and then two days after her death, kenny boone called, and they tried to absorb more news.nifer's death was not an accident after all. whoever set that fire was trying to hide a murder. only the method was still unknown. >> she hadn't been stabbed. she hadn't been raped. she hadn't been shot. and at the time they said, we'd like you to keep it quiet. we don't want anything tainted by you telling people because everybody still thought it was an accident. >> and now their grief was salted with anger and confusion and impossible questions. the investigator, kenny boone, told them what he knew, that he saw right away the fire was so intense, it had to have some extra fuel, some sort of accelerant. >> we started taking samples from the carpet. i immediately got those results right back. >> what'd they say? >> positive for gasoline. >> boone sent the body to the forensic pathologist. >> there was no soot, no carbon monoxide in her lungs. we knew she had to be dead prior to the fire. >> but who would have wanted to kill jennifer? and why? >> she was very, very loved by a lot of pe

murder on a november morning, as told by sheriff kenny boone. >> one of the suspects that we had was right here. >> in that one right there? >> right. >>> of course, then i got pounded because i had all the cards laying on the table. >> reporter: in the almost 13 years since jennifer morgan was murdered, her family has grown. tom is now happily married and father to three members of the new generation. it's a family just as close as he says it's always been. and able to laugh again. though the gaping hole left by jennifer's death is, they tell us, just as painful as ever, along with the newer wound that comes from being accused. and though tom morgan still wonders if some cop will come knocking at his door, it seems unlikely that sheriff kenny boone, at least, would want to arrest him. why? because, says boone, both tom morgan and his nemesis pat moug have likely both been looking at all the wrong places from the very beginning about. >> well, you know, it's one of my only unsolved homicides and i'd love to be able to solve it today. >> where far from being botched, as both the morga

nine foot - solid oak grand - belonged to legnedary piano man - john william - blind boone. sightless almost from birth - he learned the classics in iowa - and packed opra houses - playing bethoven - mozart - and rag. " 5 seconds music flourish 2:04 into clip " https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=upslav3mh8q so proud - to own the piano - the museum holds a blind boone concert series - six times a year. year." and we bring in musicians who play all types of genres and audiences get to hear it brought to life , which i think blind boone would relly enjoy if he were here. " just outside - the museum doors - another high note - and amazing surprise - in the maplewood house mansion.built in 1877 by boone county pioneers - the rare survivor behind wroght iron gates - is packed with antiques - for a peak at the past. a few steps away in the village at boone junction - the gordon - collins cabin - the oldest building in the county - stands strong on the banks of a pond. and at the easley general store - chris loves to watch kids - walk in the door. " sometimes a loud wow .. somethings

elias: when tornadoes tore through dallas, boone and hamilton counties. but, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt, though that day is still a fresh memory. local 5's claire powell has the story. "it was very windy that day, very windy and out of nowhere the storms started brewing" "i looked to sw and see a black column and dirt surround the tornado" november 12th 2005. by the time tornado sirens rang out, this twister was on top of woodward. " it kind of just came out of nowhere" barreling down on homes and businesses. " i didnt even bother to put shoes on, went 3 miles down the road, came back adn it was all over that quickly" but as quickly as it came, it ended. "it was absolutely mind-blowing devastation when you came into town" the path cut across the southeast corner of town, leaving debris, homes and livlihoods scattered across dallas and boone counties. "barn gone, east wall was gone, porch was gone and you know part of the roof you start to realize you've got a big chore ahead of you" john kiley, his wif

. >> reporter: and so surely that investigator down in florence county, south carolina, kenny boone,ould jump all over what pat had learned but -- >> i firmly believe i know who committed this homicide. >> reporter: but -- >> the detective from florence county would not return any of my calls. then i faxed him a request from my detective bureau. this was solely 100% as a police officer, a fellow police officer. and he never responded. fbi from what i'm told their protocol, jurisdiction the agency that has the jurisdiction has to make the request. or they can't get involved. >> he doesn't think there's anything suspicious. forget about it. you could have done that. why didn't you? >> i firmly believed that tom was a suspect. while this homicide did not happen in my jurisdiction, i can't walk away. if someone's been killed and set on fire and i might know who did it, i'm going to work on the case. >> and what did pat moug do? why, he followed in the very footsteps of his quarry, tom morgan. he went over the head of the florence county sheriff and marched right on over to state police h

