in october, franz fulfilled that dream... 'i never imagined in a million years that id be so fortunate, i thank god for the opportunity.'but over a year later the d-n-r accused him of hunting over bait 'any time bait is in the vicinity and obviously being used to attract wildlife to the area being hunting.'franz says the mineral licks were from the areas previous owners and made sure they wernt an issue by calling the d-n-r well before the hunt and filming the process... 'i contacted the dnr officer a week before hunting season and he instructed me to cover up the sites, which i did and i thought everything "the dnr shouldn't be trying to make it more difficult to thin the deer herd than it needs to be"republican state senator mark chelgren hopes to pass new bills to put an end to what he believes are vague baiting laws... "across the state it's been handled differently based on the interpretation of different officers and that doesn't do for legislators what we need done..."the dnr says they are willing to change "we want to

in october, franz fulfilled that dream... 'i never imagined in a million years that id be so fortunate, i thank god for the opportunity.'but over a year later the d-n-r accused him of hunting over bait 'any time bait is in the vicinity and obviously being used to attract wildlife to the area being hunting.'franz areas previous owners and made sure they wernt an issue by calling the filming the process... 'i contacted the dnr officer a he instructed me to cover up the everything was good.' "the dnr shouldn't be trying to make it more difficult to thin the deer herd than it needs to be"republican state senator mark chelgren hopes to pass new bills to put an end to what he believes are vague baiting laws... "across the state it's been handled differently based on the interpretation of different what we need done..."the dnr says they are willing to change "we want to be able to work with both legislators and hunters to come up with something people can understand in the field..."and it's what franz wanted to see, but now, despite

joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own property back in november... the d-n-r said he used bait to lure his prize buck.... but franz claimed the mineral licks were from the land's previous owners, and he notified the dnr of it before hunting. friday, a judge decided to clear him of hunting over bait charges. that's the first time someone this type of case against the dnr. now republican lawmakers are looking at ways to avoid another situation like this, by making baiting laws less general. waukee students will soon start their day a little differently... last night the school board decided to require all high school students to begin their day with the pledge of allegiance. the issue was brought up by a parent who questioned why the requirement only applied to students through tenth grade. last night's decision came with no formal plans for how the school will implement it. american flags already fly in every potholes are the cause of headaches for many drivers... but luckily, it is officially the metro... josh nguyen joins us now live to tell us how

jack: joseph franz from clive was found not guilty. he was charged by the department of natural resources with the use of bait hunting and taking deer in marion county in october 2014. the court found that even though franz was hunting within 57 yards of land that had materials that attract deer, he didn't place the bait for deer hunting. the court also pointed out that franz may have hunted on the land because of this advantage, but being on that particular piece of land is not illegal. stephanie: an iowa democrat running for for u-s senate is shedding light on orascom's iowa fertilizer plant project in lee county. bob krause at today says thousands of workers don't know if they'll be working onthe plant project next month, and krause says that's a problem. "the thing is coming to a head because one of the large contractors has stated if they dont get paid a hundred million dollars, by march 1st, they're off the site, theyre shutting down. and they are a key contractor that the other subcontractors cannot do their work without. " step

joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own back in november... the d-n-r said he used bait to lure his prize buck.... but franz claimed the mineral licks were from the land's previous owners, and he notified the dnr of it before hunting. friday, a judge decided to clear him of hunting over bait charges. that's the first time someone has won this type of case against the dnr. now republican lawmakers are looking at ways to avoid another situation like this, by making baiting laws less general. potholes are the cause of headaches for many drivers... but luckily, it is officially the metro... josh nguyen joins us now live to tell us how construction workers aren't the only ones who can help make our ride to work smoother. waukee students will soon start their day a little differently... last night the school board decided to require all high school students to begin their day with the pledge of allegiance. the issue was brought up by a parent who questioned why the students through tenth grade. last night's decision came with no formal plans for how

but franz claimed the mineral licks were from the land's previous owners... and he notified the d-n-r of it before hunting. friday, a judge decided to clear him of hunting over bait charges. that's the first time someone has won this type of case against the d-n-r. now republican lawmakers are looking at ways to avoid another situation like this, by making baiting laws less general. today state senators are fighting to prove there's no going back on an expensive mistake. in 2014, the iowa workforce development mistakenly paid nearly three quarters of a million dollars in unemployment checks. it was apparently due to a problem that occurred when the reporting system crashed. now some want the people who benefited from that mistake to keep their money... 'you cant get blood out of a they dont have any resources, youre gonna have to go through procedures of garnishing wages and all that and it was really workforce developments fault. iowans came forward and pointed it out and said i want to return the check and they said no.' state senator bill dotzler will pres

