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

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 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

joe franz was charged with four counts of using bait to lure the deer the judge acquitted franz of the charges today saying a salt lick placed on the property by a previous owner did not draw in the deer. clive library... and that's a good sign. 'the library is undergoing a series of renovations to the existing space including new carpet and also some new lighting thats being put in but more extensively the re- organization of the shelving in the library and some of the spaces.' to get all of the work done.. the library will remain closed until march first. you can however still drop off any books you've checked out... and the late fees are being waived until the library reopens. in fort dodge... the closures are for a much different reason... the des moines river rose quickly overnight because of an ice jam. the water spilled into backyards and caused some minor flood damage to nearby homes. several roads remain closed because of the flooding. it will be quiet and cooler this week. this evening will remain cloudy with temperatures dropping to the low 30s. a cold front will move throug

the department of natural resources claimed franz used bait to lure it to him. that's illegal during hunting season in iowa. the charge was dropped after a judge ruled it was not influenced by the bait. the buck is believed to be the biggest whitetail ever harvested on video. a cedar falls teacher is accused of stealing student douglas wilkinson is charged with unlawful possession of prescription drugs and filing a false police report. police say the drugs were stolen from a locked cabinet at the junior high taught english. to improve iowa's academic standards... on wednesday, dozens of them will meet to review literacy standards. by the governor to review all areas, including science and social studies. the meeting is open to the public and will take place at the grimes state office building. it runs from nine-30 a-m to four p-m. those wanting to grab a good book in clive will have to wait.... the city library is now closed for renovation. officials say the building, built in 2001, was starting to show wear and tear. so... instead of making small repairs over a

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

how good is brian franz. is this guy a winner? i grew up with george steinbrenner and brian franz, there is nobody like him, the job he has done, and the family is so incredible. some of the nascar folk came over here today because guess what? they are endorsing donald trump. can you believe this? can you believe this? i tell you what. if the people hat like it watch nascar, vote for donald trump, they can cancel the election, nobody can win. nobody. nobody can win. so what i want to do, i'll bring them up individually. the owner of the ole deal web's a big guy. brian franz. come on up. he's getting pretty dapper. he used to be on the beaches of daytona. brian, you want to say a few words? >> real quick. i have known donald for over 20 years. i'll tell you one thing about him. you know about his winning in business success. i have got to tell you, he wins with his family, he does. i'll tell you one thing. if you leave on one other thing. any of his children you would be proud to have him in your family that's how i choose a winner

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

you're a pianist today, you may have a teacher who had a teacher who had a teacher who studied with franz liszt, and there's received knowledge that is passed down from generation to generation. in the performance of early music, there were centuries in between what people performed back then and what they're trying to do today. (herreid) manuscripts from before the 16th century do not indicate the instrumentation. a piece might have four parts, with no words, maybe meant for instruments but it won't say. the composers either didn't care what instruments it was played on, or it was so obvious to the people at the time that it would be appropriate for recorders, say, or for viols, or for a lute ensemble, that this information just doesn't come to us. one of the most important sources of information is iconographical sources, meaning paintings, illuminations, and manuscripts, sculptures from the time, which show actual musicians from the middle ages and renaissance playing music. and by looking at these, we can gain a lot of information about how instruments were being held, what the instru

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

. >> i didn't love holding the pom franz there. i don't think tom did. >> today we turned in to see if a rodent can predict the end of winter. >>here is no shadow to be cast! an early spring is my forecast! >> i always feel kind of bad for him. that's the forecast from the world-famous groundhog punxsutawney phil in western pennsylvania. noaa pegs his accuracy at 45%. he never looks like he's having a good time there. >> i'm always confused what it means if he sees his shadow or doesn't see his shadow. in the movie, groundhog day our reporter shaun chaiyabhat stars in that film. >> yeah. just a little bit of trivia there. >> a guest star, the little boy who falls out of the tree. >> it's a big moment. >> it is a big moment. chief meteorologist tom sorrells is predicting an early spring. >> has there been a winter? >> i know. right. >> up rth, it certainly has. and that was it. it took forever for the snow to start to fall. i'll start out the story tonight with this beautiful storm pin. isn't that nice? she said you can't see the la

we've got pom franz and all sort of stuff going on. good time. if you want to head to a party before the super bowl party, universal is inviting you to enjoy a taste of the big easy. the resort's annual mardi gras festival kicks off tomorrow with bands from new orleans and a parade and at closing, a concert by singer hunter hayes. this is video from last year's celebration. it's going by really fast. mardi gras will run select nights through april 16th and included with park admission. the real mardi gras cams next tuesday, february 9th. gras. >> it does. i was at ikea today and they were building couches around all the tvs, hoping people will actually come out for the super bowl. >> i bet they will. >> they'll have a nice place to watch it there. >> i like ikea a lot. there are big events all over central florida this weekend. is pinpointing the weather for everything from orlando's chili cook-off to the mount dora arts festival. >> we're here at festival park in orlando, getting ready for the big chilly cook-off. right now, though, no chili. ev

