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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:14 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:14:14 GMT
    Iowa authorities are searching for a missing teenage girl they believe was kidnapped. Police say 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a bus stop in the town of Dayton, Iowa
    Iowa authorities are searching for a missing teenage girl they believe was kidnapped. Police say 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a bus stop in the town of Dayton, Iowa

  • Monday, May 20 2013 10:38 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:38:36 GMT
    Camanche Police arrested five people on meth charges over the weekend Arrested were 59-year-old Charles McKenrick, 32-year-old Kimberly Lane, 33-year old Nathan Green and 42-year old David Shamp, junior,
    Camanche Police arrested five people on meth charges over the weekend Arrested were 59-year-old Charles McKenrick, 32-year-old Kimberly Lane, 33-year old Nathan Green and 42-year old David Shamp, junior,

  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:57 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:57:41 GMT
    Those who live in the Quad Cities know that the Mississippi River can be a source of both enjoyment and treachery. It's something an avid duck hunter from Wapello knows all too well...  
    Those who live in the Quad Cities know that the Mississippi River can be a source of both enjoyment and treachery. It's something an avid duck hunter from Wapello knows all too well...

  • Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
    Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...

  • Authorities are investigating the cause of a flash fire at an Otho grain elevator that injured a construction worker.
    Authorities are investigating the cause of a flash fire at an Otho grain elevator that injured a construction worker.

  • On Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. We are still learning the number of lives that were lost, not to mention the lives that were turned
    On Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. We are still learning the number of lives that were lost, not to mention the lives that were turned

  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:16 AM EDT2013-05-21 12:16:11 GMT
    "Those are despicable people, you know, it's that simple," says Scott County Sheriff Dennis Conard. "It always tugs on the emotional strings when you see that an animal has been harmed," says Rock Island
    "Those are despicable people, you know, it's that simple," says Scott County Sheriff Dennis Conard. "It always tugs on the emotional strings when you see that an animal has been harmed," says Rock Island

  • Police say a man they believe abducted two girls from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, and one of the girls remains missing.
    Police say a man they believe abducted two girls from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, and one of the girls remains missing.

  • U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them...
    The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists,...

  • Monday, May 20 2013 11:32 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:32:38 GMT
    There's definitely going to be a long road to recovery for people in Moore, Oklahoma.  One Quad Cities native who now lives in the Oklahoma City area not far from where the deadly tornado struck on
    There's definitely going to be a long road to recovery for people in Moore, Oklahoma.

  • Monday, May 20 2013 7:32 PM EDT2013-05-20 23:32:16 GMT
    A storm that moved over Carroll County on Sunday evening left a path of damage. Several farms have buildings and equipment that need repairs. However, everyone affected is grateful the damage is not more
    A storm that moved over Carroll County on Sunday evening left a path of damage. Several farms have buildings and equipment that need repairs. However, everyone affected is grateful the damage is not more

  • KWQC 24/7 Weather is our 24 hour weather channel.  It's available here at KWQC.com, on Mediacom Channel 247 (in the Quad Cities), over the air on Digital 6.2 or you can call your local cable company...
    KWQC 24/7 Weather is our 24 hour weather channel.  It's available here at KWQC.com, on Mediacom Channel 247 (in the Quad Cities), over the air on Digital 6.2 or you can call your local cable company to ask for KWQC 24/7 Weather.

  • Monday, May 20 2013 11:21 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:21:30 GMT
    When a weather emergency happens it's critical to get as much information out to as many people as possible. Weather radios and TV do that well, but they can lose power. There's another technology that
    When a weather emergency happens it's critical to get as much information out to as many people as possible. Weather radios and TV do that well, but they can lose power. There's another technology that

  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:49 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:49:16 GMT
    From First Alert Chief Meteorologist Erik Maitland:The storm that's been influencing our weather, of late, is getting closer which actually means a transition to more clouds, cooler temps, and showery
    From First Alert Chief Meteorologist Erik Maitland:The storm that's been influencing our weather, of late, is getting closer which actually means a transition to more clouds, cooler temps, and showery

  • Monday, May 20 2013 6:42 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:42:26 GMT
    We used to call them tornado sirens. But now, in Scott and Rock Island Counties that term is wrong. Emergency dispatchers will sound the sirens for three reasons: "They'll sound the sirens every 15 minutes
    We used to call them tornado sirens. But now, in Scott and Rock Island Counties that term is wrong. Emergency dispatchers will sound the sirens for three reasons: "They'll sound the sirens every 15 minutes

  • Rescuers called to the scene of a train derailment found the train's engineer and conductor atop one of the derailed locomotives in an area surrounded by rising floodwaters.
    Rescuers called to the scene of a train derailment found the train's engineer and conductor atop one of the derailed locomotives in an area surrounded by rising floodwaters.