live in boone, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: a des moines teenager accused of beating his elderly neighbor, today says a green man with 4 arms took control of his body and made him do it. kcci's kim st. onge is just back from the polk county courthouse with day 4 of the ngor makuey trial. kim: stacey, makuey told psychiatrist mike taylor that voices would give him instructions on what to do and sometimes he would do it, and sometimes he would not. taylor said that is "scientifically preposterous" and that type of hallucination is not seen in any type of psychiatric disorder. a psychologist who did several tests on makuey also testified today. dr. luis rosell diagnosed makuey with specific schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, meaning he has some symptoms of schizophrenia. for that reason, rosell believes makuey did not know the difference between right and wrong on the day of the july 2014 deadly attack. get -- >> given that he didn't have any previous history of any type of behavior like this, to go ahead

tom had sent it to lead investigator kenny boone hoping boone could trace it back to the jealous would-be thus solve the case. and, well, dream on. >> finally when i did talk to him, his response was, it's not illegal to put a ring under a headstone. so he took his frustration to the next level of law enforcement, the state police. but, says tom, the dismissive response there was -- >> yeah, we're working on it. we're working on it. we're working on it. >> working on it? angry now, tom fired off a legal request, a demand really, to see whatever evidence the state police had. and he received a letter instead. here it is. it says "the file could not be located" but that the agency would continue to search for these missing records. >> when i got that letter, i called him back that day and said, how are you possibly working on this case when you don't even have any of the information? he was irate. how dare i insinuate they're not working on this case? how dare i be upset or be mad about it? you know, question his authority, no way. >> and that strange though it may sound was the birth of th

but this one is decending on washington d-c for the boone county freedom flight. stephanie: for ten hours, local heroes toured memorials dedicated to their service, where fallen commerades were remembered as well. "there you go sarge we got you, we didn't forget you." stephanie: a long day for them- they were up for nearly 20 hours straight flying to d-c and back home. stephanie: but it was just as they were ready to call it a day, when organizers had one more surprise for them. jack: local five's elias johnson shows us. nat - diet coke? at a crusing atltitude of 30-thousand feet, boone county veterans have their first chance to take a breath and reflect on their 10-hour day touring the memorials dedicate to their service, nat is that the last bag? when freedom flight director don batt walks five suitcases to the front of the plane, one by one don batt - boone co. freedom flgiht director and these five bags are our duffel bags we have here and they're our duffel bags, so to speak, our mail call for out veterans for anyone who has served overseas, mail call was the

welcome to columbia missouri - where boone county - is steeped in history - and this is e show-case - with a mission. mission." very simple ....to presereve the past for the future, it's hard to navigate the future if you don't know your past. " " aaaaaaooooooogaaa chris campbell - says navigating main - street memories - is ju one of the current displays - in this nearly two - hundred - year old town. cars rolling down broadway - columbia's main street - are time traveling past the old -store fronts - from the 1930s to the 1960s.and horse power here - wasn't just under the hood. hood." boone county actuly as a national reputation for training and showing horses. " skilled men ananwomen - who take the reins - - and take home the silver cups - made the equestrian world their own .- punctuated by tom bass - a trainer here - who invented a bit - known all across the globe - for keeping horses happier." something of a horse whisperer .. born into slavery and yet as a black man in the late 1800s trained horses a a showow horses for four u.s. presidents and queen victoria and so that's part

the pipeline would cut through 18 iowa counties, including story and boone. ryan smith has been watching the proceedings all morning and joins us live now from boone. ryan? reporter: today's public hearing now in its third hour. this is slated to go until 5:00 tonight. let's get you inside in a live look inside the community building on the boone county fairgrounds. more than 260 people sign up to speak this afternoon. the breakdown, wanted to 34 and favor. 143 opposed. three people at the podium today expected to take neutral stances. speakers have two minutes to state their case. the controversy over boston pipeline that bakken has proposed interest all over the state and outside of iowa. opponents say the pipeline cutting through 18 iowa counties , including boone and story county would be an environmental threat of farmland. eminent domain also they concern. backers of the pipeline to the them. union workers said they are temporary jobs but will help kickstart construction careers. >> there are those that argue jobs created by the pipeline project are tem

