new recruits... the iowa national guard is setting its sights on women... we'll tell you why other organizations are doing the same... changing skyline... its been a record breaking year for des moines construction... and

we'll show you the city's latest undertaking... school strife... the waukee school district is getting a first look at a new boundary proposal... hear from some of the parents opposed to it. it's tuesday, november 10th.

first on thirteen... where waukee students will go to school next year is now in the hands of the school board... its members have the task of finalizing a new boundary proposal... presented to them last night. and parents are wasting no time voicing their concerns... envision this for my son and his friends, they will have spent two years at maple grove school. under the proposed plan, they will move to waukee elementary next year for two

years, then on to vince meyer for another year, waukee middle school for one year, and then assuming things go as weve heard with the new elementary school build, over to south middle school for one year, then to timberline for two years and then to waukee high school for three years, thats seven schools in 12 years kendra rise says the school district is treating her son like a number... he's one of 574 students who would be affected by the new boundaries. the district redrew them to reduce overcrowding in many of its elementary schools. it's also in preparation for the opening of "grant ragan elementary school" next fall. the answers we get arent really answers. i expected to hear we understand. we really feel for your students and were trying to do whats best and we want to work with you but what i get is its gonna be a nice building that theyre moving to, be thankful that youre in waukee the board will make a final decision on the proposal next

this is the 7th time the district has adjusted its boundaries in the past 22 years. the downtown skyline may look a little different in a few years... the des moines city council has approved the building of a new 330 - room hotel. channel 13's josh nguyen is live in des moines... to tell us what else needs to be done before the shovels hit the dirt. good morning, josh! 330 rooms, total project cost of $100 million, with a mixture of public and private funding $35 million economic impact in the first year alone - $1.2 billion in the first 20 years 300,000 lost hotel nights, with more to follow, without a hotel 3 million more visitors to iowa 1,000 temporary construction jobs,

two people are behind bars in connection with a road rage incident in des moines. 25 year old maria eshom and 32 year old dewayne cole are in the polk county jail. eshom is charged with "robbery"... and cole with "intimidation with a dangerous weapon." both are charged with being a "felon in possession of a firearm." deputies say they shot at another car last month... causing it to crash into a fence at "goode's greenhouses."

polk county deputies are still looking for a suspect in a deadly shoting... it happened in the 43 hundred block of northwest 6th street on sunday morning. deputies say someone opened fire outside "evolution night club"... hitting four people. one of the victims... 20 year old dashawn smith... later died at the hospital. one of the victims... 20 year old dashwan smith... later died at the hospital. anyone with information about the case should call polk county crime stoppers. that number is "5-1-5, 2-2-3, 14-hundred." a des moines mother will spend up to 40 years in prison for her role in her daughter's death... 25 year old tionne bloodsaw sat emotionless when she agreed to a plea deal she was offered. her daughter... five year old jayda... died after ingesting morphine last year. bloodsaw admits she knew illegal drugs were being produced and dealt out of her apartment. she's eligible for parole after 18 months... something the judge says is an opportunity for her...

you're a young woman and you've accepted responsibility which is very important for me when someone does that. and you still have opportunities ahead of you. because you're not going to be in prison the rest of your life. bloodsaw had planned to testify against her former boyfriend... desaun trombone. he was sentenced to 65 years in prison as part of a plea deal he reached last month. the iowa national guard wants to recruit more women to its leadership roles... today the guard will sign onto the "epic corporate challenge." it's an initiative by the "nexus executive women's alliance"... focused on promoting women in iowa businesses. currently... 18 percent of the 22 hundred "air national guard" members are women. and they make up 15 percent of the 7 thousand "army national guard" members. officials say they'd love to see those numbers double in the next few years. the bondurant community is

supporting its deputy fire chief as he battles cancer... friends and family are planning a fundraiser for chris poulson... known as "boxy." he has stage 4 rectal cancer... and has served as a volunteer firefighter for 24 years. a spaghetti dinner will take place at the american legion on saturday... from 6 to 8 p-m. all of the money raised will help

the president is looking for some "friends"... and a 12 foot alligator decides to take a trip to the mall...

