From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
The Iowa State Patrol says there were several fatalities and at least 12 injuries after a tornado hit Greenfield, southwest of Des Moines, around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. There were 21 reports of tornadoes yesterday, and the National Weather Service will survey the area today to verify how many tornadoes touched ground. In Greenfield, a citywide curfew was imposed overnight into this morning. Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to arrive to tour the city later today. State Patrol says the hospital in Greenfield was damaged and patients had to be transferred to other facilities.
Gov. Reynolds has issued a disaster declaration for 15 counties due to tornadoes, thunderstorms, and flash flooding that hit statewide yesterday.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Butler County. The city of Parkersburg put out a call for volunteers to help fill sandbags after the first round of storms Tuesday morning. Volunteers estimate they filled around 500 sandbags around the town’s wastewater treatment lift station to protect it from further flooding.
The priest accused of abusing altar boys in Dubuque in the 1980s has posted bond and is out of jail. Father Leo Riley faces five counts of sexual abuse. Prosecutors say he molested at least four altar boys while he served at Resurrection School in Dubuque from 1984 to 1986. A judge ordered Riley held on a $500,000 dollar bond. Now that Riley has posted bond, a judge has ordered him to remain in Iowa and wear an ankle monitor. He also can’t have any contact with the alleged victims.
An Iowa lawmaker is raising concerns about Chinese communist party-funded trips for Muscatine high school students and staff. Representative Taylor Collins is asking for any upcoming exchange trips to China for high school students to be canceled. He says these trips could be used as political propaganda and says cancellation is crucial to protecting the integrity of the education system. But the school district says the exchange opportunities help students connect with peers from different cultures, fostering understanding and empathy.