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us live from the boone county fairgrounds. dave, thissas been a long day for the utilities board. bruce, there are more than 200 people who registered to speak about the project. and even with a strict two minute time limit, it was an all-day process for the board to hear all the cedar rapids is probably no closer than 80 or 90 miles to the bakken pipeline route. but in this part of central iowa, it's closer to home and opponents wereeisible in heir opposition.n. sot/nat that was also true at the hearing site as opponents wore one color and those supporting the pipeline wore another. one cedar rapids man used his two minutes for a protest song sot/nat "i thinkhat you'reehearing is a diversrsty of thoughh and i think what you'll hear is a lot of people change their minds " but those supporting the project were singing a different tune in front of the bobod. they saw the potential foo an estimated two thousand to four thousand jobs during construction. " even though the lines cuts diagonal across the sate south of cedar rapids t

the boone county freedom flight.. sabrina: plus, we'll talk about a veterans day special coming up later today here on local five.. elias: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...three-hundred block of southeast 108th street and a second at the ...74-hundred block of northeast 46th street. so take care on the roads today... sabrina while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions] good morning elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: as we watch the skies for the possibility of severe weather later today....we also remember the 12 tornadoes that hit november 12th of 2005. local five will mark the anniversary of those twisters with special reports tonight and tomorrow... our own clair powell will take a look at how they have rebuilt over the years....

the hearing is at the boone county fairgrounds community building from 9 a-m to 5 p-m. 210 people will be allowed to speak, split evenly down the middle "for" and "against." and look for live coverage from the hearing right here on local five. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: weather adlib: we are in for a very busy day of weather for all of iowa. heavy rain, storms and severe weather are all expected to affect at least one part of the state as we head into this evening. the heaviest rain today is going to occur in northwest iowa during much of the day and early night with rainfall totals easily reaching around 2 inches in some places. here in central iowa our rain is going to come in waves, because we like southern and eastern iowa have a much better chance for severe weather. from the late morning through the afternoon, storms are expected to form in storms will be capable of producing heavy rain, damaging winds and some hail. there is also a tornado threat in that same time period across central and southern iowa, and any torn

d-c for the boone county freedom flight. for ten hours, local heroes toured memorials dedicated to their service, where fallen commerades were remembered as well. "there you go sarge we got you, we didn't forget you." elias: a long day for them- they were up for nearly 20 hours straight them- they were up for nearly 20 hours straight flying to d-c and back home. elias: but it was just as they were ready to call it a day, when organizers had one more surprise for them. and local five had the cameras rolling to capture this moment.. nat - diet coke? at a crusing atltitude of 30-thousand feet, boone county veterans have their first chance to take a breath and reflect on their 10-hour day touring the memorials dedicate to their service, nat is that the last bag? when freedom flight director don batt walks five suitcases to the front of the plane, one by one don batt - boone co. freedom flgiht director and these five bags are our duffel bags we have here and they're our duffel bags, so to speak, our mail call for out veterans cal

channel 13's justin surrency was in boone to hear what the public thought of the plan. iowans voicing their opinions thursday in front of the iowa utilities board view the bakken oil pipeline in two ways... jobs and opportunities for iowans... a terrible idea not just for iowa but our entire planetthe controversial proposal began nearly a year ago when dakota access a company from texas proposed a crude oil pipeline stretching across 18 counties in iowa and into illinois... "it's taking iowa land through eminent domain for an out of state corporation."but what worries a large group, could also help another... "one, jobs, obviously that's what a lot of people are here to talk about." the pipeline could help create an additional 4,000 jobs while it's constructed and supporters took issue to those who say the jobs are only temporary... these are temporary projects for our members but they are permanent careers."opponents of the pipeline which would carry nearly half a million gallons of crude oil underneath iowa farmland are worried about environmental disasters.. "one rup

