Collinsmaxwell superintendent jason ellingson, being put on , paid leave this week. District officials will not say why, but tell me it has nothing to do with the lockdown that happened here earlier today. Live in maxwell, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new at 5 00 00 major , changes to iowas medical cannabis billl. Lawmakers introduced a pareddown bill this afternoon, replacing 4 manufacturing sites and 12 dispensaries, with just 2 facilities to handle both jobs. The new version also drops the number of medical conditions eligible for the drug from 11 to 3. The republican senator who introduced the bill says the changes are necessary for it to have a chance of becoming law. Also at the statehouse the fight , against a common practice that impacts victims of Domestic Violence. The Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence is pushing a for Property Owners to evict tenants if they call the police. Advocates say its a common practice to write the rule into rental agree
Increasing the limit to 75 would actually be safer because traffic will be less likely to stack up because cars and semis would spend less time driving sidebyside. Its stacking traffic yp, so it doesnt flow, what happens is you get a couple trucks going side by side for miles andnd traffic backs up. Johnson county sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says now is not the time to be worried about the increasing the speed limit. He says now is the time to be focusing things like tightening texting and driving laws. In iowa city, mark carlson, lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, were seeing a lot of snow disappppring across eastern iowa. As the snow melts away the weather warms. Stronger south southeast winds push drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weather with us into the weeke. Highs jump into thth 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on friday. It would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across outhern iowa. Early next week we do s s
Into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 anks kaj. Today is the last chance for some bills in the Iowa Legislature to make it out of committee and stay alive.
Court revictimized her and others in the apartment. It was hard for me and the other victims to have to describe the fact that our landlord was or was not aroused and knowing that his guilt was resting on that was burdensome. Ryan senate bill 2185 drops those requirements. And stiffens the penalty from a simple misdemeanor to a serious misdemeanor. Just this week Iowa City Police arrested Robert Hightower for multiple charges including peeping, burglary, and criminal trespass. This after investigators distributed his picture caught in the act video taping a woman in the shower at burge hall. Every year that goes by more people are not being brought to justice. Elizabeth sb 2185 made it out of the Judicial Committee this week, its first hurdle. It is on the calendar for debate in the senate. A similar bill failed to make it through the statehouse last year. Eric new information on sundays shooting in eagle grove. Eagle grove police have now released the names of the two men involved. Th
It was definitely a scary time. Ryan a peeping conviction requires the victim be partially nude and the suspect their victim. Lapointe says proving that in court revictimized her and others in the apartment. Other victims to have to landlord was or was not aroused and knowing that his guilt was , resting on that was burdensome. Ryan senate bill 2185 drops those requirements. And stiffens the penalty from a simple misdemeanor to a serious misdemeanor. Just this week Iowa City Police arresting Robert Hightower for multiple charges, including peeping, burglary and criminal this after investigators distributed his picture caught in the act video taping a woman , in the shower at burge hall. Every year that goes by more people are not being brought to justice. Ryan the build it make it out of the Judicial Committee just this week. By the senate chamber. We want to mention a similar bill failed to make it out of the statehouse last year. Ryan smith, kcci eight news, iowas news leader. Steve