welcome back. it's time for your daily dose of knee slapping and head scratching... that's right. we're serving up exactly what you need to get you through the day. here's what's buzzing... it's never too late to join facebook... president obama debuted his very own page on the social media

site yesterday. his first post is a video showing him walking through the white house backyard. in it... he urges americans to protect the planet for future generations. the president says now is the time to join facebook... with three in four adults active on it. it won't be long before people start breaking out the boxes of christmas lights... and a "tesco" grocery store in england is getting ready to tackle the tangled mess. the store posted a job listing for a "christmas light untangler"... saying the candidate must be able to untangle 10 fet of lights in under 3 mites. all while chkingorurnt o bulbs the j offersa compeitive salary... rking 36 hours aeek. an oregon woman was a multi

she was playing slots at a washington state casino... and won 8 and a half million dollars! that's when she says the casino staff came over and told her the machine malfunctioned... because it can only pay out up to 20 thousand dollars. she was given just 80 bucks for her win. nothing ruins a lovely pancake dinner like having your car get swallowed by a collapsed culvert... diners at a mississippi "i-hop" watched as 15 cars sunk into the hole... which measured about 50 feet wide at 600 feet long. diners say they heard a series of booms... and next thing they know... the earth opened up and had their cars for dinner. some people have weird hobbies... like this dental hygienist who is also a

licensed trapper. she was called out to a texas mall parking lot to capture the 12 - foot, 800 - pound gator... who earned the nickname "godzilla." they eventually got him secured... and with help from a forklift... took him to an alligator sanctuary. nats a dad brought the story of godzilla to life with the help of his little girl. he posted the short film... titled "godzilly: king of the daughters"... to "youtube." he dressed her up in a godzilla costume... and created a replica of tokyo for her to destroy. he even used special effects to make her breathe fire and battle soldiers. according to the video description... "godzilly"

price spike... you might be shelling out a bit more for that thanksgiving meal this year... hear how much a turkey will cost you... and why experts say it'll only get worse... changing skyline... its been a record breaking year for des moines construction... and it's about to boom... we'll show you the city's latest undertaking... round four... the republican presidential candidates are taking the stage once again... how this debate's moderators are trying to differentiate it from the last... it's tuesday november 10th.

first on thirteen... the republican presidential candidates debate again tonight... this time in milwaukee, wisconsin. and the moderators are expected to tread lightly after the backlash from the last debate... what we have to do as moderators is make sure we're asking the adult kind of questions without any agenda, but without doing so snidely. for the first time... only eight candidates will take part in the main debate. mike huckabee and governor chris christie are assigned to the under - card debate. they join rick santorum and bobby jindal. lindsey graham and george pataki have been dropped from the debates entirely... due to low poll numbers. the debates will focus on the economy... but ben carson is facing questions about his past f rom his rivals... you stab somebody, and the

newspapers say you didn't do it, and you say, 'yes, i did. i did it." ...and they said, 'you didn't do it.' if they said i didn't do it, i'd be so happy." the under - card debate begins at 6 p-m... with the main debate at 8... on fox business network. republicans in central iowa can watch the debate together tonight... the "dallas county g-o-p" is hosting a party at "mickey's irish pub" in waukee. it runs from 5 to 10 p-m. anyone is welcome... but an r-s-v-p is encouraged. you can do that on the group's facebook page. organizers hope the event will attract potential caucus goers. fresh off the debates... two republican presidential hopefuls will make their way to iowa. jeb bush is scheduled to make three stops in the state tomorrow... he begins the day at the "hy-vee" in johnson... to serve coffee to veterans. then he's off to atlantic... for a meeting at the "coca - cola bottling company." and later he'll speak at the fire

rand paul is set to make two stops in the afternoon tomorrow... he'll start in council bluffs... for a meeting at the "hilton garden inn." then he's headed to ames... to host an event at "jeff's pizza." des moines veterans are sharing hospital leaders... a town hall yesterday offered them the opportunity to come face to face. the v-a system has recently been plagued by huge back logs for care... however local leaders say progress is being made... as wait times have gone down. a vietnam veteran is thankful for that... my personal experience with the va hospital has been nothing but great. saved my life about 11 years ago and i think they take care of veterans in a special, special way. similar events are being held at v-a facilities across the country this week. community leaders and wells fargo are preparing to make what they call a