welcome to coluluia missouou - where boone county - is steeped in history - and this is the show-case - with a mission. mission." very simple .. to presereve the past for the future, it's hard to navigate the future if you don't know your past. " " aaaaaaooooooogaaa chris campbell - says navigating main - street memories - is just one of the current displays - in his nearly two - hundred - year old town. cars rolling down broadway - columbia's main street - are time traveling past the old - store fronts - from the 1930s to the 1960s.and horse power here - wasn't just under the hood. hood." boone county actually has a national reputation for training and showing horses. " skilled men and women - who take the reins - - and take home the silver cups - de he equestrian world their own .- punctuated by tom bass - a trainer here - who invented a bit - known all across the globe - for keeping horses happier." .. born into slavery and yet as a black man in the late 1800s trained horses and showed horses for four u.s. presidents and queen vvtoria and so that's part of our history. " there's ev

elias: when tornadoes tore through dallas, boone and hamilton counties. sabrina: but, 10 years later, the town sabrina: but, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt, though that day is still a fresh memory. local 5's claire powell has the story. "it was very windy that day, very windy and out of nowhere the storms started brewing" "i looked to sw and see a black column and dirt surround the tornado" november 12th 2005. by the time tornado sirens rang out, this twister was on top of woodward. " it kind of just came out of nowhere" barreling down on homes and businesses. " i didnt even bother to put shoes on, went 3 miles down the road, came back adn it was all over that quickly" but as quickly as it came, it ended. "it was absolutely mind-blowing devastation when you came into town" the path cut across the southeast corner of town, leaving debris, homes and livlihoods scattered across dallas and boone counties. "barn gone, east wall was gone, porch was gone and you know part of the roof you start to realize you've g

amanda the reason why we're in boone is because boone county is the halfway point of the proposed pipeline. the room behind me was full of about 500 people, some were here to speak some were here just to listen. a total of 210 speakers spoke to the iowa utilities board today, they took turns, two minutes apeice with a big digital clock nearby... they only had 2 minutes to speak. it was one person for the pipeline, then a person opposed to it all day long. most comments were very passionate, some angry and one guy was even musical. here's a taste. " the vast majority of landowners affected project and have given to use the land. corporate power. rick perry. koch brohters. terry branstad. big oil. people and planet loses. there are those that argue that jobs will be created by the pipeline for other temproary and will provide work until the project is complete. i think it's important to take a wider view. a two year project will yield thousands of high paying high skill jobs. pipeline pipeline just say no. dirty oil has got to go. " amanda: in the room full of laborers and environmentalist s

jack: its called the trip of a lifetime, and for more than 140 veterans from boone county - a chance to get the thank you, some never recieved for their service. tonight elias johnson takes us to washington d-c for part one of "war stories" with the boone county freedom flight. nat bus honks, yay! with cell phones rolling, and war stories flowing aboard 4 buses nat - sounds on the bus 146 veterans from boone county have reported for duty at our nation's capitol nat "the trees are thinning out so that's going to be to our benefit" today's mission will be one of the toughest these sailors, soldiers, airman and marines have been given: take everything in & stay awake for roughly 20 hours don batt - veteran organizer "when we were trying to recruit the vets to go on this flight, 80% of them said i don't want to take someone understand that, but once they're here they of a lifetime." "thank you so much for your service" -"oh, you're welcome, 95-year-old clifford nat "hi sweetie" he's waited a lifetime to see the world war 2 memorial he helped inspire clifford ronbiette wwii i'm just overw

sabrina: story....hundred s made the trip to the boone county fairgrounds thursday.. sabrina: they all wanted to be on hand for the official public hearing for the bakken oil pipeline project.. more than 200 people were allowed to speak before the iowa utilities board all sharing their thoughts about the project that would cut diagnolly across the state.. the room was packed with people-- some there to speak, some just to listen. some had concerns: environmental, land ownership. most comments were very passionate, one guy was even musical. " the vast majority of landowners affected by this support the project and have given voluntary easements to use the land. corporate power. rick perry. koch brohters. terry branstad. big oil. they win. we lose. people and planet loses. there are those that argue that jobs will be created by the pipeline for other temproary and will provide work until the project is complete. i think it's important to take a wider view. a two year project will yield thousands of jobs. pipeline pipeline just say no. dirty oil sabrina: those opposed sa

