Former KIRO Newsradio Reporter

Tim Haeck

Tim was formerly a KIRO Newsradio Reporter and Anchor.

Holiday shopping bargain in a tiny package

Once again, the most requested present this holiday season will surely be the gift card. But if you think you can't buy them on sale, think again.
14 years ago

Save Thanksgiving, avoid an emergency room visit

Nothing ruins a Thanksgiving get together like a trip to the emergency room. It's sure to happen today, but an E-R doctor says most holiday-related injuries are preventable.
14 years ago

City loosens rules to allow some topless swimmers at Seattle pools, beaches

A breast cancer survivor who was told last summer that she couldn't swim topless at a Seattle pool has helped force a change in city policy.
14 years ago

Choking hazards, loud toys to avoid

Toys with tiny parts, toys that make too much noise, toys with toxic chemicals. All have made the list of this year's most dangerous toys for the holidays.
14 years ago

Three arrested in fatal fight in Auburn

Three people are under arrest after a gun and knife fight at a north Auburn apartment complex that left one man dead.
14 years ago

Woman broadsided in Des Moines crash now brain dead

A woman severely injured in a high speed Des Moines car crash last week is now brain dead. The driver suspected of plowing into her faces a new, more serious charge.
14 years ago

French police find more of Mastro’s jewelry

French police have discovered two large safety deposit boxes filled with jewelry belonging to bankrupt Seattle real estate magnate Michael Mastro.
14 years ago

Neighbors complain about Woodland Park Zoo lights

Large, dramatic displays of lights have become popular during the holidays and the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is the latest to add a festival of lights. Zoo neighbors complain that the event will create congestion and danger on the streets around the zoo.
14 years ago

Seattle Jewish group mourns loss of life from rocket attacks

The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is mourning the loss of life in the latest exchange of rocket attacks between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
14 years ago

Teen in high speed crash had never driven in U.S.

A 19-year-old student driving a new luxury car is accused in a high speed crash in a Des Moines neighborhood that severely injured several people.
14 years ago

Fire guts Monroe storage locker business

A fire that destroyed part of a large storage locker business in Monroe burned for several hours. No injuries were reported.
14 years ago

Charges in Seattle’s 25th homicide of 2012

A Renton man jailed for a stabbing death outside a nightclub in Belltown on Friday, Oct. 26. has pleaded not guilty.
14 years ago

Report suggests West Coast gas price manipulation

Rising gasoline prices are often blamed on refinery closures. But new research concludes some West Coast refineries were up and running during claimed shutdowns this year.
14 years ago

Attorney ‘pretty sure’ Mastros rings recovered

Two giant, diamond rings at the center of a multi-million dollar bankruptcy case in Seattle have apparently been found.
14 years ago

Many already want to line up for license to sell marijuana

Budding entrepreneurs are already wondering how they can get a license to grow, distribute or sell marijuana in Washington.
14 years ago

Woman needs surgery after breast injections

A woman had to undergo corrective surgery after getting breast and buttocks injections from a Quincy-area man.
14 years ago

Initiatives block GOP path to governor’s mansion

The re-election of the President has republicans across the country re-examining their philosophy and strategy. The GOP in Washington state has a special challenge that could help explain its failure to break through in the race for governor.
14 years ago

Marysville officer sobs as trial begins for manslaughter

In an opening statements, a prosecutor told a jury in Everett Thursday that a Marysville police officer should have expected tragedy when he left a handgun in the family van with his young children.
14 years ago

New King County Sheriff promises transparency for department

Sheriff-elect John Urquhart says while he had hoped to win, his double-digit victory over Steve Strachan was a complete shock.
14 years ago

Hearing begins for JBLM soldier accused of Afghanistan massacre

A military hearing is underway at JBLM for the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 people, including children, during a predawn raid on two villages in Afghanistan.
14 years ago

Kid vandals twice target same Spanaway school

The cops are looking for three kids on bikes they think smashed out windows at a school in Spanaway twice in two weeks.
14 years ago

Research questions value of regular physical exam

A new analysis suggests that getting a regular physical exam will not cut your risk of dying from cancer or heart disease.
14 years ago

Fight brewing over transgender person in Evergreen College locker room

A new legal fight is brewing over Evergreen State College's decision to allow a transgender person to use the women's locker room.
14 years ago

Armed Halloween robbers force way into Seattle home

Costumed armed robbers took advantage of Halloween to rob a Seattle family of cash and jewelry
14 years ago