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    DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — One Johnston woman is honoring her late sister by gifting a cashmere wrap to as many women as she can who are going through breast cancer treatment across the state.

JoAnn Manning started MadeKindly, a foundation that has provided these comforting gifts to nearly 500 women.

“We like to think that it gives each patient a little boost, a little boost of joy when they are potentially terrified of what’s coming. There is so much uncertainty with a cancer diagnosis and these are warm, comforting and they can be worn in the treatment room,” said JoAnn Manning.

Manning started MadeKindly in 2022 in honor of her sister, Mary Kay Zumbach-Gillotti, who died from breast cancer in 2019.

“We were living far apart from one another when she was diagnosed, so I couldn’t be there to help her. So I would send her these gifts, and she loved them so much. She said every cancer patient needs one of these,” said Manning.

Manning has distributed the gifts to metro hospitals including John Stoddard Cancer, MercyOne Richard Deming Cancer Center and Broadlawns Hematology and Oncology Center.

Thanks to generous donors, Manning has been able to expand to more rural areas including Greater Regional Health in Creston and MercyOne Newton Medical Center.

“To serve the underserved or those who are far away from maybe a luxury item like a cashmere wrap was really her (Mary Kay) wish,” said Manning.

The medical staff at each location distributes the gifts to women beginning treatment. John Stoddard Cancer Center Program Coordinator Rachel Fyfe says it is a rewarding experience to watch the joy it brings. Fyfe still remembers one of the first patients she was able to gift a cashmere wrap.

“She put it on, shared the story with the person sitting next to her, and she just felt so special and felt the kindness of that gift,” said Fyfe.

You can donate to MadeKindly on its website. Every dollar that comes in goes to the gifts, and MadeKindly can send a cashmere wrap anywhere in the country to a woman going through treatment.

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By Kara Mihm

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    SANTA FE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Santa Fe Saturday night, with peak winds of 110 miles per hour causing widespread damage in the midtown area.

A roof was ripped off a house, trees were uprooted, and a mailbox was flung from its post, according to residents.

“But that house. That’s the roof that’s in our front yard,” one resident said.

Phil Lucero described the impact on his home, saying, “Our AC unit, our heat combo unit was knocked off the house. Our solar panels are potentially crushed. I can’t tell. So. And you know, we lost our tree. That’s always a bummer.”

Lucero’s 13-year-old son, Xavi, was home alone when the tornado struck.

“The winds were really strong and my wall just started shaking. And then eventually it just went silent,” Xavi said.

He sheltered in the bathroom with their dog until the storm passed.

“I was really, really scared,” Xavi said.

Erin Cave, who lives down the street, recounted her anxious drive home after receiving worried calls from neighbors during her child’s play.

“I came home not really knowing what to expect. Bracing maybe for the worst, but the trees uprooted is pretty scary,” Cave said.

A reporter described the scene at Cave’s home, saying, “I’m here at Erin’s, where she came home to this site last night. This mature tree had fallen down onto her wall, blocking this public walking path and leaving all this debris. She says she’s from Kansas and has never had a tornado hit her home until she moved to New Mexico.”

Across the street, another woman shared her experience during the storm.

“We were in shock and frozen and we couldn’t move. We just had to sit there and listen to it go by,” she said.

By Sunday morning, neighbors were out helping each other clean up the damage.

“That might be the silver lining of it all is everybody’s been really incredible and helpful and checking on each other, making sure they’re okay,” Cave said.

Residents passed chainsaws from house to house, ensuring no one had to face the aftermath of the rare tornado alone.

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By Maddie Augustine

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — The roar of thousands of fans filled American Family Field for Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday.

Among the crowd were RJ, Betsy, Sawyer and Hazel Wischer.

“Bernie went up above the dugout and started dancing,” Sawyer said.

Through the dance breaks and rally towel cheers, the memories of what and who helped make it all possible rounded home plate.

“Probably nobody that was on that job site before or after the accident ever really thought that the World Series was going to be played there,” RJ said.

On July 14, 1999, the then under-construction Miller Park was the site of a heartbreaking tragedy. The crane being used in the construction of the retractable roof collapsed. Three ironworkers, Jerome Starr, William DeGrave and RJ’s father, Jeffrey Wischer, were all killed.

“He was the person that wanted to teach you and show you and tell you how to do things the right way or a better way,” RJ said while talking about his father.

Multiple memorials outside the stadium are in place to help honor the three men’s lives.

“I like walking over to the statues and the plaques where Jeffrey Wischer was engraved,” Sawyer said. “I have to say he looks a lot like my dad.”

RJ said every time he walks into the stadium, he can’t help but think of his father.