stevenson was also involved with boone's annual pufferbilly days for more than 3 decades. and, he served as a boone city councilman. funeral services for fenner stevenson are pending. steve: riding high after shutting out texas, oklahoma brought iowa state down to earth saturday, with a thud. straight ahead, how the cyclones hope to bounce-back against an undefeated oklahoma state. plus, the iowa national guard says something is missing. what they plan to do to improve their ranks. kevin: and see what cost him his this is iowa. on average, women need to work an extra two hours each day, to earn the same paycheck as their male coworkers. join the fight for equal pay. join the fight for sara and women everywhere. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with kevin cooney, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowa's sportscaster of the year andy garman. steve: it's pretty common for iowa farmers to spend 6 to 8 weeks on a tractor, nearly non-stop, during harvest season. kevin: after that long, most want to leave the fields behind. b

elias: around 500 people packed the building at the boone county fairgrounds for thursday's hearing on the bakken pipeline project. the iowa utilities more than 200 people to speak. those opposed warned of the environmental impact and use of eminent domain. while those for the project said such pipelines are much safer than thought, and will offer good jobs during the construction. sabrina: sabrina: believe the isis as "jihadi john" the pentagon says u-s. forces an airstrike in the british man. participated in the beheading videos of two american journalists and the slayings of several other captives. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: saturday night the three remaining democratic presidential candidates will take the stage at drake university. this will be the second debate for hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin oh- malley. look for live coverage of the event right here on local five tomorrow night. sabrina: staying on the topic of politics....preside ntial hopeful bernie sanders heads into this weekend's debate with his biggest union endorsement in the presidential

it's meeting inside the community building in boone. the speakers alternated between those in favor and those opposed of the pipeline. it would cross 18 iowa counties carrying nearly half a million gallons of crude oil a day. many in favor pointed to the potential disaster a crude oil break would have on their iowa farmland and that the pipeline, which ends in illinois, is not an iowa utility because iowans would not benefit from it. those in favor say it could create nearly workers. dakota access hopes the iowa the right to use eminent domain despite any opposition. an evidentiary hearing is scheduled for monday. this morning five iowans were honored with the state's highest award for first responders ... the sullivan brothers award of valor. the award is given annually to police, firefighters and e-m-s personnel who go above and beyond the call of duty. this year's winners included state trooper tracy bohlen who saved the life of a man suffering seizures along i-35 in april. cedar falls firefighters eric jensen and kyly bovy were awar

shaina: a heated hearing in boone. hundreds spoke out for and against the bakken oil pipeline cutting through iowa. kcci's ryan smith reports testimony thursday took eight hours. ryan: supporters stress pipeline production means jobs. up to 4,000 in construction. ross walsh winterset supports pipeline >> the job by its nature is temporary with start and completion date but the opportunity that the dakota access offers is a career building. ryan but the opposition says : temporary work is not worth a permanent environmental threat or loss of land. >> we should never allow our flag with its powerful motto, our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain be used , for toilet paper by billionaires sitting in ivory towers in houston and dallas. ryan the pipeline's path cuts : through 18 iowa counties including boone and story. texas-based dakota access reports it's secured voluntary easements for more than two-thirds of the required private property in iowa. >> why should a private company be able to come in and take

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elias: its called the trip of a lifetime, and for more than 140 veterans from boone county - a chance to get the thank you, some never recieved for their service. this morning we head to washington d-c for part one of "war stories" with the boone county freedom flight. nat bus honks, yay! with cell phones rolling, and war stories flowing aboard 4 busesnat - sounds on the bus 146 veterans from boone county have reported for duty at our nation's capitol nat "the trees are thinning out so that's going to be to our benefit" today's mission will be one of the toughest these sailors, soldiers, airman and marines have been given: take everything in & stay awake for roughly 20 hours don batt - veteran organizer "when we were trying to recruit the vets to go on this flight, 80% of them said i don't want to take someone else's seat...and i can understand that, but once they're here they are fulfilling the trip of a lifetime." nat "thank you so much for your service" -"oh, you're welcome, i'd do it again in a second." 95-year-old clifford robinett will be 96 in three days nat "hi sweetie" he's w

it was a boon to local companies such as caterers, lumber yards and many more. >>> tonight catch an abc 7 news exclusive. 2error in terminal 3 at los angeles airport. >> confusion. disbelief. >> this tsa agent walks us through the fateful day two years ago when he was shot and his friend was killed. >>> coming up here next at 9:00 -- look at this. determined rescue crews would

