of the state, the answer to that question is that they do have somewhere to refuel," said stephanie weisenbach. meerdink even converted his personal truck. motor companies like gm, ford, dodge and honda offer domestic cars that would run on natural gas. but with only eight places to fill up in the state, using natural gas isn't as wide-spread domestically. there's a lot of questions you'd need to ask yourself like if you "drive enough miles for that upfront investment to make sense," said stephanie weisenbach. it cost meerdink about $8,000 to convert his truck. when you add-in his fleet of eight: roughly $400,000. bu his return on diesel since april 2014 is $180,000. "we're going to see return on investment sometime in year five," said scott meerdink. as for fuel mileage, meerdink if it's any better or worse at this point. in just a month's time, the sioux center station has claimed to saved over 10,000 gallons of foreign oil. robert. (robert) thanks, sam it's been more than half a century in the making, but the increase of two to four lanes on highway 20 is nearing completion. the project has

of the state, the answer to that question is that they do have somewhere to refuel," said stephanie weisenbach. meerdink even converted his personal truck. motor companies like gm, ford, dodge and honda offer domestic cars that would run on natural gas. but with only eight places to fill up in the state, using natural gas isn't as wide-spread domestically. there's a lot of questions you'd need to ask yourself like if you "drive enough miles for that upfront investment to make sense," said stephanie weisenbach. it cost meerdink about $8,000 to convert his truck. when you add-in his fleet of eight: roughly $400,000. bu his return on diesel since april 2014 is $180,000. "we're going to see return on investment sometime in year five," said scott meerdink. in sioux center, iowa, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. >> << >> midday with traders encouraged by some corporate deals. if you get a new "ultra h- d" t-v for christmas this year... you might see your power bill go up. "4-k" t-v sets can display four times the resolution of current high def displays. but they also use about 30 percent more power, on

of the state, the answer to that question is that they do have somewhere to refuel," said stephanie weisenbach. meerdink even converted his personal truck. motor companies like gm, ford, dodge and honda offer domestic cars that would run on natural gas. but with only eight places to fill up in the state, using natural gas isn't as wide-spread domestically. there's a lot of questions you'd need to ask yourself like if you "drive enough miles for that upfront investment to make sense," said stephanie weisenbach. it cost meerdink about $8,000 to convert his truck. when you add-in his fleet of eight: roughly $400,000. bu his return on diesel since april 2014 is $180,000. "we're going to see return on investment sometime in year five," said scott meerdink. in sioux center, iowa, sam four. >> meerdink says he's not sure if his fuel mileage is any better or worse at this point. in just a month's time, the sioux center station has claimed to saved over 10,000 gallons of foreign oil. another rainy day in the books yesterday. ben's in next to tell us if we'll see the sun at all today. and police officer

says iowa clean cities program coordinator stephanie weisenbach. meerdink trucking incorporated converted some of their trucks over to natural gas about a year and a half ago. now having a outlet closer means that they will be able to use those trucks more often. "it mean that we'll be able to expand anytime we need to in the natural gas side of our trucking and everytime that we need fuel it'll be here, it's a starting point for us. so we need the station andwe're glad it's here." says meerdink incorperated vp scott meerdink. before this station the closet c-n-g station for meerdink was in council bluffs or fairmont, minnesota tim: thousands of people across iowa will soon need to renew their carry and conceal permits. over 2000 people obtained permits in 2011 after a law went into effect that made ititasier to get carry permits. they were valid for five years and are renewal. sheriff's departments have voiced concern over how to handle the surge of people wanting updated permits but there concern. " "iowa doesn't make you shoot for your permit wh

says iowa clean cities program coordinator stephanie weisenbach. jessica rae: meerdink trucking incorporated converted some of their trucks over to natural gas about a year and a half ago. now having a outlet closer means they will be able to use those trucks more often. "it mean that we'll be able to expand anytime we need to in the natural gas side of our trucking and everytime that we need fuel it'll be here, it's a starting point for us. so we need the station and we're glad it's here." says meerdink incorperated vp scott meerdink. jessica rae: before this station... the closet c-n-g station for meerdink was in council bluffs and fairmont, minnesota jessica rae: some would say there's a special bond between a horse and its owner... and that is what one ranch owner in iowa hopes will have an impact in the lives of iowa's abused and negligted children. reporter brea love has more on the running the race horse ranch program. " x, iowa - some would say there's a special bond between a horse and its owner. that's what running the race horse ranch pr

says iowa clean cities program coordinar stephanie weisenbach. jessica rae: meerdink trucking incorporated converted some of their trucks over to natural gas about year and a half ago. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: the pontial for showers and mixed precitation primarily happening this mornining with cool temperature as highs get into the upper 40s. tonight, we'll clear out the skies. we'll have sunshine on our thursday, but a strong winintakes over from the west and northwest gusting near 45 miles per hour. snow is likely to come >> welcomeack to "gma.a." here is the cast and directorf "the hunger games." wish you could have been here during the break. we had a little operation going on with josh. >> we got it under control. >> don't be afraid. >> we learned the tour is challenging and hd. that's a good thing to get out of t t way. francis, in some ways it really has been. yo had your paris premiere just a couple of days before the attacks a decided to scale back the l.a. premiere because of those attacks. it was important fo