Alyx Sacks

4 weeks ago | kcci.com | Alyx Sacks

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. AND ANKENY WOMAN IS USING HER EXPERIENCE AS A CAREGIVER TO HELP OTHERS. HER FIRST BOOK ABOUT NAVIGATING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WAS JUST RELEASED. KCCI ALYX SACKS SAT DOWN WITH HER TO TALK ABOUT WHY MEMORIES MATTER, THUMBING THROUGH THE PAGES OF HER FIRST NOVEL. IT STILL DOESN’T FEEL REAL. IT WAS REALLY SO IMPORTANT TO TELL MY MOM’S STORY. SHE DOESN’T HAVE HER VOICE ANYMORE. DON BRENNAMAN WERTZ WROTE ABOUT A TOPIC UP UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AGO. SHE DIDN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.

4 weeks ago | kcci.com | Alyx Sacks

THIS SEASON STARTS JUNE 7TH. THE PRINCIPAL CHARITY CLASSIC IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A GOLF TOURNAMENT. OVER THE YEARS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN DONATED TO CHILDREN’S CHARITIES HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. AS KCCI ALYX SACKS LEARNED, THE TOURNAMENT MAY COME ONCE A YEAR, BUT ITS IMPACT CAN BE LIFE CHANGING. BUCKLED UP AND READY TO RIDE. FIVE YEAR OLD BRIGGS HITS THE TRAIL AT HIS FAVORITE PARK. SHOW HIM HOW YOU GO. AND THIS THREE WHEEL BIKE IS SPECIAL. LET’S GO DOWN HERE AND THEN WE’LL TURN AROUND.

1 month ago | kcci.com | Alyx Sacks

The 2024 Principal Charity Classic tournament raised a record $8.6 million in support of Iowa youth. Since it became a title sponsor in 2007, the PCC has raised $62 million for Iowa children's charities: Blank Children's Hospital, MercyOne Children's Hospital, Variety – the Children's Charity of Iowa, and United Way of Central Iowa. These initiatives have helped more than 130,000 Iowa kids. During our KCCI PCC special, Teed Up, our viewers got to meet one of those kids. "I'm Noah Pfantz.

2 months ago | kcci.com | Alyx Sacks

Monarca Paletas is known for being the sweet part of someone's day. "Every day people walking in, people on first dates, you got people celebrating something," Monarca Paletas co-owner Jose Jacome said. But what happened on Monday, March 31 wasn't on the menu. "I had a gut feeling that something was wrong," Jacome said. A 16-year-old employee answered the business' phone. The caller claimed to be a business partner and said they urgently needed money for the business.

Mar 27, 2025 | kcci.com | Alyx Sacks

FOR THE UNIVERSITY. WHEN LING CHUNG BECAME A MOM, EVERYTHING CHANGED. I THINK MOTHER IS THE HARDEST JOB IN THE WORLD. AS A NEW MOM, NAVIGATING BREASTFEEDING, LING FOUND HERSELF WITH A SERIOUS ISSUE. IT WAS REALLY PAINFUL AND I WENT TO THE DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY FOR BREASTFEEDING MOMS. A CLOGGED DUCT CAN CAUSE A TENDER, PAINFUL LUMP, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS INFECTION CALLED MASTITIS. THE MAYO CLINIC SAYS IT CAN AFFECT UP TO 1 IN 5 BREASTFEEDING PEOPLE.