stranger to severe weather. 10 years ago the anniversary of , the deadly tornado outbreak in dallas and boone counties. todd magel returned to woodward tonight. he has that story coming up in just minutes. steve: new details tonight in this weekend's deadly shooting at a club in north des moines. we have learned that the 3 survivors are in fair condition. kcci's ryan smith is live with the constant police activity at the club and neighbors' call for change. ryan: evolution nightclub opened seven months ago. get this, according to records, deputies respond here on average of course, that is now a concern both neighbors and law enforcement. polk county deputies surround evolution nightclub overnight saturday. the initial call was for a fight but moments after arriving on scene, shots rang out. >> i was up in my bedroom and getting ready for bed, heard a volley of shots. >> shootings, you don't expect in this area. ryan: the shooting claimed the life of 20-year-old dashawn smith and hospitalized three others. neighbors along nw 6th avenue say they are fed up with the activity happening most week

the controversy surrounding the bakken pipeline continued today in boone county in front of the iowa utilities board which has the final say... whether someone was for it or against it, over 300 people saw the issue in one of two ways... jobs and opportunities for iowans... a terrible idea not just for iowa but our entire planet inside boone county fairgrounds community building both sides took turns expressing their beliefs about the proposed crude oil pipeline that will stretch across 18 counties in iowa and into illinois...dakota access, a company from texas has said the project would create around 4,000 jobs while the pipeline is constructed and carry nearly half a million gallons of crude oil a day underneath iowa land...they are hoping the iowa utilities board grants them the use of eminent domain to gain access to land even if landowners oppose it dakota access also says they will provide right of way compensation and millions of dollars in property tax relief if the plan goes they their families...opponents say one pipeline rupture could cause unimaginable harm to everyone...

both trains went west of boone, before heading back. at the end of the night, the two trains stopped side by side at the depot. "we did it last year for the first time, and its really really kind of tricky..we have a special time table, theres places where we leave today with the two trains, we had about a two minute window to get things to where it would come out right." the railroad will run one more train right before christmas to bring the book and movie -- polar express... to life. get ready to run to raise awareness about adoption later today.. local organizations are teaming up with the national center for adoption to host the gingerbread run. the 5-k starts at 1:30 this afternoon at ada hayden park in ames. the national center for adoption says about 2 point 4 million people in the u-s are adopted and more than 100- thousand children are waiting to be adopted. still ahead on today in iowa sunday... honor friends and family at a traditional latino celebration.. or head to the ice to cheer on the iowa wild. where you can catch all

the pipeline would cut through 18 iowa counties, including story and boone. hearing from more than 280 people today almost evenly , divided between those for and against the pipeline. we caught up with one speaker who says the pipeline's economic benefits don't measure up to the harm that it can do to the environment. >> if we keep on building pipelines and digging up fossil fuels, we are going to wreck the planet and i will not have a place to live. eric: one argument from critics is that nearly every speaker on the opposed list is from iowa. a decent amount of those who are in favor of the pipeline are coming in from different states to speak. the hearing is at the boone county fairgrounds. watch for updates at kcci.com. shaina: right now now two , students are in jail, charged with making online threat against black students at the university of missouri. 19-year-old hunter park is in custody in columbia this morning. park attends missouri science and technology which is a sister school to mizzou. and a northwest missouri state student, 19-year-old connor

meanwhile, concern that the hearings in boone county are irrelevant. access is already acting like it has approval for the project, by handing out contracts and stockpiling pipes near newton. once the evidentiary hearings are complete in iowa, there is no set timeline for hte utilities board to make a decision. sabrina: iowans are still concerns over the proposed oil braving the the weekend to protest.. dozens of people saturday...all from iowa 350, a local chapter of a national group workjing to address climate change. the protestors iowa utilities the it could hurt water "[take sot duration:0:12]sot< 15:52:06> iowa350 <"we're known as the number one agricultural state, we've got some of the best farmland in the world. there's no reason to risk that by putting a pipeline underneath it all iowa."> " sabrina: the pipeline could face a company project needs approval from crosses. south dakota regulators are set to decide if bakken construction to happen in that state today. sabrina: fort dodge authorities are destroyed a police vehicle... sabrina: over t

