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Act. Todd storm lake legislator gary worthan is sponsoring the bill. He says the dot tells him the the average speed on iowas interstates is 72. All the more reason to boost it to 75. If youre not going to in 470 to slow that traffic down, lets make it legal. Todd one driver we talked with lung interstate north of des moines agrees. Most of the people are going that speed anyway, so if someone is going 70 they are actually slowing the traffic down. Todd in fact, in a very unscientific test, we set our Cruise Control at 70 along i35 and traffic constantly passed us. But not everybody is convinc...

Iowa. The first in story county. One teen was killed, another injured after the car they were in lost control and crashed just west of maxwell. The driver, 17yearold rylee mohler, died in the crash. 16yearold William Spencer was taken to a des moines hospital. His condition is not known. Laura in webster county, a 13yearold was killed and 5 others injured, when the vehicle they were in lost control and rolled into a field. It happed about 3 miles east of fort dodge on saturday. 13yearold duane touney was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. The 5 others injured range in age from 5yea...

Mostly covered with snow and ice. Wind chill is a factor this morning right around zero. Snow sticking around to the morning. Thankfully, temperatures rise. By early afternoon, the snow starts to move out. Bigtime warm up just around the corner, i will tell you win coming up. Alyx an electionyear battle brewing on the future of the Supreme Court. With the death of Justice Scalia setting off a debate about who should nominate the replacement. President obama says he will nominate Justice Scalias successor in due time but it will likely be an uphill battle. After his sudden death, president obam...

Right now, the body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is being flown to virginia. Officials say an autopsy was not performed. They did confirm he died of natural causes. Scalias sudden death is sending shockwaves through the nations cip the nations capital. The white house tonight saying president obama will not name a Supreme Court nominee this week. Early sunday morning, the body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia arrived at an el paso funeral home, the flag out front is lowered to halfstaff. President obama paid tribute to the longestserving member of the court. Pres. Obama he wi...

Iowa had between three and five inches good evening and thanks for joining us, im dave price the snow made for a slick day of driving. But meltings on the way well first head to meteorologist Amber Alexander for a look at the forecast. After a series of weather related crashes around 1 this interstate 80 shut down a ten mile stretch near west branch. The iowa state patrol said 30 vehicles were involved in the pileup and there were several injuries. Including some serious. Weve yet to hear further a Grand Junction man was seriously injured this afternoon while snowmobiling west of boone along u...