Friday, March 3, 2017
CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – The scoring system for large animal facilities known as the ‘Master Matrix’ was set in place 15 years ago and now several counties are looking to update it, according to KIMT-TV. The Group Iowa Citizens for community improvement as well as area county leaders and the public came together in Charles City to discuss the Master Matrix. Many say there needs to be more local control. JACKSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has found the truck two escaped inmates stole during their getaway Tuesday. KCRG-TV reports the truck was found in Clinton. Both 20-year-old Brian Willey and 19-year-old Andrew Combs were wearing orange shorts when they escaped from the Jackson County Jail. Deputies found a pair of orange shorts under the passenger side front seating area. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man faces charges after police found him passed out behind the wheel with his two children in the car. KCCI-TV reports an officer found a Chevrolet Impala that had struck the back door of a business. 26-year-old Corey Dixson was passed out behind the wheel, with his two infant children in the rear seat. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A bill that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks advanced Thursday in the Iowa Senate, while three other anti-abortion bills failed because of a lack of support. The Des Moines Register reports a “personhood” bill, which declares that life begins at conception didn’t have enough votes to pass through the Senate Judiciary Committee. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Rumors of immigration raids are circulating throughout the Latino community in Des Moines, according to WHO-TV. One after school program is alerting members of the Latino community about alleged ICE raids. The group is called Al Exito! They’re an after school program that focuses on setting minority students up for success in college and beyond. They say part of that education is what’s going on in the community. ZWINGLE, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Senate has declared December 10, 2017 as “Tim O’Connell Day,” in honor of the cowboy from the northeastern Iowa town of Zwingle who is the world’s number one bareback rider. KWWL-TV reports O’Connell got his start as a kid riding sheep at Three Hills Rodeo, just outside of Bernard. O’Connell is taking his fame in stride. He says “I’m very proud and honored to be from Iowa, and I just try my best to represent this state the best I can.”