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The same amount of moisture as our past few systems, and amounts are expected to stay at or below a half inch. Temperatures tomorrow will struggle to get to 70 over the north half, with lower 70s farther south. Dry sky returns for wednesday and thursday with our next chance of rain arriving again around friday. Enjoy your monday today mostly sunny and breezy. Wind s 1020 high 80 tonight mostly cloudy. Showers move in late in the night. Wind s 515 low 63 tomorrow mostly cloudy with scattered show...

Big chunk of that was lost on dillinger using the citys credit card to buy personal items. Meanwhile an understaffed Des Moines Fire Department just learned it was denied a federal grant. It would have added more than a dozen firefighters. Channel 13s Jodi Whitworth has been following this issue for many months. And this could have alleviated some problems. As we know the local Firefighters Union has been very vocal about the departments leadership and staffing issue. And des moines fire chief s...

Prosecuting attorney Stephanie Cox said polson changed the lives of three people he didnt know in a matter of 15 minutes. She told the jury polson needs to be held accountable for his actions and be found guilty on all charges. Polson is using an intoxication defense and when he took the stand in his own defense told the jury he didnt remember anything from the shooting after claiming to take a bad hit of meth. His Attorney Phil reser said polson cant be held responsible for what he did because ...

Right now as to what happenediowa state troopers say around 12 30 pm tuesday 14 year old Bryneisha Watkins with an instructional permit driving with mother sabrina and her two sisters 13 year old natasha and 11 year old nataija attempted to pass a semi heading west along i80 near newton, lost control sending the vehicle into the north ditch where both nataija and natasha were ejected. Under iowa law you can be 14 years old as long as you have an instructional permit and you have a Family Member ...

This was these people do for a living, for their career, livelihood. Its good for iowa. But the protesters say those benefits are outweighed by the potential fallbacks to the environment and their land values. Nathan malachowski, cci organizer its all based on faulty economic studies and sort of industry funded research. So, we shouldnt trust any of that. With less than a month to go until the hearings begin natural sound no bakken , the group hand delivered 1,000 signed letters natural sound of...

Using New Cardiac Arrest Procedures, DMFD Sees a 30% Increase In Survivability Rates

“We're really coming together to honor a great, a truly authentic man. He was just so much more than just a talented firefighter. He was loyal and really just really true to his teammates and the communities that he served."

The Des Moines Fire Department announced on Wednesday that the department responded to a call nearly every 16 minutes in 2023 -- setting a new record number of calls.

Tyrone Cameron says police arresting him for murder gave no warning before releasing dog, allowed bite to continue needlessly. He was later acquitted.

Alexis Storbeck is one of a record 55 firefighters to join the Des Moines Fire Department this year. She and her dad may be the first-ever father-daughter duo on the force.