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"Over the last year there's been an increase of contact when it's meth related," says Corporal Claude Howard.

Two recent arrest in Eastern Iowa seem to back that claim. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:14:14 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10073.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10072.shtml?wap=0
Watching the prices climb at the pump right now can make you feel kind of helpless. No matter the price, you still have to fill up to get where you need to go. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:04:26 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10072.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10071.shtml?wap=0
"I'm very job hungry right now," said the Economics major.

He’s one of more than 1,000 students armed with resumes who showed up to U of I’s annual spring job fair. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:41:27 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10071.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10070.shtml?wap=0
During his speech the mayor announced that the city had struck a 10 year, 3.8 million dollar, deal with U. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:52 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10070.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10069.shtml?wap=0     Police got the call about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday that someone had heard shots fired at a home at 600 Q Av. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:25:02 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10069.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10068.shtml?wap=0    Early this morning Iowa County Sheriff's deputies along with the Johnson County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force and others executed a search warrant at 305 Pacific St. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:51:14 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10068.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10067.shtml?wap=0    The university sent a text message and employed automated phone calls shortly after 10:15 a. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:34:47 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10067.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10066.shtml?wap=0    Attorneys for the man, now 50 and living in Georgia, said Wednesday he was sexually abused in 1977 and 1978 when he was a teenager by scoutmaster John "Tim" Bawden, who is deceased. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:44 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10066.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10065.shtml?wap=0    President Ben Allen and Provost Gloria Gibson planned to meet Wednesday evening with parents of children attending Malcolm Price Laboratory School, which is highly regarded but has faced budget problems in recent years. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:21:59 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10065.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10064.shtml?wap=0    25-year-old Sylvester Campbell was taken into custody on Monday and charged with felony escape. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:45 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10064.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10063.shtml?wap=0    A smoke alarm went off at the house a little before 4 a.m. Wednesday, awakening the residents.
   Waterloo Fire Department Capt. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:04 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10063.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10062.shtml?wap=0    The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll published Wednesday finds 61 percent of people think evaluating teachers annually would make a major difference in improving the education children receive. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:18:22 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10062.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10061.shtml?wap=0    32 year old Jennifer Steadman was seen by staff at the Scheels store at the Coral Ridge Mall taking two jackets on February 11th, and then walking out of the store without paying for them. ...]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:08:15 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10061.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10060.shtml?wap=0 Have a great day!]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:05:55 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10060.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10059.shtml?wap=0
"We've been working hard on this. I'm glad to see it," says Chief Sam Hargadine, Iowa City Police Department. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:25:35 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10059.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10058.shtml?wap=0 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:20:44 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10058.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10057.shtml?wap=0
"Hand washing with soap and water is always the best way to prevent the spread of those germs," says Stephanie Neff.

Neff is with the Linn County Health Department and since December several Iowa counties including Linn has seen outbreaks. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:29:42 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10057.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10056.shtml?wap=0 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:18:54 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10056.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10055.shtml?wap=0 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:54:50 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10055.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10054.shtml?wap=0    "The water level rose from 6 inches to up to the window sills; 18 inches up," said Paul Sabotta who was in the building the day it flooded back in 2008. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:40:32 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10054.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10053.shtml?wap=0    Heather Tuttle filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Des Moines seeking damages for pain and suffering. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:15:24 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10053.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10052.shtml?wap=0    Fifty-one-year-old Glen Jackson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 57-year-old Sandra Jo Nash in January 2011. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:14:09 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10052.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10051.shtml?wap=0    28 year old Jason Aaron Morris was arrested at his home Tuesday without incident by Cedar Rapids Police.
    Morris is accused of stabbing 32-year old Stephen Allen last September. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:10:09 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10051.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10050.shtml?wap=0    A false alarm, as it turns out. A hazardous materials team called to Herriott Hall on Tuesday determined the powder was cornstarch. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:58:38 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10050.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10049.shtml?wap=0    Key lawmakers of both parties say the agreement calls for spending $7.5 million extra on prisons. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:11:41 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10049.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10048.shtml?wap=0 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:44:52 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10048.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10047.shtml?wap=0    Forty-four scientists from 28 colleges and universities in Iowa are urging state officials to develop policy and take action to address the causes and effects of climate change in Iowa. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:23:26 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10047.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10046.shtml?wap=0 Have a great day!]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:14:03 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10046.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10045.shtml?wap=0    The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says Superintendent Jean Peterson says 30 students were sent home last Thursday and another 20 on Friday. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:08:29 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10045.shtml?wap=0 http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10044.shtml?wap=0    The latest Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register says 50 percent favored a ban on red-light cameras, compared with 46 percent who oppose a ban And 51 percent of those polled favored a ban on traffic-enforcement cameras that take pictures of speeders, compared with 47 percent who oppose a ban on the cameras. ...]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:07:07 CDT http://www.kfxa.tv//shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_10044.shtml?wap=0