At first the negative feedback was fairly standard. 'It was stuff like, 'I don't need to hear your liberal conspiracy theories on our air. Take the politics out of your forecast,' Gloninger recalled. 'You're politicizing the weather, you're a puppet to the left.' But one year in, Gloninger began receiving a steady flow of harassing emails.
Gloninger's bosses arranged for security to tail him when he came to and from work and when he worked in public, including the state fair. But he said the threats ate away at his mental health and well-being. 'You never know what hill someone's willing to die on,' Gloninger said. 'I didn't know if this person thought risking his future to shut me up was worth it and that plays in your mind.'
Eventually, Iowa resident Danny Hancock pled guilty to a third-degree harassment charge and was banned from contact with Gloninger.
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