Heard about it. The epa still cleaning the school and students clothes and backpacks are being returned to go through testing to make sure that element didnt spread in any homes. The mercury apparent has been there since last friday. Thank you for joining us. Im. Im reed cowan. Im marie mortera. The School District doesnt know where the mercury came from. This this is our top story. Kelsey thom there was a lot. Under the bleachers. Reporter this was the same chemical element Bryan Orellana found on friday. Mercury in gym class. You tried to tell to tell a teacher and what happened . He was too distractioned. Reporter the School District still investigates where the mercury came from and when. But you will have to remember, were working with a lot of unknowns here. Reporter clark countys superintendent Pat Skorkowsky says the biggest unknown, how far it spread which is why kids like noah mason are dropping off backpacks and shoes and clothes. I wanted to make sure my stuff was okay. Rep
Front moves into the area. This front doesnt have the same amount of moisture as our past few systems, and amounts are expected to stay at or below a half inch. Temperatures tomorrow will struggle to get to 70 over the north half, with lower 70s farther south. Dry sky returns for wednesday and thursday with our next chance of rain arriving again around friday. Enjoy your monday today mostly sunny and breezy. Wind s 10 high 80 toy cloudy. Showers move in late in the night. Wind s 515 low 63 tomorrow mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few storms. Wind w 510. High 73 tom. Night chance of showers, mainly early. Wind n 510. Low 54 thanks kaj. The Waterloo City Council will consider adding traffic security cameras, with the success of a similar system in dubuque. Tonight, the council is discussing how they can fund the project. They say they are modeling their plan on dubuques security cameras. It monitors traffic and nearly 100 security cameras last year, with many of them around th
That caused the hazmat scare. The clark county school, pat skorkowsky, talking about how they handled the ordeal. Whats been the most disappointing . I think the unknowns for us because we dont have the information so its not like were trying to keep anything from parents. We cant communicate what we dont know. Reporter ccsd still investigating where the mercury came from and when. It looked like something, reporter friday under the bleachers 6th grader Bryan Orellana found this same substance and told the teacher. We tried bringing it to him to see what it was and he was like throw it in the trash. Reporter the ac is off and the heater is on because mercury vaporizes with heat. We can do measurements to see if and how much there may be in each of the rooms. Reporter the districts top priority getting the clear i kind of want to come back to school right now already. Reporter they are doing everything they can to make sure the doors are open on monday. Also happening on monday, all of