I’m at the Iowans Rally for LGBTQ Rights this afternoon, where people are rallying against anti-LGBTQ legislation moving through the statehouse. I’m not going to put an estimate on how many people are here but it’s massive.
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#ialegis
This morning a hero passed away. Dan Marburger died this morning after putting his life on the line for his students at Perry. My heart is with the family and community this morning.
Thanks to
@RonDeSantis
for swinging by the station this morning for an interview as he’s out on the campaign trail in Iowa. Only 28 days away from caucus day! Watch the interview on the 4pm show today
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Sec. of Agriculture
@MikeNaigIA
introduced
@NikkiHaley
at her town hall event in Waukee at Manning Ag. Biggest crowd I’ve seen at a Haley event, coming off the 4th GOP debate on Wednesday.
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Ignore my several standup attempts or "Material Girl" playing in the background.
The sole purpose of this tweet is for
@Rushthewriter
walking in the background with his fur coat. Respect. That is all.
Today was my last day at
@newspressnow
words cannot describe how grateful I am for this company to trust me to jump into an anchor role right away. Im very blessed. For my next stop: I’m heading back to Des Moines to be a capitol bureau reporter for
@WHO13news
I’m ready to roll!
“I won the race for the governor, so, but I like the governor,” Trumps says when I asked about him not participating in a fair side chat with
@IAGovernor
. He says since she hasn’t endorsed him, he didn’t accept the invite.
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Oopsie! Forgot to get dressed for the Christmas morning show. Thanks to
@ZachFisherNews
& his professionalism, he put up with my silly self this morning!
.
@danwinters
was reading the news when I was in 4th grade at Waukee. To come full circle & learn under the legend for 8 months has been a true blessing. Congrats Dan! Couldn’t be more excited for your next adventure! (I’m still going to text you to fix my scripts if that’s okay)
Today I interviewed two people you may recognize: Chad and JT with
@goingdeepchadjt
. They give passionate speeches at city council meetings. The duo was at the Iowa State Fair today discussing the right to "bare" arms and attempted to convince
@machinegunkelly
to change his name.
Beautiful day in Northern Iowa to celebrate the life of my Grandma Fisher. Such a beautiful, sweet soul who is finally at peace. Thankful for the opportunity to catch up with family that I hadn’t seen in years.
Psalm 23: “And I will dwell in the house of the lord forever.”
The new look for the
@WHO13news
Today in Iowa weekend crew. Happy to announce that I’m at the desk with the great
@proughwx
. Thankful and blessed for the opportunity and excited for the future. I’ll still be at the statehouse covering politics during the week. Hope you tune in!
An exchange between Lewis' attorney and Buchanan in cross examination, arguing that Pieper was different at 15 than she is now and the adults who abused her should be the ones burdened with her attitude at the time of her arrest, since they created that environment.
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A social case manager with the Iowa Dept. of Human Services is being questioned.
She testified that Pieper "was being used for money or drugs by adults and being given to adult men."
She estimated that this was going on 3 to 4 months before the offense.
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#PieperLewis
I’m at the statehouse at the “Our Kids Are Not For Sale” rally where parents and workers are protesting two bills aimed at rolling back child labor laws in the state. More at 4 5 and 6 on
@WHO13news
#ialegis
We are live for the
@WHO13news
at 6pm, anchoring tonight with a new face for me but a familiar one for those across the metro.
@dsmwx
is back on air this evening and he’s talking when we could see relief from these high temps🔥 and potential chances for rain fall🌧 tune in!
The GoFundMe for Pieper Lewis is almost at $200k. Started by a former teacher. The goal is to pay the $150k restitution & fund university or starting her own business. I’m chatting with the GoFundMe organizer this afternoon. Watch the interview tonight on
@WHO13news
#PieperLewis
I’m inside the subcommittee for the governor’s Ed bill. Outside, a crowd has been chanting for the last 50 or so min for a sub in the next room on HF 2082. The bill would remove protections for trans individuals in the state’s civil rights
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Got a little left in the News at Noon with
@AmberAwx
we are talking cooler temps and some winter precipitation on the way Tuesday morning. Tune in!
@WHO13news
Good Saturday Morning on Today in Iowa!
@proughwx
is looking at foggy conditions to start this morning and
@maxcottontv
has a preview of local Chinese New Year celebrations. We are live now until 10 a.m., hope to see you there!