the generals came out strong, andrew franz poured in a game-high 26. and when nicholas george knocked down a three late first half, washington & lee led by seven. senior zach desgain helped bring the wildcats back, he the 'cats got within three at the half, josh freund chipped in 14. and randolph rallies to win 71-65. the wildcats advance to play roanoke friday at 8 in the quarterfinals in salem. 3 also in the odac tournament, hampden-sydney got 14 from mike murray, 10 from mitch owens in a win over bridgewater. and emory & henry had seven in double figures in a rout of shenandoah. big south women regular season action, jaymee fisher-davis scored 17 to help lead liberty past high point 73-68. and janayla white scored 16 as radford rolled over winthrop. 3 dennis high school regionals, number one in our full court press girls poll brookville hosted number 4 lord botetourt in the region 3a west quarterfinals. bees up by 6 at the half, they come out firing. the feed to kiela marshall, they layup and the foul! next series, megan dray's three finds nothing b

the generals came out strong, andrew franz poured in a game-high 26. and when nicholas george knocked down a three late first half, washington & lee led by seven. senior zach desgain helped bring the wildcats back, he led randolph with 22. 3 high school regionals, brookville led lord botetourt by 6 at the half and the bees pad the margin the second half. kiala marshall scores, then megan drey buried a three. brookville wins 56-39. 3 boys region 3a west at heritage, the pioneers faced the warriors of western albemarle. tight game the entire way, caleb snead drives in for two of his 16 for heritage. later, the pioneers force the turnover on the inbounds pass, elijah davis feeds cj rosser for two of his 16. but the warriors came back the final two minutes and steal the win. chris mcgahren drained a go-ahead 3. western albemarle wins 56-53, more scores at wset.com. 3 in charlottesville, defending national champ virginia played its home opener against the vmi keydets. the cavaliers broke this one wide open in the third inning, bustin' loose for 11 runs. pav

is interesting, pope franz said that the two of them when they met, they spoke as brothers, he said. >> michael: there was obviously, janine and victor, a lotot of newtual respect and i think even affection between the two of them. there was certainly humility i thought on the part of pope francis when he referreto the patriarch, and there is obviously a spirit of reconciliation here which is why this is a historic moment. >> v vtor: overat all sounds like the meeting went well. that's kind of the impression we'r'r getting here. some monumental words though from pope francis. we were all a little taken aback when he said if itt continues this way, cuba will be the capital of unity. >> michael: well, it was effusive praise, i think we could say, of cuba he thanked, quote, the great cuban people and their president. there isresident raul castro standing to the right there of the patriarch kirill. it certainly was high praise for cuba, and cuba does get a lot of prestige simply by hosting this meeting for two to three hoursrs and then the pope is going to fly on to mexico. >> janine: we

out across route 2, some franz, some icy concerns into central massachusetts and mass pike, you have to head into almost the worcester area to really start seeing that icy come into play. i will show you when everyone is above freeze is above freezing next. >>> his family did not want, long list of health problems. many conditions doctors say contributed to his sudden death contributed to his sudden >>> but first, chilling new surveillance video of a driver accused of shooting and killing where he wa >>> :14. meteorologist shiri spear here you place pike. toward worcester we start to see rain and that's where we see freezing rain over to leominster. all know kind of patchy right now, that threat right into southern new hampshire. >>> well, breaking this morning. a plane with 23 people has crashed in nepal. the small plane was supposed to be in the air for 19 minutes but contact was lost 8 minutes after takeoff, officials say the weather was clear when the plane disappeared. they are investigating what caused that plane to go down. >>> new details this morning about the uber driver wh

joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own property back in november... the d-n-r prize buck.... but franz claimed the mineral licks were from the land's previous owners, and he notified the dnr of it before hunting. friday, a judge decided to clear him >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here is willie geist. >> good morning. in just a moment president obama will make a statement from the roosevelt room at the white house. we expect him to put forth a plan for closing the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. this is something the president has vowed to do since he first ran for the job as a united states senator. we have already heard clear opposition from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and it will stir up debate on the campaign trail. let's bring in jim mik la she have skier in there were as many that number down to 91. under the president's new plan as many as 35 could be released to other country and it could cost the u.s. $460 million to build detention facilities for 30 to 60 of those detainees who would be brought to the u.s. and i