come out against the increased license fees and new regulations. in des moines, forrt saunders, kcrg-tv9 news.

say they are in negotiations with bluebird diner in iowa c cy to add a coralville location in one of the buildings. the u-s department of agriculture has cited the university of iowa after one of its research goats escaping late last month. the university reportrtd itself to the u-s-d-a. university's research park in coralville and was missing for more than a week before it was caught. an animal rights group says the citation was for violating the federal animal welfare act. today, iowa senator chuck grassley and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introduced legislation to help childrdr whose parents have drug addictions. the bill re-authorizes a program that provides resources for children who are in foster care or who are at risk of being removed from their homes. the bill focuses on children whose parents have addictions to methamphetamine, prescription drugs, mnd opioids. the program would designate funds for child and family counseling, ntal health services, and parenting skills training. a group from cedar rapids is in washington d-c lobbying lawmakers to improve school lunches. the group says schools should offer kids mo

and what protestors have to say - coming up tonight at six the university of iowa is cited by the u-s department of agriculture... goat... william the goat escaped from research handlers last month...he was eventually found and taken back to the school. the reason the usda is citing the school is because of how they reported the animal's escape. this is the only citation the school has received since william escaped. coming up... as college kids get ready to tear it up on spring who travel. and... a worldwide recall of snickers and milky ways... what you should that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. steele, amanda goodman and chief --------- --------- forecast on kwwl." stormtrack 7 weather team: the pressure system to our east strengthens, the wind increases here wednes

iowa friends of companion animals is pushing the bills, saying state oversight would hold bad breeders more accountable. right now the u-s department of agriculture oversees licensed dog breeders in iowa. and the corgi breeder is hoping it'll stay that way. "what we're seeing is broad taxation on anybody that wants to be a breeder in iowa, and we kind of refer it to that you have broad legislation that is supposed to be helping the animals and rectifying the 1 to 2 percent that are causing the violation by enforcing rules on everybody. " she also says the legislation would make it hard to encourage a new generation of dog breeders. the iowa house and senate could take up the bills turning to weather now... joe, we have some spring- like weather on the way. as the snow melts away the weather warms. stronger south- southeast winds push drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weathehe with us into t t weekend. highs jump into the 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on friday. it would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across southern iowa. early next week we do see cooler, but still above normal wea

of iowa is loose. the environmental group, peta, is asking the u-s department of agriculture to start an investigation. peta thinks the university might have violated the animal welfare act, which requires researchers to keep animals safe. the group also wrote a letter to u-i president bruce harreld asking him to retire the goat and let it go to an animal sanctuary. the university says it's still looking for the goat that got loose on friday. it's asking people in goat, which looks like this one. the university says several people have spotted the goat in the north liberty area. the iowa hawkeye's men's basketball team is impressing many -- and on a regional cover of sports illustrated this week. hawkeye forward jarrod uthoff is on the s-i cover -- months after the iowa football team was also on the cover. and the magazine calls uthoff a candidate for national player of the year. it also described the hawkeye basketball team as america's biggest surprise. the hawkeyes are currently 5th in the a-p poll and 7th in the u-s-a today coaches poll. today is national signing day for college football recruits.

of iowa. it's also asking the university's president to retire the animal from research once they find the environmental group peta is asking the u-s department of agriculture to start an investigation after a research goat escaped from the university of iowa. peta thinks the university might have violated the animal welfare act, which requires researchers to keep animals safe. the group also wrote a letter to university of iowa president bruce harreld retire the goat and let it go to an animal sanctuary. the university says it's still looking for the goat that got it's asking people in north liberty to watch for the goat, which looks like this one. the university says several people have spotted the goat in the north liberty area. the iowa hawkeye's men's basketball team is earning national recognition. hawkeye forward jarrod uthoff is on the regional cover of sports illustrated this week. and the magazine calls uthoff a candidate for national player of the year. it also described the hawkeye basketball team as america's biggest surprise. the issue should be on store shelves tomorrow. the hawkeyes are currently fifth in the a-p poll and seventh in the u-s-

iowa house and senate could take up bills today that would give the state oversight of licensed dog breeders. iowa friends of companion animals is pushing the issue, saying state accountable. right now the u-s department of agriculture oversees licensed dog breeders in iowa. one woman who raises, trains, and shows corgis thinks the bill is too broad. she also doesn't like that it increases licensing fees. "what we're seeing is broad taxation on anybody that wants to be a breeder in iowa she says the legislation would make it hard to encourage a new generation of dog breeders. it's going to start to feel like spring today. meteorologist justin gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin... the much-advertised warm-up is upon us. despite areas of clouds, we'll still warm into the 40s this afternoon with a breezy southeast wind of 15 to 30 mph. some sun clouds from time to time. temperatures slowly warm overnight with passing clouds and a slim chance of a sprinkle near the minnesota border. mild and windy weather continues tomorrow with a mostly sunny sky and highs well into the 50s. some lower 60s are possible in the south. winds may gust over 30 mph. saturday's still going to in the 50s. highs sunday, with 40 for a

