Parents & kids

Girl Scout Candybars

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 8:43am

Three of the girls scouts most popular cookie flavors will soon be in candy bar form.

Nestle announced the plans to make the limited edition crunch candy bars.

They’ll be sold in stores, not door-to-door by scouts.

The flavors include thin mints, caramel coconut and peanut butter crème.

They’ll be sold June through September at retailers nationally.

Girl scouts sold 760-million dollars in cookies last year.

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Moms Night Out for STEM

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 8:07am

     There’s a push for students to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math... or STEM.
     Now that push is moving to moms.
     Mason City is one of 27 cities across Iowa to show moms and other care-givers hands on science and math activities to do with their kids.
     It’s part of tonight's "Moms Night Out for STEM".
     You can check it out at Music Man Square Tonight from 7-8:30p.

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Kadyn's Law Could Go National

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, 7:33am

     Just last week a new law was signed in Iowa, in honor of seven year old Kadyn Halverson. Kadyn was killed while trying to board her school bus last year.

     Now Kadyn's Law could become law across the nation.

     It increases penatlties in Iowa for those who violate school bus stop arms.
     But now congressman Bruce Braley wants it to become a federal law by October of 2014.

     Braley says, "If they don't do this over the next year and a half they would risk losing 10 percent of all federal highway funds each year until they do."

     Braley's approach into strong-arming states is similar to what was used to strengthen seatbelt and drunk driving enforcement nationwide.

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Kadyn's Law to be Signed Tomorrow

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 7:20am

Nearly a year after a north Iowa girl was killed trying to board her school bus, Iowa's governor is set to sign a new law in her honor.

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Kadyn's Law Moves Forward

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Friday, March 2nd, 2012, 9:30am

After the death of a north Iowa girl, a bill to strengthen laws against people who drive through bus stop arms is one step closer to becoming law.

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It's Time to Get Grumpy

Submitted by David Springer, ABC 6 Assistant News Director

Monday, February 20th, 2012, 6:37pm

It'll be OK to get grumpy in Wabasha this weekend. Well... not really, but the city will be hosting its annual Grumpy Men Festival.

The event is based on the movie "Grumpy Old Men" which is based on life in Wabahsa. We're told the screen writer based the movie on his grandfather who was born and bred in Wabasha.

When the festival started 19 years ago, it had lots to do with the movie, but officials from the Wabasha-Kellogg Area Chamber of Commerce say these days it's more about celebrating winter.

"Ya know, (it) gets to be a little long. it gets to be drawn out and everything and so having people come here in the winter and hey... we do have a ski hill, we can ice fish, we can do this.

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Once Upon a Playhouse

Submitted by David Springer, ABC 6 Assistant News Director

Friday, February 10th, 2012, 6:54pm

If you're heading to the Rochester Area Builders Home Show this year, make sure you stop by "Once Upon a Playhouse."

Family Service Rochester is once again raffling off four custom built playhouses. They all have two stories and are finished both inside and out. But each one has its own theme.

"People who have young kids know they want to get down here. They know they want to see them. They know their kids want to see them. But I would tell other people, if you didn't have kids, you still want to check this out because I guarantee you were a kid once and it brings you back to this happy place in childhood where you just think about, oh that would be so much fun!" says Brenda Walker.

Last year the event raised $40,000, all of which went to Family Service Rochester's domestic violence programs.