revitalization project. we'll find out about it this morning at ten a-m. the plans to update the street came to a halt in march of 20-14 when the younkers building at 7th and walnut caught fire. back when it was first announced... backers said the revitalization would include adding shopping... restaurants... and apartments to the corridor. the downtown skyline may look a little different in a few years... the des moines city council has 330 - room hotel. channel 13's josh nguyen is live in des moines... to tell us what else needs to be done before the shovels hit the dirt. good morning, josh! 330 rooms, total with a mixture of public and private funding $35 the first year alone - $1.2 billion in the first 20 years 300,000 lost hotel without a hotel 3 million more visitors to iowa 1,000 temporary construction jobs,

the des moines police department is getting new tasers.. the city council voted last night to spend 82 thousand dollars to buy them. they'll come from a saint louis company. the 60 tasers will equip about two thirds of the force. the current tasers are more than six years old... and can no longer be serviced. hundreds of protesters at a missouri university saw their demands met... the president of the "university

yesterday. it comes after days of protests by students and faculty... they say tim wolfe didn't respond adequately to racial issues on the overwhelmingly white campus. a hunger strike and a threatened walkout by the football team also lead to the resignation. we're people, just like you are. the only thing that's different is, i'm lacking your white. but we're here for the same goal. we're here to accomplish the same thing. we're all here to get an education. we all got in and we're all here. the university will soon start looking for a new president. over 45 million birds died in the midwest because of the recent avian flu outbreak... and that's going to make your expensive. the price for turkeys is already up by about 20 to 30 percent a pound. and don't expect that price to drop... if anything... some suppliers say that price will increase the closer it gets to the holiday. but the real shortage could come

what their concern is...after the holiday season they're going to deplete their turkey flocks so now they're going to have to start rebuilding. experts say the turkeys most impacted by the bird flu are the meat turkeys... those are the ones used for lunch meats... ground turkey... and turkey burgers... not the whole thanksgiving

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-----------------------our top story... the republican presidential candidates debate again tonight... in milwaukee, wisconsin. only eight candidates will take part in the main event. mike huckabee and governor chris

under - card debate. they join rick santorum and bobby jindal. lindsey graham and george pataki have been dropped from the debates entirely... due to low poll numbers. the under - card debate begins at 6 p-m... with the main debate at 8... on fox business network. the waukee school board will vote on a new boundary proposal next month. the proposal was delivered to the board last night. it will impact 574 students in the district. it's an effort to reduce overcrowding ni many of its elementary schools... and it's also to prepare for the opening of "grant ragan elementary school" next fall. this is the 7th time the district has adjusted its boundaries in the past 22 years. one man is recovering after a railroad accident in danville... police say a freight train struck a road grader on the tracks yesterday morning. two locomotives and 19 coal cars were derailed... and both rail lines were severely damaged. 39 year old brian rhan... the

driver of the grader... was taken to the hospital. his condition is not known. a des moines mother will spend up to 40 years in prison for her role in her daughter's death... 25 year old tionne bloodsaw sat emotionless when she agreed to a plea deal she was offered. her daughter... five year old jayda... died after ingesting morphine last year. bloodsaw admits she knew illegal drugs were being produced and dealt out of her apartment. she's eligibleleor parole after 18 months... something the judge says is an opportunity for her... you're a young woman and you've accepted responsibility which is very important for me when someone does that. and you still have opportunities ahead of you. because you're not going to be in prison the rest of your life. bloodsaw had planned to testify

trombone. he was sentenced to 65 years in prison as part of a plea deal he reached last month. the iowa national guard wants to recruit more women to its leadership roles... today the guard will sign onto the "epic corporate challenge." it's an initiative by the "nexus executive women's alliance"... focused on promoting women in iowa businesses. currently... 18 percent of the 22 hundred "air national guard" members are women. and they make up 15 percent of the 7 thousand "army national guard" members. officials say they'd love to see those numbers double in the

hey everybody watching on today in iowa. we're trying to set a record to go to 50 states in the shortest amount of time. go to today.com and follow our journey. we're starting off along the mighty mississippi river and i don't know where we're ending

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