the university of iowa receives a citation fromthe u-s department of agriculture... because of a runaway research goat... william the goat escaped from research handlers last month...he was eventually found and taken back the usda is citing the school is because of how they reported the animal's escape. this is the only citation the school has received since william escaped. its coming up on today in iowa... a gorilla is trying to take over in outer space... plus...if you can't carry a tune, there's a new choir just for you. and we're meeting the woman behind the workout that's all about wine. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: breezy today and windy tomorrow as a strong storm system tracks just to our east. we will have cooler temperatures the rest of the week, but it doesn'

but not as many people will be the university of iowa receives a citation from the u-s department of agriculture... because of a runaway research goat... william the goat escaped from research handlers last month...he was eventually found and taken back to the school. the usda is citing the school because of how it reported the animal's escape. this is the only citation the school has received since william escaped. today, the university of northern iowa will announce their new harris and peter fields - both with 10 years or more of experience in their current positions. harris comes from iowa state, and fields worked at montana state university. kwwl's sports director rick coleman believes tte biggest challenge for the new irector northern iowa to capture the a very good program, very successful in the mid-major realm, but obviously struggling on the national level to keep pace with iowa and iowa state in the state of iowa." stay with kwwl and kwwl-dot-com this afternoon to find out who u-n-i has selected. a popular online video is creating smiles for people who are normally ffstrated by exerci

of 35 dollars. this does not affect amazon prime memberships. a new study shows fewer people are drinking milk. dairy industry - including producers right here in eastern iowa. data from the u-s department of agriculture shows people are drinking less and less of it. we talked to a farmer who says its because there are so many choices now... "probably the biggest thing would be the convienence of the soda pops, the gatorades, the sports drink type items have really taken on big. " with the decline of milk consumption, farmers say they've had to find other ways to store the milk being produced -- like in marketing campaigns, in hopes of getting people to drink more milk. when you're getting ready to have your first child...you immediately start daydreaming about all of the firsts.... but a new mom has already missed so many "firsts" -- because she started fighting for her life the day her daughter was born... as kwwl's nikki newbrough tells us, she's hoping other women can learn from her story. (darin adams, father)"josephine was born at beautiful, baby girl. a miracle for her mommy, laura adams and daddy darin adams. but now, laura is in a "but you know she has never josephine. you know all of these f

iowa. data from the u-s department of agriculture shows people are drinking less and less of it. because there are so many choices now... "probably the biggest thing would be the convienence of the soda pops, the gatorades, the sports drink type items have really taken on big. " and because of the decline, he says he's actually seen dairy farms that have left the area over the years. a new study suggests some riskier than others. researchers find putting on makeup or talking to someone in the back seat has little impact on crashes. but driving while angry, sad or emotional ... created almost ten times the risk of a crash. speeding was the most dangerous driving behavior -- increasing the risk of an accident by 13 times. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... stuffed chicken with a secret ingredient. wait until you find out what it is. you're going to love we are a country who loves our chicken. and there's a good reason for it. besides being pretty reasonable in price, cooking chicken is like painting on a blank canvas. take chicken breast for example. it can be cut

iowa. data from the u-s department of agriculture shows people are drinking less and less of it. we talked to a farmer who says "probably the biggest thing would be the convienence of the soda pops, the gatorades, the sports drink type items have really taken on big. " and because of the decline, he says he's actually seen dairy farms that have left the area over the years. the iowa deparment of natural resources wants your help. they're asking people to watch eagles nests throughout the state... iowa is home to more than 400 eagles nests. the d-n-r says they can't monitor every nest on their own, we want to get people outdoors, too many people are get active, stay healthy" to become an eagle nest monitor, you have to take a three and a half hour class - the next class is in clayton county on march fifth. dinosaus are coming alive in eastern iowa. the national mississippi river museum and aquarium in dubuque gave us a peek at the upcoming, "dinosaurs unearthed," exhibit. it'll have 15 dinosaurs that actually move -- like this one there will also be a life-sized 16-foot tall dinos

of me. >> i hope to see you tomorrow.you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 66 the u-s agriculture department says iowa has the second largest number of licensed dog breeders in the nation. but when those breeders mistreat their animals, an iowa nonprofit says there's little oversight to bring them to justice. iowa friends of companion animals is pushing bills in the iowa house and senate that wou change things like giving oversight to the state. today, abobo 150 members of the nonprofit headed to des moines to lobby their legislators. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins us live at the capitol with more. forrest, how did lobbying go for the group? it went as well as it could. this group saw its bills moved days. they're hoping to make some solid change. wednesday was a long one forr this group in gold. these ladies from the quad cities drove three hours on snowy roads to be here in des moines. why? they're fighting for a bill to fight this... commercial dog breeders who treat animals inhumanely. "they're in wire cages, cage upon cage. some have never seen the light of day. they're just used as breeding m