“I’m always looking around at the structure because I am an ironworker now. So, like, knowing what goes into it, I actually point out at one point in time to Sawyer, like, look at how many bolts are in that connection,” RJ said. “Like, it’s just one connection out of the many connections in this entire stadium. Like, look at how many bolts are in there. And then, of course, you had to sit there and count every single one, like there’s 38 in that one connection. And I was like, yeah, you don’t know how long that takes for one person to make that connection. It’s a lot, so you just appreciate it a little bit more.”

RJ was only 8 years old when his father died. Now, 27 years later, thanks to the Brewers and the Ironworkers Union, he got to witness history in the stadium his dad helped build.

“I felt that my old man was having a Miller High Life next to me, and Bob Uecker was probably having a High Life next to him,” RJ said.

“Being able to sit in the stands and watch him watching the game through our kids’ eyes and experience that all together like it was something special,” Betsy Wischer said.

The Brewers and Ironworkers Union offered free tickets to the Wischers and the other families whose loved ones were killed in 1999.

It’s a moment RJ and Betsy said they’ll never forget.

“Grateful of what my father helped build, grateful of the Brewers, grateful of the Ironworkers. Grateful for all of it,” RJ said.

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    JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Colorado pilot Jonathan Sawyer’s property in unincorporated Jefferson County features unusual yard decor that reveals his love of aviation. Now, he hopes to get approval to make his commute in his electric plane.

“I’ve been a pilot all my life for 50 years,” said Sawyer.

His decor can also be seen as a symbol of Sawyer’s tenacity to push boundaries, something he’s been doing for years.

“I like that he pushes boundaries,” said his neighbor, Patrick Sullivan. “I mean, that’s kind of how America was made.”

CBS Colorado first met Sawyer seven years ago, when he clashed with neighbors and county commissioners over launching and landing a helicopter on his property. Ultimately, the courts sided with the county and banned Sawyer from flying his helicopter.

“They came down hard on that, and I lost it,” said Sawyer.

But that didn’t stop him from trying other ways to fly to and from his property. Sawyer got his hands on a small electric airplane and is one of only a handful of people in America with FAA approval to fly it.

“I bought it and worked with my neighbors because their objections were about noise and about gas, and an electric plane has neither of those problems,” said Sawyer.

His neighbor, Patrick Sullivan, backs that.

“If you weren’t actually looking around, paying attention, you wouldn’t hear it,” he said.

Jefferson County’s violation program is complaint based, and Sawyer thought he’d worked out any issues that would result in one.

“My plan is to commute from my driveway here to my office right next to the area airport, and I do so with this little airplane,” Sawyer said. “Sixteen minutes uses less electricity than if I drove it in my Tesla. Very efficient, 16 minutes, and my office is 10 minutes from the airport.”

A few months into his convenient commute, though, he says the county received another complaint.

“That’s why the plane’s not here,” he said.

But in typical Sawyer fashion, he’s not ready to give up on his dream of using his driveway as a runway.

According to the Jefferson County zoning resolution, if a use is not listed within the permitted uses of a zone district, then it’s not allowed. Sawyer believes it’s time the county specifically addresses flying aircraft.

“This is the future, and I just happen to be an early adopter of these new technologies,” Sawyer added.

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    WINTER PARK, Florida (WESH) — Officers were called to a soccer game after a dispute broke out between league officials and a player’s parents, according to the Winter Park Police Department.

League officials from the i9 Sports program contacted police for help with a disturbance involving the family and their 3-year-old son, who was playing in a game.

‘The kid is good, he’s great, really good’

The police department released body-camera video on Monday showing separate interactions with the family and soccer league officials.

Upon arrival, police met with someone from the soccer league who made the call to police requesting that the family be asked to leave the area in which the soccer games were being played.

The man can be heard on the video saying, “The kid is good, he’s great, really good, so what happened is he is very advanced compared to the other ones.”

But he said the 3-year-old was allegedly pushing other players, so he told the child and the parents that no pushing was allowed.

The man said the child’s parents became irritated and caused a “big scene, arguing with the other parents,” according to the body-camera video.

“I just want them out, immediately,” he said.

Police said that because the games were being played in a public park, they could not be forced to leave, but that they would meet with the family to figure out what was going on.

The league official said that the mother was live-streaming their interactions, and that’s why he walked away from the family. The officers made their way to the other side of the field where the family was.

When officers made contact with the family, the mother said they were just confused and didn’t understand why her child was being removed from the soccer games and why they were being asked to leave the park.

She went on to say that the game was over, and they were going to leave the park anyway, but they would like to organize a way to get their refund. Otherwise, they’d take the soccer league to court.

i9 Sports program officials shared the following statement:

“We are aware of concerns being shared regarding an incident at a local i9 Sports program, and we take them very seriously. The respectful treatment and well-being of every child and family matter deeply to us. We have reached out to the family and have begun a review that includes speaking with those involved. While we work to understand the circumstances, we will not speculate or share unverified information. We appreciate everyone who has brought their concerns to our attention.”

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    OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A Kansas State University bus carrying children on a middle school field trip was involved in a crash near Interstate 35 on Tuesday in southeast Oklahoma City.