. >> we all had to hold the pom franz. it was like what do you want us to do with these? >> go back to your cheerleading days. >> way back. >> let's start out the big weather story tonight. we've got changes afoot. cloud cover is on the horizon. this is a beautiful shot from my man richard. isn't that beautiful? >> that looks like a water painting, a water color. it's beautiful. >> what about this one from grand island? >> i like that one a lot. >> >> download storm pins right now in your app store. we'd like to see what you're seeing in central florida. temperatures for today, we rock it all the way up to 84 degrees. 84. we missed the record by 2. the record of the day is 86. normals would be 72 and 51 for the highs and lows. we obviously crushed that today by 12 degrees. right now, 75 degrees in orlando. 74 in melbourne. villages. 75 in leesburg. 72 out at the cape. the radar, okay, we got it wide open, not picking up any radar echoes just yet. >> tomorrow, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being awesome, 6. it's going to be kind of tropical feeling in the morning. we do j

mens odac 1st round game randolph hosting washington and lee.1-w&l.....clayton murtha to andrew franz.....24-20 generals2- randolph.....zach dezgain...the spin and score.....26-22 generals 3-w&l.....andy klein-len to nicholas george...3 pointer......29-22 generals4- randolph.....desgain scores.......29-24 generals.5- randolph.....josh freend backs in and scores......29-26 generals at the half. the wildcats come back to beat w&l 71-65........randolph plays roanoke friday in the odac quarterfinals at the salem civic center. coming up we travel around the area to bring you highlights from five different gyms...its survive and advance or lose action with teams all over the area looking to extend their seasons for at least one more game... the knights getting ready to take on the devils in the 3a west quarterfinals....1. cave spring feeling it from long range early...jake furrow drains this one from the baseline ... 9-0 knights2. rustberg answering ....mike jones...who? knocks down this triple...the first five field goals in this one were treys... cutting the deficit down to just three3. c

clayton murtha finds a cutting andrew franz for 2 of his game high 22...2. this is a nice move... eli sumpter with the no look pass to joey miller who knocks down the 3 to even things up in the first half...3. it's senior night... gotta get the ball in the hands of seth bradley... he goes with the pretty baby hook...4. neither team could get seperation in this one... andy kleinlein blows by the defense and finishes with the left...this game would go down to the wire with roanoke college prevailing 93-92... the maroons now 18-4 on the season... hidden valley hosting patrick county in a game that was moved by weather...1. the titans led from the get-go... marc arner tickles the twine from the corner for 3... 22-6 valley...2. the cougars did find some success in getting behind the defense... kody dillard to seth scott for the lay-in for patrick county...3. but the titans would keep it the baseline "j"...4. then it's jonah fitzgerald slicing through the lane for 2 more... hidden valley picks up the 47- 34... the titans host cave spring in a rivalry game tomorrow evening... the nba is

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

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. >> calvin: round one today for pope franz and donald trump. the pontiffaid anyone who wants to build a wall on the u.s.-mexico border is not a yearnings that republican frontrununr who promised to do exactly that if he becomes president wasted no time firing back. our local10 news reporter glenna milberer is live in columbia, south carolina, with more on what both sides are saying. what a day, glenna. >> glenna: you know, calvin, as if this campaign trail here is not contentious enough, now donald trump is taking on the pope, and what's really interesting is a lot of his supporters are backing him. it was an answer to a reporter's question following mass with pope francis on the u.s.-mexican border where donald trump would plan a wall, bage wall, he said, if he's president. about building walls wherever they may be located and not building bridges is not a christian. >> glenna: that message made its way to quay waugh island,d,outh carolina where frump many trump refused to be trumped no matterthe statute the perceived adversary. >> and i'm a v

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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

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our coverage begins with abc's michele franze >> tornado on the ground. >> reporter: several tornadoes hitting e south tearing across mississippi, causing injuries and property damage at a community college campus. the summer-like severe weather warnings posted in several southern states. in nashville, gusty winds threaten construction sites. and on the other side of the >> it got bad quick. the roads were covered. snow was coming down pretty hard. >> reporter: whiteout cditions closing highways from colorado to the dakotas. businesses and schools closed in minnesota because of the dangerous conditions. trucks in the ditch and cars getting stuck. >> it was just obvious he wasn't familiar with driving in the deep snow and i knew it would be a little push. >> reporter: a foot of snow is expected in wisconsin, some areas getting 2 inches an hour. salt trucks in milwaukee and chicago preparing for the worst and from the roads to the skies. airline hubs from denver to chicago dealing with thousands of cancellations and delays. >> keep p our ngs crossed and hope it's not delayed too much lon