091819 404 Governor Kim Reynolds says she’ll take President Trump “at his word” after he verbally agreed to a fix for his decision to exempt 31 refineries from blending ethanol into gasoline. But Reynolds says she hasn’t talked to Trump since their meeting in Washington DC last week. She was asked if the president would announce an agreement in Iowa. I offered Iowa if the agreement that we verbally agreed to, I said we would be more than happy to host you in the state for that, but again we want

091819 noon The U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday issued a no-wake advisory for boaters on the Missouri River from mile marker 750 (at Sioux City) through mile marker 498 (at Rulo, Nebraska). The advisory is intended to protect river infrastructure amid ongoing high river levels. The Missouri River is rising and is expected to crest later this week in western Iowa. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working on repairing some levee breaches and protecting some recent

091719 504 Corn growers and ethanol producers may get some good news soon, according to Iowa’s senior senator. Republican Chuck Grassley says President Donald Trump was surprised that his decision to exempt 31 refineries from their ethanol obligations generated a lot of opposition. Grassley and others met at the White House last week and presented a plan to correct the problem: waived gallons from small refineries need to be re-assigned to someone else. Grassley says the White House had its own

091719 404 Corn growers and ethanol producers may get some good news soon, according to Iowa’s senior senator. Republican Chuck Grassley says President Donald Trump was surprised that his decision to exempt 31 refineries from their ethanol obligations generated a lot of opposition. Grassley and others met at the White House last week and presented a plan to correct the problem: waived gallons from small refineries need to be re-assigned to someone else. Grassley says the White House had its own

091719 noon The amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is approaching the record set during the historic 2011 flood, and another round of flooding is expected this week after unusually heavy rains upstream. Heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska last week — triggering flood warnings. The forecast for how much water will flow down the Missouri River has, in turn, jumped to 58 million acre-feet. That

091619 504 Officials in one southwest Iowa county are advising people to consider evacuating. The Missouri River’s levels are rising, triggered by recent heavy rainfall in northerly states and dam releases upstream. Sheri Bowen (BOE-win) with Mills County says water is beginning to come back in through a levee breach in the southwest part of the county and is migrating north. That standing water is only going to deepen. It’s not moving with any significant force right now. But it is moving and

091619 404a A second Siouxland area ethanol plant is shutting down. The first was Plymouth Energy in Merrill, and now Sioux Center-based Siouxland Energy, a farmer-owned cooperative, has also stopped operations. The closures at both Iowa ethanol plants are temporary. A written statement blames the Trump Administration’s waivers so ethanol doesn’t have to be blended in gasoline produced at what the board said were “many large oil refineries.” Governor Kim Reynolds says President Trump will

More flooding is likely along the Missouri River after heavy rains and flooding upstream in South Dakota. The National Weather Service says some moderate flooding is likely this week along the river between Sioux City, Iowa, and Rulo, Nebraska. Some parts of South Dakota received as much as 7 inches of rain over two days. The Missouri River is expected to crest later this week after rising significantly. Officials in Dakota Dunes are telling residents to relocate as soon as possible. They are

091319 532 Heavy rain has caused Flooding in southeastern South Dakota and closed schools for a second day today. There were also some who had to evacuate their homes. Mitchell, Dell Rapids, and Madison received more than 7 inches of rain over two days The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will briefly reduce water releases from Gavins Point Dam this weekend, then increase them later next week. The goal is to evacuate record-setting rainfall that has fallen this month across much of the upper

091319 504 Congressman Steve King has announced that he will host a town hall meeting in Sac County next Saturday, September 21st.. The town hall is open to the public and to the media. The Sac County town hall will be held in Wall Lake, Iowa at the Wall Lake Shelter House located at Fourth and Stuart Streets. The town hall will run from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. This will mark the 39th of the 39 town halls King has held in Iowa's Fourth District this year, beginning in January. Flooding from the