Now, to the university of iowa, where the man who could be thehe nextxtleader of Campus Safety is accused of interfering with a criminal investigation. Investigation. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is Digging Deeper into this and joins us now live from the newsroom with more with what shes found out, dora . The case involves interim Public Safety director david visin. The incident happened in june when vin allegedly tried to cover fohis stepson in a drunk drivivg tandrun incident. Incident. According to records, visin took 33yearold sean crane from the scene before he could benterviewed. And he repeatedly refused requests fr a county deputy t tpull over so his stepson could be questioned. Visin blamed his actions on low blood sugar levels from diabetes. Diabetes. In a Statement Released by a spokesrson for the university. Visin released information involving the incident to senior vp of finance and operation. As of now, the university is not him. Crane pleaded guilty to a owi charge
Today. The Governors Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety awardsheroic acts beyond normal duty. Says the firefighters received the award because of their willingness to risk their own lives to save someone else. Iowa city police are looking for a group of people who robbed a home at gunpoint overnight. Officers responded to 431 south dodge street around 1 this morning. Victims in the home say three men kicked in their front door. One of the suspects pointed a gun at one of the victims. First responders treated a woman for a head injury. Police say the door hit her in the head when they kicked it in. Anyone with information is asked to call Iowa City Police crimestoppers. This midday, people in eastern iowa are cleaning up from last nights storms. A viewer sent us these photos from west branch. Over a semi trailer near a warehouse in toww it also threw some Metal Roofing into the yard. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds
Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with Jennifer Lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and wind gusts topping 80 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano is in chicago this morning and starts us off. Good morning, rob. Good morning, robin. The winds howling all night long in chicago. The flags along Michigan Avenue for the most part have been 0 horizontal. 49mileanhour wind gust at the airport. 53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, flying debris. Thats just the win. This storm is whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] reporter overnight, a massive storm sy
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a very windy day. Well have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. If today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on watch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds blew through and in seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the seco
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