According to a school counselor on the bus, 24 seventh-grade students from St. John Catholic School in Lawrence, Kansas, were on board when the bus pulled out of a parking lot and was hit by a semi-trailer near an Interstate 35 off-ramp near Southeast 44th Street.

The bus has significant damage to its front end and blocked traffic off the highway. EMSA was called to the scene to make sure everyone was OK, and no injuries were reported.

The students are in Oklahoma for a three-day school trip, according to the school counselor.

“The students are OK. They did amazingly well. So, obviously, very shaken up. The sound, the thing was very startling, but they really stayed calm,” Lauren Yoshinobu said. “It’s unsettling, but they’re doing very well. Amazing group of kids.”

The students stayed the night in Oklahoma City and will visit the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum before heading to Tulsa for a couple of days. The group on the field trip was going to the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine when the crash happened, and the students visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on Monday.

Yoshinobu told KOCO 5 that the man driving the bus often drives for Kansas State University athletic teams and brought his bus to use for the field trip. The bus is not owned by the university.

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    LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A group of residents who live near the world-famous Hollywood Sign, which attracts millions of visitors from around the world every year, have filed public nuisance lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles, asking officials to do more.

The lawsuits aren’t looking for money. Instead, they seek a court order that would force the city to maintain the area so it’s “free of obstructions, health hazards, fire risks and other public nuisances.”

On Sept. 27, people watched in horror as a fight broke out between a group of e-bike riders and the driver of a car underneath the Hollywood sign. The brawl was captured on cellphone video and shared among neighbors.

Cindy Cobb, who has lived in the neighborhood for eight years, says “there’s definitely a frustration level… that’s kind of reached its peak.”

In a statement to CBS California Investigates, Mayor Karen Bass’ Office said they have not seen the lawsuit but “LAPD has dedicated additional units during peak periods of congestion” for traffic and parking enforcement.

“LAPD also deploys additional traffic officers during peak times, in addition to ongoing regulation of tour buses and more. LAPD has collaborated with LADOT to implement a traffic plan for the area,” Bass’ office wrote in a statement. “The Mayor’s office will continue working to address this issue with our public safety partners.”

LA Councilmember Nithya Raman’s Office, who represents the area, said in a statement that residents should not have to “absorb the gridlock and safety risks that come with that on narrow hillside streets,” and that her office has been working to address the issue since she took office. Her staff said they have funded additional presence from LAPD and the LA Department of Transportation.

Since May, deployments during the weekends have led to increased ticketing and towing in the area. Raman’s Office said they used her discretionary funds and that this “is the largest investment” they have made to date.

“Building on those deployments, we have also identified funding for a pilot Hollywood Sign Traffic Management Plan that will test a new approach to staffing and traffic control on peak visitor days and holidays, along with a study of longer-term solutions for access and congestion in the area,” Raman’s office wrote in a statement. “We’re moving forward with that work now, so a plan is in place ahead of the 2028 Olympics.”

It’s not just neighbors but city leaders who say social media and mapping apps have been drawing large crowds to the iconic landmark. According to the lawsuit, they cause traffic jams that could make evacuating in a fire difficult, if not impossible. In addition, discarded cigarette butts are easy to find even though smoking is prohibited in the area.

The group of neighbors who have filed the lawsuit say they decided to sue after years of complaints to the city had little impact. They have joined forces with attorney Ilan Wurman, who’s filed public nuisance lawsuits against cities like Phoenix. His firm won a judgment to clear out an encampment in 2022, and he believes the same legal argument applies to the Hollywood Hills.

“Cities have an obligation to maintain their lands, their public rights of way, their streets and sidewalks, their parks free of nuisances and nuisance-creating injuries the same way that a private landowner is obligated,” Wurman said.

In mid-May, the city put in new signs to restrict parking on the weekends and holidays. But Cobb says, “Attempts by the city and the council district have not really done anything to mitigate the situation because it’s just too many people in too small of a space.”

Earlier this year, CBS California Investigates captured a Los Angeles Fire Department engine, weaving through congestion to get to a nearby fire. Max Martens has documented a similar incident when a fire engine was stuck on the narrow road in front of his home filled with cars.

He also captured tempers flaring during a standoff between people in a car and others in a white pickup that was going downhill on the wrong side.

“I have witnessed police, ambulance, fire vehicles get caught in traffic snarls and be delayed… if there had been an urgent emergency or evacuation, we would all be in trouble,” Martens said.

Data collected by the city’s traffic cameras show the problem is getting worse.

During a 13-day period in July 2025, 42,000 vehicles traveled through the neighborhood. This summer, the number shot up to more than 48,200 vehicles, which is a 15% jump during the same period.

Neighbors also have concerns over public health as the crowds draw food vendors who are often unlicensed and leave behind plastic gloves, sanitary wipes and used toilet paper.

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