Cutting 100 manufacturing workers at two of its iowa factories. The layoffs will begin april 1 and will affect 80 workers in davenport and 20 in dubuque. Just last week deere cut its fullyear earnings forecast, citing weak sales of farm and construction equipment. Analysts say falling Commodity Prices have made farmers less likely to buy new equipment. Turning to news from around the state, a Blackhawk County man is dead after the gun he was carrying accidentally fired. The incident happened just after 12 30 this morning in Elk Run Heights just south of waterloo. Police say the unidentified man dropped the weapon when getting out of his car. They say the gun discharged and the bullet hit him in the leg. The man died later at a waterloo hospital. Des moines water works is taking another step in its efforts to get rid of nitrates in the citys water. It says it wants to do away with building a pipeline. The utility currently dumps nitrates and chloride back into the Raccoon River after th
Said harreld is not the right choice for the university. Hundreds of people protested this months board of regents meeting, calling on them and harreld to resign. Harreld has asked everyone to give him a chance. Ui Officials Say two students are living in temporary housing, following a fire inside slater hall. Firefighters responded to the building around 1 30 saturday morning and found flames on the 9th floor. Sprinkler systems went off in part of the building, helping crews contain the fire to one room. No one was hurt. Most students returned to their rooms shortly after crews put out the fire. In a tv9 followup. Iowa city is recognizing three young people as lifesavers, for helping a man trapped in a burning garage in july. Jazzy jones and her two brothers marquelle and javeyel called 911. A short time later, firefighters arrived, broke down the door, pulled the man out, and rushed him to safety. Those 6 firefighters earned the departments lifesaver award. But late last month, the c
Plan on a pretty decent friday. While the wind will still be out there, it wont be nearly like yesterday with speeds of 1525mph likely. Highs will generally be in the 4549 range. Plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. Next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. This one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. Plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend today sunny, still windy high 4551 winds nw 1525 alo 48 dbq 46 iow 49tonight clear cool low 2329 winds w 510 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 28tomorrow sunny and spectacular high 5460 winds sw 515 alo 57 dbq 55 iow 59tomorrow night clear low 3440 winds sw 510 alo 38 dbq 36 iow 39 some parents are concerned their children are not getting a good enough education because classrooms are more packed. The number of kids in classrooms in some eastern iowa Elementary Sc
Nearly like yesterday with speeds of 1525mph likely. Highs will generally be in the 4549 range. Plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. Next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. This one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. Plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend today sunny, still windy high 4551 winds nw 1525 alo 48 dbq 46 iow 49tonight ear cool low 2329 winds w 510 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 28tomorrow sunny and spectacular high 560 nds sw 515 alo 57 dbq 55 w 59tomorrow night clear low 3440 nds sw 510 alo 38 dbq 36 iow 39 anks kaj. Some parents are concernedtheir children are not getting a good enough education because classrooms are more packed. The number of kids in classrooms in some eastern iowa Elementary Schools is higher than the state average. Last year, enrollment dropped a bit in the
Continues to look likely. Plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend today sunny, still ndy high 4551 nds nw 1525 a 48 dbq iow 49tonight clear cool w229nds w 510 a 26 dbq 26 w 28tomoow nny and spectacular high 54 nds sw 515 alo 57 dbq 55w 59tomorrow night clear w 3440ndss510 alo 38 dbq 36 w 39 an kaj. Cedar rapids schools could save thousands of dollars each year by changing how they transport some of their students. These are students living in shelters, motels, or even in their parents cars. The federal law requires School Districts to transport Homeless Children to their original schools. Right now, they use cabs to make that happen. Starting on monday a new program for the districts homeless students will help about a dozen homeless students get to school. Horizons and the neighborhood transportatio n service to make that happen. Nts will provide one bus route for those students. The di