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09-07-2025
- Politics
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Former WOI anchor Samantha Mesa returns to Des Moines. See which station she's joining.
WHO-13 is adding a familiar face to its news team. Samantha Mesa is returning to the Des Moines metro as an anchor and reporter for WHO 13. Mesa left WOI-TV's Local 5 News in May 2024 after serving as the midday anchor for three years. The seasoned reporter described her move back to Des Moines as a "reunion with ease." "We are excited to add another respected journalist to the WHO 13 team," said Rod Peterson, WHO 13's news director, in an email to the Register. "Samantha is community-minded. She has strong relationships in Des Moines. She adds to WHO 13's depth of experience." After leaving Des Moines, Mesa worked at Fox 17 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There, she covered elections from local races to presidential. With Michigan being a swing state, Mesa left Iowa in hopes of covering consequential races. Mesa got her start in journalism working in Corpus Christi, Texas. She left for a job in New York and returned to report near the United States' southern border in Texas. Going to Michigan allowed her to cover the northern border, preparing her to, once again, cover the heartland. "I have seen now both the upper north of the U.S. and the farthest south border, which are very different from each other but are still the U.S.," Mesa said in an interview with the Register. After learning all about the caucuses in Iowa, Mesa had the opportunity to see how Michigan's election processes function. She plans to bring all this experience back to Iowa and apply it to the community outreach she established before she left. "It's a plot twist that I didn't anticipate, it's but in the best way," Mesa said about her return. "More than anything I just want to thank the community for past collaborations." You can see Mesa on WHO-13 starting in August during the evening newscasts. Her role will be a mix of reporting and anchoring, so Mesa won't have a consistent anchor schedule, she said. She will also do community outreach for the station. "I will be representing the station everywhere and anywhere that I can build community and uplift local change-makers," Mesa said. Mesa has more than 10 years of journalism experience. Her start in Des Moines was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She not only navigated reporting during quarantine but also experienced partial hearing loss from COVID. This didn't stop her from getting to know the Des Moines community through her work. Another goal of Mesa's throughout her career has been amplifying Hispanic voices. As a Latina woman, Mesa has made uplifting the Hispanic community a forefront of her job, whether it be in Iowa, Michigan or Texas. Mesa's return to Iowa also allows her to reunite with her fiancé who lives in Iowa and works as a photographer for Iowa State University. Even in their free time, the two enjoy reporting on what makes Iowa unique through pictures and storytelling. "I am all about supporting local," Mesa said. "So I will be sharing anything and everything I can to just uplift local Iowa." WHO 13 viewers may have also noticed a missing face from the evening newscasts. Award-winning anchor for WHO 13, Erin Kiernan recently posted a video on Facebook showing her spending more time with her children and saying that she would "be present" for the summer. She responded to a comment saying that she would "be back when kids are back in school." Kiernan did not respond to a request for comment and Peterson declined to provide more details. (This story was updated to add new information.) Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Register. Reach her at kkealey@ or follow her on Twitter at @Kkealey17. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Samantha Mesa, a former WOI anchor, returns to Des Moines to join WHO
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29-06-2025
- Climate
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Forecast: Heading for Sunday storms
DES MOINES, Iowa — After a respite from humidity on Friday, it returned along with heat on Saturday. These ingredients will help set us up for storm chances on Sunday. Lows Saturday night will stay warm as the main risk area for severe weather stays to our north along a boundary that will slide into Iowa on Sunday. Storm chances will accompany it by late day. Those chances look to linger into the early morning hours on Monday. We're dry after that until, hopefully, the 5th… though the European computer model does hint at slight chances for northern Iowa late Friday. Below, a look at the European's rainfall estimate from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. It appears severe chances will stay away until next Saturday. Highs for the next six days stay pretty much the same (above). Our muggy conditions and high dewpoints look to stick around. Your WHO 13 7-day forecasts are above. The extended forecasts below look to keep us warmer and stormier than is average for this time of year. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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26-06-2025
- Politics
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Meet Chris McGowan, Republican candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District
DES MOINES, Iowa — On Wednesday, a Republican candidate threw his hat into the primary race for Iowa's 4th Congressional district. Investigation into tampering with Lynnville's water supply underway Chris McGowan is the President of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, who is looking to succeed Congressman Randy Feenstra. Rep. Feenstra announced earlier in the year that he was running for Iowa Governor, clearing the way for a new Iowa Republican to represent the district's 36 counties. McGowan was in central Iowa after his announcement on Wednesday. WHO 13's Zach Fisher interviewed the candidate on his decision to run, top campaign issues in the district and how he would represent those Iowans if he was to win the election. View the full interview linked above with Chris McGowan. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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09-06-2025
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Forecast: Cool, breezy start, then heat
DES MOINES, Iowa — We've seen showers passing through the southern half of the state on this cool Sunday, and these should move off by evening. Your weather timeline takes you into Tuesday and a warming trend: A disturbance passing across Minnesota on Monday will keep the north and northeast in scattered shower chances throughout the day. Expect cool and breezy conditions, and some haze aloft due to Canadian wildfire smoke. Note that along with increasing temperatures will come increasing dewpoints and muggy conditions, setting us up for storm chances in parts of the state Thursday through Saturday. At this point, Thursday's rain chance looks best north of Highway 30. Friday and Saturday's rainfall looks to come in the form of isolated storms. The European computer model below places most of the accumulation by Saturday evening north of Highway 20. Highs for the next six days are above, and your WHO 13 7-day forecasts below: As was the case Saturday, the extended forecasts keep us warmer than average and in the neighborhood of average for precipitation. The final image shows the possibility of severe weather, in particular sometime between June 17th and 19th. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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07-06-2025
- Climate
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Forecast: Rain chances and heat
DES MOINES, Iowa — Clouds and, in some areas, showers have kept temperatures cooler Saturday than on Friday. We'll continue to see slight rain chances the next couple of days. The timeline steps you into Monday: Lows Saturday night will stay fairly mild. We do have shower chances ahead… mainly in the south Sunday afternoon, and mainly in the north Monday. The slideshow below shows the timing, including another rain chance on a warmer Thursday. Severe chances remain low, as seen via Colorado State's severe weather algorithm below. We'll have enough heat and moisture, but winds aloft won't be supportive of strong storms. Warmer highs for the next six days are above, and your WHO 13 7-day forecasts below: The extended outlooks below keep us in hotter temperatures and above-average rain chances, so more like summer in Iowa. Note there's a chance we'll see excessive heat in the 8-14-day timeframe. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