marathon public hearing focused on the -- the pipeline's path cuts through 18 iowa counties including boone and story. texas-based dakota access reports it's secured voluntary easements for more than two-thirds of the required private property in iowa. >> why should a private company be able to come in and take our land from us just so that they can pad their pockets with profit? ryan: union workers make up the majority of bakken supporters. richie schmidt picked up fellow local 353 members on his drive from burlington to boone. >> the one thing i want to do is gentlemen standing back there don't have to go home and tell their wives, or their kids or their husbands when the next job is going to come. ryan: by the end of this afternoon, more than 200 people spoke out for and against this controversial pipeline project. it is now in the hands of the three-member iowa utilities board. kevin: a total of 280 people signed up to speak at today's open hearing on the bakken oil pipeline. 134 were listed in favor of the project. 80 of them list an out of state address. 143 were opposed to the pipeli

some people in eastern iowa are travelling to boone today to give their opinions on the proposed bakken pipeline that would come through iowa. people in marion have a better idea of the plans for the mixed-use public library project this morning -- but developers still want the public's input. and the national turkey federation says there will be enough to go around for your thanksgiving meal, but you may have to pay a little extra if you want to cook a fresh, not frozen, bird. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next we

the official hearing before the iowa utilities board was held in boone. stephanie: more than 200 people were allowed to speak before the board about this-- a proposed pipeline that would carry crude oil from north dakota to illinois, cutting diagnolly across our state. stephanie: the room was packed with 500 people-- some there to speak, some just to listen. everyone on the list got two minutes before the board, with a giant digital clock keeping time. some had concerns: environmental, land ownership. most comments were very passionate, one guy was even musical. " the vast majority of landowners affected by this support the project and have given voluntary easements to use the land. corporate power. rick perry. koch brohters. terry branstad. big oil. they win. we lose. people and planet loses. there are those that argue that jobs will be created by the pipeline for other temproary and will provide work until the project is complete. i think it's important to take a wider view. a two year project will yield thousands of high paying high skill jobs. pipelin

dozens crammed into a buildling at the boone county fairgrounun to speak to the iowa utilities board. the utilities board is overseeing an application to build 1,100-mile pipeline from north dakota through south dakota, iowa and illinois. some counties in northwest iowa are taking part in an initiative to promote attractions in their areas. kuoo radio's steve schwaller joins us now to tell us more. steve? matt and sheila, six northwest iowa counties are participating in a state initiative designed to improve and promote various attractions in the region. buena vista, clay, dickinson, emmet, o'brien and palo alto counties are collaborating together in what is known as the "green ribbon commission"n" which is being speerheaded by the iowa parks foundadaion. ted karousis of the northwest iowa planning and development commission, which is coordinating the effort on behalf of the counties... "we looked at our aging population and the fact that we keep losing folks to other areas. what this will hope to do is create an outline to make this area more attractive: increase tourism, increase th

dozens crammed into a buildling at the boone county fairgrounds to speak to the iowa utilities board. some noted a large portion of people who support the project are from outside iowa. the utilities board is overseeing an application to build 1,100-mile pipeline from north dakota through south dakota, iowa and illinois. just two days after the fourth gop debate p psidential candidate carly fiorina stopped in siouxland. she held a town hall meeting in onawa, iowa with the theme of returning to a citizen government. fiorina spoke to community members about how a republican winning the white house isn't enough. "this government, under republicans and democrats alike has gotten so big, so powerful, so complicated, so inept honestly, so corrupt," said fiorina. fiorina calls for a three- page tax code compared to fiorina calls for a three- page tax code compared to the currently one that's thousands of pages long. tonight, on newsws at 10: ktiv's tiffany lane shares why fiorina believes polls aren't what win an election. (sheila) in the gop race for the white house, a lot of attention is s

