Prompted an evacuation. It burned a hole up through the roof and it was pretty much contained right to that oven area, the whole factory is kind of full of smoke at the time. The ida grove Fire Departments was assisted by five other departments on the scece. The plant itselflfeceived some smoke and fire damage. But just how much isnt known yet. One fire fighter collapsed for unknown reasons but received treatment and is doing fine. No workers at the plant were injured. Traffic along highways 59 and 175 was diverted while crews were fighting that fire. Diana police in spirit lake iowa are looking for a shoplifter tonight. They say the woman seen in these rveillance pictures walked out of the spirit lake walalrt just after 7 oclock this morning with a cart full of items she hadnt paid for. The woman is seen leaving the store with the stolen merchandise in a maroon or red chevy h h r. Police say the woman has been identified. But not yet arrested. Larry the harrisburg student charged wiwi
Bottom out near 30 degrees. This afternoon, the main conceen will be the wind and dry air which will create high outdoor fire danger for a chunk of the viewing area as gusts could top 30 miles per hour. Temperatures, meanwhile will be in the middle to upper 60s this afternoon with sunshine before only reaching the 50s at their highest on friday see graphics. Wx timer 40 meth is a huge problem in the state of iowa, but now a highly concentrated form of the drug is on the se in the state. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley says he wants to change that. Lauren moss reports on how he plans to do that. Police departments tricounty Drug Enforcement team says a pure form of meth is coming from over the border. And ending up here in iowa. The yield of ice meth our lab results indicate around 9798 percent pure meth compared to the home based meth labs are anywhere from 4560 percent. So the yield is much higher. And theyve been working hard to get it off iowas streets. In the last probably 4 years sinc
Breen on the uss sioux city later in ththshow. First, president ial l litics heating up in siouxland. Republican president ial candidate rand paul visited Morningside College today. This week alone, the u. S. Senator from kentucky is visiting 11 colleges in iowa. Its all part of his iowa 10,000 college tour rand wants at least that many students to caucus for him on february firststsaying his candidacy appeals to millenials. I think they dont want the government collecting all their phone records, they do believe in the right to privacy. They dont want the government putting them or their friends in jail for minor marijuana abuse and they dont want the government sending them off to a new war in the middle east. Im the one candidate who represents all three of those issues, said president ial candidate rand paul. After finishing in sio city, rand paul went on to speak at buena vista in storm lake. The latest fox news poll shows paul in 8th place with 3 percent support. Tomomoow morning
Ron demers for the details. Your 7day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes after a chilly saturday morning in the 30s for most of us, we started to warm a little better by the afternoon with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Tonight will not be quite as cold as the past couple of nights and a strong south wind over the next couple of days will keep the warming going with highs near 70 for sunday and we may get close to 80 by monday. As sioux city works to improve its interstates, it looks like therell be another closure in a couple days. A new barrier rail and Traffic Control will cause closure of the southbound i29 offramp to floyd boulevard. It will be closed from 9 am to 3 pm this monday, october 19th, as long as weather permits. Motorists are encouraged to use the nebraska street offramp instead. For the latest traveler information you can always call 511 through the Iowa Department of transportatio n. The city of sioux falls imposed a ban on texting while driving three years ag
Possibly a shower or two tonight tomorrow after a healthy graphics. Wx timer 40 a sixyearold boy in chicago accidentally kills his little brother. Police say the boy found a loaded handgun, saturday night. Andrew spencer reports the father of the two boys is now in jail. Father, michael santiago, had left a loaded handgun on top of the refrigerator. The sixyear old got ahold of it while the two boys were playing and shot and killed his threeyearold brother. Lasalle says the older boy may not fully understand what ened. israel l lsalle grandfdfher of eian santiago theres not a safe place that you can put a gun where a kid cant rech it or cant find it. israel lasalle grandfather of eian santiago you know how kids are. They get into everything. Prosecutors say santiago is a former gang member, who obtained the gun illegally. His family says he was at work, saturday ght, when thhshooting happened. Hes now in jail, charged with child endangerment resulting in the death of his young son. Im