@WHO13news
#MorningMen
We may have lost by a run the annual
@WHO13news
vs
@KCCINews
softball game at Zearing Days 2022, but we had a great time! Plus I hit a dinger😎⚾️ we are bringing that trophy back next year!
From the anchor desk to the field, I’m live with
@RouseLeeA
at the statehouse to preview the 90th General Assembly starting on Monday. Tune in at 6!
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Meet Leland Schipper, Pieper's former 9th grade algebra teacher. Leland started the GoFundMe in Dec. of 2021 to help her pay legal fees. Now the amount approaches almost $300k for Pieper. Leland described to me what she was like as a student:
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#PieperLewis
BREAKING:
@IAGovernor
’s school choice bill passes the Iowa Senate and is on the way to her desk for her signature. Here is the votes from just a second ago, final tally was 31-18 with one excused.
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🏈 is back and the Vikings-Packers play this Sunday. Nick and I have 2 things in common: We love football and we hate each other’s team.
Dad had to break up fist fights during games as kids. I’ve cried in the Metrodome losing at half to Favre.
What will happen this Sunday?
Just wrapped up the first live shot at 4pm on
@WHO13news
with the talented
@RouseLeeA
tune in at 5 and 6 to hear how gun violence in the Court Ave. Entertainment District from this summer compares to last.
Happy Father’s Day to the GOAT.
@ChrisTheFish123
keeps teaching me how to roll with the punches in life and keep moving forward! Blessed to have such a great father figure in my life
Does NFL Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend Mike Singletary (
@MSing50official
) believe Justin Fields is the QB of the future for CHI? Did he like the trade down from no. 1 with the Panthers? Who does he want da Bears to pick at 9? He answers:
@WHO13news
#NFLDraft2023
#Bears
Nothin’ better than ringing in Independence Day by exercising our First Amendment right, a lil’ freedom of the press.
@WHO13news
we are live now! Tune in.
First time taking Beau to Gray’s Lake Park. Little man just wants to say hi to everyone and have them pet him. 🐶 might need to get him some shades. He was ready for liveshots to talk about the rising temps
@EdWilsonWX13HD
Congrats
@samifisher_
on finishing up your undergrad at K-State. Only the best Wildcats go on to be Jayhawks. Go kill ‘em in grad school at LFK
#rockchalk
Filling in today on Today in Iowa on
@WHO13news
with
@JodiLongWHO13
and
@JeriannWX
having fun talking 50 degree weather going into the Christmas holiday!🤯 Tune in!
I’m down following
@IAGovernor
as she looks at the damage from the tornado in Winterset last night. Follow along on this thread and I’ll share some photos of what it is looking like. A HUGE amount of people out here helping today.
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Judge David Porter's sentencing:
-Sentence deferred, meaning no jail time
-Probation for 5 years
-Women's facility & GPS tracking for term
-He fears she might return to the lifestyle she left, uses that as his reasoning
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#PieperLewis
Every child growing up playing basketball dreams about playing in the NCAA Tournament. I caught up with all four Kansas Freshmen after their dominating win yesterday to find out what this goal meant to them.
@SJNPSports
#KUbball
#MarchMadness
17 y/o Pieper Lewis will be sentenced today. She pled guilty & charged with killing Zachary Brooks in 2020. The court docs say Brooks allegedly raped her multiple times. The court is recessed until 1:30. I am here and will have more updates to come
@WHO13news
#PieperLewis
That’s a wrap for this weekend for Today in Iowa.
@proughwx
and I are off next weekend for the British Open on
@WHO13news
but we will be back in the last weekend of July. We will see you then friends!
My favorite player for the past 5 seasons is gone 😢
@stefondiggs
Thank you for giving me one of the greatest memories I’ll ever have. The Minneapolis Miracle game will never be able to be topped. All the best.
#CanUDiggMeOutOfMySadness
Week 13 of the NFL is My Cause My Cleats campaign week, with players repping cleats for an organization.
@CounttheKicksUS
is being represented today by athletes for the first time. To talk about the campaign, Iowa Hawkeyes punter
@torytaylor09
joined us this morning on
@WHO13news
Hoxhalli continued, saying Pieper did not want to go to Mr. Brooks' residence one particular night, and telling Mr. Brown she didn't.