of our war stories amanda: its called the trip of a lifetime, and for more than 140 veterans from boone county - a chance to get the thank you, some never recieved for their service. this morning we head to washington d-c for part one of "war stories" nat bus honks, yay! with cell phones rolling, and war stories flowing aboard 4 buses nat - sounds on the bus 146 veterans from boone county have reported for duty at our nation's capitol nat "the trees are thinning out so that's going to be to our benefit" today's mission will be one of the toughest these sailors, soldiers, airman and marines have been given: take everything in & stay awake for roughly 20 hours don batt - veteran organizer "when we were trying to recruit the vets to go on this flight, 80% of them said i don't want to take someone else's seat...and i can understand that, but once they're here they are fulfilling the trip of a lifetime." nat "thank you so much for your service" -"oh, you're welcome, i'd do it again in a second." 95-year-old clifford robinett will be 96 in three days nat "hi sweetie" he's waited a lifetime to

stephanie: they tore through dallas, boone and hamilton counties. one of the first towns hit was woodward. but, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt, though that day is still a fresh memory. local 5's claire powell has the story. "it was very windy that day, very windy and out of nowhere the storms started brewing" "i looked to sw and see a black column and dirt surround the tornado" november 12th 2005. by the time tornado sirens rang out, this twister was on top of woodward. " it kind of just came out of nowhere" barreling down on homes and businesses. " i didnt even bother to put shoes on, went 3 miles down the road, came back adn it was all over that quickly" but as quickly as it came, it ended. "it was absolutely mind-blowing devastation when you came into town" the path cut across the southeast corner of town, leaving debris, homes and livlihoods scattered across dallas and boone counties. "barn gone, east wall was gone, porch was gone and you know part of the roof you start to realize you've got a bi

elizabeth: iowans will sound off on the proposed bakken oil pipeline next week in boone. but we've learned demand is so overwhelming for the public hearing the iowa utilities board required participants to sign up in advance. and have to limit it to roughly 200 speakers. kcci's ryan smith explains how quickly those spots filled up. ryan: since its proposal, the bakken oil pipeline has spurred a firestorm debate heated , opinions both for and against. today. callers phoned in by the hundreds, requesting to speak at next week's public hearing. >> it's been a little hectic. ryan: lois hamilton manages the phones for the iowa utilities board. >> today i've been on the phone a lot more than usual. ryan: by 2:00 p.m. the board filled all 210 slots, 105 speakers representing each side. >> nothing of this magnitude in recent history. ryan: names and addresses cover all 4 corners of iowa. it even generated out of state interest. people from kentucky, indiana, and missouri are signed up. >> we've received a lot of objections from people who are not land owners and who are just inte

more than 1 hundred people spoke out against the pipeline at a hearing at the boone county fairgrounds. an equal number did the same in support of it. we are relying on petroleum products for fuel for our farm tractors. plastic to medical equipment. and domestic oil production is preferred to the barrels of u-s imports each day. the board will hold a cross examination hearing on november 16th. there is no time frame on when it will make a decision. today the iconic hotel fort des moines will be shutting down for renovations. the 40 million dollar project will take more than a year... and the 16 hotel employees onnly learned they'd be without jobs earlier this week. they say "hawkeye hotels"... the hotel's current owner... told them the renovations would happen in the spring of next year. they also claim they were told they would be transferred to other hotels at the time. "foodies" will flock to des moines this weekend for the "beer, wine, and food expo" at hy-vee hall. that's where we find channel 13's josh nguyen this morning... hi josh! iowa's premier beer, wine & food expo takes pl

todd: one woman died when the same tornado hit strafford in boone county but everyone in woodward survived. and now another threat of fall tornadoes. >> i'm sure there are several years ago. and hopefully it goes away. todd: 10 years later it's hard to believe a tornado hit woodward, iowa. and that's why the threat of more severe weather in november hit's so close to home. in woodward, todd magel, kcci 8 news. elizabeth: see the bit of history coming to downtown that future. metinka: it is hard to imagine tornadoes in november. the potential this afternoon to see a few more tornadoes. since 1950, there have been 35 tornadoes across the state. 12 happened in 2005 on november 12. it is possible. some of those were ef2's. one of those was any of three. right now, -- one of those was in ef3. the main action comes in this afternoon. anywhere between noon and 6:00 p.m., that is when we are expecting the strongest threat for severe weather. all the rain is going to be by midnight, the house is going to be creaking. the garbage can could be blowing away. eric: thank you, metinka. the city of des m