Samantha Mesa is making her way back to Iowa. She is joining NBC affiliate WHO 13 as an anchor and reporter.
The move marks her return to the Des Moines market where she previously spent three years at Scripps-owned ABC affiliate WOI-TV.
Mesa, who most recently anchored the 5, 6, 10, and 11 pm newscasts at Fox 17, described having “a whirlwind of a year” in Michigan in a social media post, where unexpected changes at the station prompted her to begin a nationwide job search with support from her general manager and news director…