." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department for ames, the data shows a 56 percent drop in violent crime over five years. there was only one homicide in the five year span of the study...with zero from 20-12 to 20-14. police say the study doesn't include 20-15 data...where the city had just one homicide, classified as "justifiable" due to self-defense. 21:23:59 "i've lived here for 30 years in the same neighborhood, and generally i would say i've never had the perception that violent crime was ever a problem." - debbie lee - oak to riverside neighborhood leader debbie lee is the leader for the oak to riverside neighborhood association. she credits the police department for being proactive - by forming close relationships with the city's neighborhoods - for the low crime rate. 21:24:37 "progress doesn't happen in a vacuum, and i would really exceptional police chief who has been willing to be creative and try different approaches." - debbie lee - oak to riverside neighborhood leader those different approaches include training landlords to keep crime out of their apartments, meeting

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department for ames, the data shows a 56 percent drop in violent crime over five years. there was only one homicide in the five year span of the study...with zero from 20-12 to 20-14. police say the study doesn't include 20-15 data...where the city had just one homicide, classified as "justifiable" due to self-defense. 21:23:59 "i've lived here for 30 years in the same neighborhood, and generally i would say i've never had the perception that violent crime was ever a problem." - debbie lee - oak to riverside neighborhood leader debbie lee is the leader for the oak to riverside neighborhood association. she credits the police department for being proactive - by forming close relationships with the city's neighborhoods - for the low crime rate. 21:24:37 "progress doesn't happen in a vacuum, and i would really credit - ames has been fortunate to have an exceptional police chief who has been willing to be creative and try different approaches." - debbie lee - oak to riverside different approaches include training landlords to keep crime out of their ap

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department for ames, the data shows a 56 percent drop in violent crime over five years. there was only one police say the study "justifiable" due to self-defense. 21:23:59 "i've lived here for 30 years in the same neighborhood, was ever a problem." - debbie debbie lee is the leader for the oak to riverside neighborhood association. she credits the police department for being proactive - by forming close relationships with the city's crime rate. 21:24:37 "progress doesn't happen in a vacuum, and i would been willing to be creative and try different approaches." - debbie lee - oak to riverside landlords to keep crime out of their apartments, meeting with students every fall at iowa state university, and providing resource officers to neighborhoods. 11:47:42 "i credit this very much to the leadership in the police department, that has...been working very hard on being a proactive rather than a commander jason tuttle says it's a cycle...if on preventative measures to keep it that way. 11:20:27 "and so, when we can do that, and we have the time to do th

and so, that affords us the commander jason tuttle - ames police department for ames, the data shows a 56 percent drop in violent crime over five years. there was only one police say the study "justifiable" due to self-defense. 21:23:59 "i've lived here for 30 violent crime was ever a problem." - debbie lee - oak to riverside neighborhood leader debbie lee is the leader for the oak to riverside neighborhood association. she credits the police department for being proactive - by forming close relationships with the city's neighborhoods - for the low crime rate. 21:24:37 "progress willing to be creative and try neighborhood leader those different approaches include training landlords to keep crime out of their apartments, meeting with students every fall at iowa state university, and providing resource officers to neighborhoods. 11:47:42 "i credit this very much to the leadership in the police department, that has...been working very hard on being a proactive rather than a reactive situation." - mayor ann campbell - ames commander you have a low violent crime rate, you can focus your e

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department the study ranked ames as number two in the nation, dubuque was ranked number one. johnston drivers may want to account for a little extra time getting to work this morning.. today, the city is closing northwest 70th avenue for construction. the closure stretches from nw 107th street to nw 98th street... a portion of nw 100th street will also be closed. crews will have a detour to redirect drivers until construction is finished. that isn't expected until late this fall. your bus ride into work may soon look a little different. over the next 3 days, dart is asking for your input on what changes need to be made. josh is live from dart central they're doing to get your with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department the study ranked ames as number two in the nation, dubuque was ranked number one. the zika virus impact is growing slightly here in iowa.. state health officials have now zika virus. all three cases are travel-related... but none of the women are pregnant. nationwide... there are more than 50 cases of zika... most are travel related as well. johnston drivers may want to account for a little extra time getting to work this morning.. today, the city is closing northwest 70th avenue for construction. the closure stretches from nw 107th street to nw 98th street... a portion of nw 100th street will also be closed. crews will have a detour to redirect drivers until construction is finished. that isn't expected it is going to be windy with afternoon. highs will be in the upper 50s by noon, but another cold front is expected to pass through which will once again shift winds toward the north and bring in more clouds. this cold front will be bringing with it a chance for a rain/snow mix. most will fall overnight. snow totals are not expected t

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department violent crime includes murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. again, the numbers don't include 2015. right now, authorities are trying to find two inmates who escaped from a correctional center in iowa. it happened at the newton correctional release center in a routine count on saturday night. here are pictures of both. one man is serving 10 years on other -- charges. this is not what you want to hear during tax season. the i-r-s says the number of identity theft victims is much higher than it thought. last may, the i-r-s said crooks used a popular tool on their website to steal 104-thousand tax forms. in august, the agency said the number was even greater --330- thousand. now, it's even worse. the i-r-s says it's closer to 720- thousand. the agency plans to do more to warn taxpayers about it. it also took down the online tool thieves were using to steal personal information. the kitchen is closed for good a dubuque restaurant -- and crust italian kitchen and bar announced earlier in the week it was closing saturday. but afte

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department ranked number one. your bus ride to and from work may soon look a little different.... over the next 3 days, dart is hosting a series of public meetings they are asking for input on what changes need to be made to better serve the metro. over the past 2 years, the dart system has seen an increase of almost 10 percent in the total number of people using the bus system. but officials with dart say they need even more riders in order for change to happen. they are asking for the public's help in adjusting when and where the routes go. and want to know what would make riders more comfortable. "is it amenities like wifi or more bus shelters. so we want to learn from the all of those types of things in order to really design a system that meets the needs of our future community." there will be 11 meetings over the next 3 days. with the first one already underway. if you are interested in attending a meeting....we have a full list up right now at our website. construction will slow traffic this morning the cit

." - commander jason tuttle - ames police department violent crime includes murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. again, the numbers don't include 2015. it covered 2010 to 2014. right now, authorities are trying to find two inmates who escaped from a correctional center in iowa. it happened at the newton correctional release center in jasper county. two inmates were missing during a routine count on saturday night. here are pictures of both. one man is serving 10 years on drug charges. the other 27 years on drug -- and other -- charges. this is not what you want to the i-r-s says the number of identity theft victims is much higher than it thought. last may, the i-r-s said crooks used a popular tool on their website to steal 104-thousand tax forms. in august, the agency said the number was even greater --330- thousand. now, it's even worse. the i-r-s says it's closer to 720- thousand. the agency plans to do more to warn taxpayers about it. it also took down the online tool thieves were using to steal personal information. a group of firefighters are preparing to climb 85 flight