departs. highs sunday could hit the low 30s with some 40s still expected next week. iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey iowa secretary of agriculture visited parts of siouxland today. he dropped by the bennett farm near galva this afternoon in ida county. northey also stopped by shelby, harrison and crawford counties along with state senator jason schultz from schleswig. one of the issues under discussion was iowa's water quality and the effort by farmers to keep nutrients out of the water supply. our farms and in our crops," said northey. "so, nitrogen and phosphorus, the things that farmers are doing from cover crops to terraces and grass waterways to wetlands that are out there, continuing investment by the state and really engagement by farmers even in these tougher other issues northey and schultz discussed were the renewable fuel standard and ethanol and the recovery from last year's avian flu outbreak. still to come... there's still time to get something for that special someone for valentine's day. how one siouxland company is helping everything on thei we're all guilty of waiting

iowa. "i started dairying with my folks here in 1993 and just looking around the countryside, from that time till now, dairy farmers have left the area quite heavily." the u-s department of agriculture says whole milk consumption is down about 40 percent, per person in the last twenty years. its also decreased for lower fat milk. "and experts say it's because there are so many prprducts to pick from now. from soft drinks to flavored waters...even soy and almond milk." there are also fewer dairfarms, because tom says very few young farmers are going in to dairy. but the future of his farm, still looks hopeful. "i'm gald that i got the oppurtunity to take over the family farm, and i sure do hope someone, one of my children can run it too and keep it in the in dyersville, shirley descorbeth, kwwl newsws and with the decline of milk consumption, farmers say they've had to find other ways store to the milk being produced -- such as in cheese and butter. they've also had to work on marketing campiagns, in hopes of getting people to ddnk more milk. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... a phone call between two of the and... a man is rescued from his burning car by strangers... you'l

iowa. this dairy farm in in the family for five generations. all 75 of their cows produce milk that goes to a facility in dubuque. but data from the u-s department of agriculture shows people are drinking less and less of it. farmers think its because there are so many other drink choices now. sot: 13 -- tom pasker / dairy farmer "probably the biggest thing would be the convienence of the soda pops, the gatorades, the sports drink type items have really taken on big. " with the decline, farmers say they've had to find other ways to store their milk -- such as in cheese and butter. they're also working on marketing campaigns, in hopes of today is going to be mostly cloudy with highs above average again. there is a chance for a few flurries and spotty sprinkles. the best chance exists along the northern border of the state. anything that falls will be light. winds will pick up during the middle of the week with temperatures metro locations - 3 locations now!!!! 4000 block of woodland avenue eastbound 2000 block of hartford avenue westbound 1700 block of park avenue eastbound -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------ ---------------

the iowa department of public health isn't too concerned about the virus spreading here -- but worries about individual a citation from the u-s department of agriculture... because of a runaway research goat... william the goat escaped from research handlers last month...he was eventually found and taken back to the school. the usda is citing the school is because of how they reported the animal's escape. this is the only citation the school has received since william escaped. a mistake leads to five cars being damaged. according to police an elderly man mistakenly put his car in drive in the crossroads hy- vee parking lot. he wasn't able to stop before hitting five other cars parked in the handicap section. a landmark ruling against a huge company. johnson and johnson is being ordered to pay 72 million dollars to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer. a jury linked the cancer to her use of talcum powder for decades. "her whole fight was not just for her, but for so many other women. and that's why i continue that's why i continue this fight." the verdict came down in johnson and johnson faces claiming that -- in an effort to boost sales

agriculture.' a proposed 80 million dollar renovation to the state historical museum could cut the size of the building in half. the iowa department of cultural affairs says... that approximately 40 million dollars of repairs is needed to maintain the current facility, including exterior granite panel failure, skylight and roof leaks and outdated h-vac systems... the proposed project would remove the eastern portion of the building and completely remodel the western portion... new exhibit galleries on the first and second floors will be of various sizes to increase the visibility of the state's if approved, the building is 20-20... tonight.... coming up next-- the first ever drone-assisted arrest in wisconsin... why something like this could become more common in the years ahead. mostly cloudy skies will hold on central iowa. while winds will be light at first from the nw at 5 to 10 mph, they will pick up and gust 20 to 25 mph on wednesday. with the wind, even though tthere will be more sun on wednesday, highs will be slightly cooler, in the upper 30s. winds will be even stronger on thursday with gusts near 40 mph possible. that w