the company is also building a store in peosta. in iowa city, the city will move forward with a renovation project to the ped mall. improve underground electrical components and pipes. they'll also rework the brick walkway, replace planters, and add an elevated stage. as work finishes up on the washington street project, downtown businesses will have a year off from construction. "construction crews have been really mindful of working around the businesses and making sure they have access it'll always have access. businesses will always remain open regardless of construction 33:15 " the engineering firm will spend most of million dollar project. construction will start in 20-18 and take about two years. a family who owned a sock making company for more than 40 years in osage, sold their company to a firm in texas. fox river mills will become a subsidiary of another sock maker, long- water. fox river specializes in knitting socks and handwear. it's not clear what the sale means for jobs in osage. unanimously rejected a townhome proj

spencer haldeman -- from peosta -- giving the panthers a big lift off the bench. 17 points for the freshman. uni rolls 82-63. the panthers play oklahoma tonight. this morning -- from a billy goat. sid is teaching kids in texas -- it's okay to be different. he's not your average goat. he cannot hear. in fact, he has no ears. hundreds of kids visit him every week on field trips.. and they immediately notice that he's a little bit different -- which teaches the kids a good lesson. "well, it's just nice to be nice even though he's not, even though he's not like you." so sid the billy goat.. now goes sid the anti-bully goat. a giraffe at the blank park zoo proves she can keep a secret. next month she'll give birth. the baby will become the fifth member of the zoo's giraffe herd. a giraffe pregnancy takes up to 15-months...and they really don't show. but that's not why this pregnancy surprised the staff. she was sterilized by birth- control a decade ago. and she had been with the bull for all these years, and never got pregnant, but now she did. new giraffe barn set to open next spring. before yo

ago, republican shannon lundgren reported someone damaged political signs outside her restaurant in peosta. she's running against democrat tom stecher in the 57th district of the iowa house. and an openly gay candidate in black hawk cun front of his home. chris schwartz is running as a democrat for county supervisor. waterloo police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. donald trump jr. will be campaigning for his father today. he will be at social house bar in cedar falls, starting at 1:30 pm. several hillary clinton surrogates are returning to iowa. v-p nominee tim kaine will speak at loras college in dubuque at 1:45 p-m on wednesday. former president bill afternoon. senator bernie sanders is also coming to iowa, but we are still awaiting details on the exact time and location the former president and senator sanders will be campaigning. we are learning more this morning about the two people killed in a town near des moines over the weekend. police say they found a mother and her 14-year- old daughter dead in their perry home. police say believe a man beat lourdes flor de leak

cedar rapids, and then we went to my in laws and then we went to my sister's and then we went to the peosta community center and the last stop was my bracelet was missing. caitlin had just lost her sister, she couldn't stand the thought of losing the bracelet too. "panicked. i was panicking. i felt awful. " for two days, caitlin and her other sister amy frantically searched every place they'd been. they used social media for help looking. and then..... "right after the funeral, i went to feed and c outside pocket of my bag. there was nothing else in it at the bottom. " they'd checked that bag what felt like a million times. turns out it was stuck inside a torn seam.... the sisters say, sam had something to do with this. "she's laughing because she used to give me such a hard time. she would have just loved that though. she'd hide it and be like, sorry." one last surprise, from sam. a that was t-v nine's katie wiedemann reporting. the iowa men's basketball team is off to a strong start this year, thanks to coach fran mccaffery and his assistants. but when it comes to getting assistance at ho