"She told Mr. Brown he didn't want to go, Mr. Brown took the knife and held it to her neck."
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#PieperLewis
Celebrating this Victory Monday reminiscing through old photos and videos of when my Dad and I went to the Minneapolis Miracle game 2 years ago. This video taken right after
@stefondiggs
called game. Close to my face yesterday for the OT win against the Saints.
@Vikings
#skol
It’s easy to entice
@TrentReicks
and I to do to a liveshot in 100°F weather when ice cream is involved. DMPD is having a National Night Out event at Snookie’s Malt Shop, with 50 cent cones! Hear how people are beating the heat today at 5 and 6 pm on
@WHO13news
XAVIER THE SAVIOR--- Here is my Kansas State postgame analysis as we hear from Head Coach Bruce Weber, Barry Brown and Kam Stokes. Check it out--->
#Big12MBB
@SJNPSports
Check out my story on local opinions to State Senate Bill 147, and what it means helmet safety if it gets signed into law. It is playing again at 6! Watch here:
@newspressnow
So proud of the the Big Man! He’s being dreaming about playing D1 since he was little. Dream reached but far from over. Love watching my brother compete and I’m blessed to see him use his last year of eligibility at the University of Colorado! BUFF UP BABY.
#FeedTheBigBoy
Unofficial election results for State Auditor from Des Moines County recount:
Todd Halbur (R): 6,728
Rob Sand (D): 6,455
Halbur gains 273 votes.
Sand leads in the unofficial reporting by 2,169. Sand still holds the lead, would be only state office held by a democrat.
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The Wildcats hold on, 70 to 61. They take on the Cyclones tomorrrow. Basehor Alumni
@PhrattyPatty
gets in at the end to close the game out. Analysis video coming soon.
#Big12MBB
The prosecutors have 2 more people that will testify today. The judge just said the original plan was to announce the sentencing today, but he doesn’t think that time will allow for it. The next court date for Pieper Lewis is Sept. 13 at 9 a.m.
@WHO13news
#pieperlewis
Filling in on the
@WHO13news
News at Noon today with
@AmberAwx
talking lots of sunshine and rising temperatures heading into the weekend. It’s FriYAY folks, tune in!
Live here in a couple minutes on
@WHO13news
from a Polk County testing site that was started due to the omicron variant case surge. Huge lines this morning.
@RouseLeeA
on the camera so you know it’s going to look great! See you there!
I was lucky enough to be at KU’s last Final Four appearance in 2018 in San Antonio. The flow is gone (thankfully). Villanova and Jay Wright stand in the way of the Jayhawks once again. Let’s hope it goes differently this time around.
#kubball
#rcjh
#FinalFour
#MarchMadness
Dream team coverage at the Iowa Statehouse with
@idaveprice
@RouseLeeA
and no Twitter Jake. Dave is covering the House today and I’m in the Senate, we walk you through the first day of session for the 90th General Assembly at 5 and 6pm on
@WHO13news
Filling in for
@JustinSurrency
this morning as he is down in the land of Jayhawks.
@WXMegs
is looking at rain chances for the day, tune in for one more half hour on
@WHO13news
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"I often ask myself why I hurt. The answer is clear. Hurt people, hurt people." Pieper Lewis says in part two of her statement:
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#PieperLewis
Pass us the baton on the weekends
@proughwx
and I got it from here on Today in Iowa! Gabe has a sunny start mapped out with some scattered showers possible this evening in the metro. Plus
@maxcottontv
is live at the blue oval for the final day of Drake Relays. Tune in!
@WHO13news
.
@ejohnsonNEWS
is a Farm Boy and he thinks I’m a City Boy. I think that coming from Basehor, KS (outskirts of KC) makes me a hybrid. I need Twitter to decide for me. What’s the verdict?
I’m at the Horizon Event Center for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Spring kick off Speaker’s today include fmr VP Mike Pence, fmr Ark Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Senator Tim Scott, fmr Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, fmr President Donald Trump (virtually), and more
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"Our kids are not for sale" chanted protestors today.
Union workers delivered letters to
@PatGrassley
and Senate President Amy Sinclair with their demands. Workers and parents frustrated with child labor law changes that are advancing in both chambers
@WHO13news
#ialegis