Condolences. Kcrg tv nines brea love talked with family and friends of emmalee jacobs today in the center pointurbana area, where she lived. Brea, how are those friends and family members doing . Brea well they are going through a rough time. Brea when i spoke with the family earlier thth afternoon over the phone they couldnt tell me enough about emmalee. They say she was a very bright, very smart young woman. She did well in school, loved volleyball and show choir, and they will never forget her beautiful smile. An entire community is in mourning after the loss of one of their own. And theyre coming together to support the family, and each other. Emmalee jacobs just graduated from center pointurbana high school in may. She was just one of those students that everybody could talk to, but also she was one of those students who was involved, she was kind of that student athlete. She also belonged to the school choir. Jacobs graduated at the top of her class. The school had counselors on
All students in iowa. Yet as low as this may be, the 10 percent was substantially higher than missouri, illinois, nebraska and wisconsin and the same level as minnesota. We often talk about Graduation Rates in iowa and achievement gaps and those do hold in iowa. 90 for all students and 74 for African American students, according to the report. Whats also worth noting is how iowa measures student achievement. The iowa assessment test a paper test where students fill in bubbles is in its last year as the state will switch to the smarter balanced assessment for next year thats an online test. Leaders say the new test will allow for variation if a student performs well, the questions get more difficult. My full report is on kcrg. Com. Beth. Republican president ial candidate donald trump met with supporters in des moines. This was his first iowa stop comments on keeping muslims from entering the country. Speaking at the state fairgrounds, trump said the u. S. Needs to help with the migrati
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Ouds will continue to move todaa, sealing out the sun thats been so nice over the past few days. Itll be warmer though, with widespread 4550 degree readings. Within these clouds, a few showers may occur, but anything that falls today would be very light and measure well under a tenth of an inch. Readings overnighthtwill hold steady or slslwly clclmb as the bull of the rainfall is still set to move into our area on thanksgiving. This will mainly be rain across the area with a half inch to one inch of rain area wide. There is a chance that a few locations will exceed one inch of rain. On the backside of the system, there is a brief window of mixed precipitation possible, inly along nd northwest of a ma terloodecohi. Any snow cumulationu be minor, if any, due to theoakedound after the rainfall. Byfriday, itll be cooler th clouds holding tough. Have great day and if you a headed out for the la, avel safely today cloudy, is
This is becoming a conversation thats happening in cities all over iowa. Tonight, the residents spoke directly to city council about their feelings. Its starting to become a familiar issue. These towns have this impression that they have the right to supersede and override iowa code and have their own gun ban laws. North liberty is the latest to explore their options. We certainly understand that people feel like this is infringing on their Second Amendment rights, at the same time its the councils responsibility to address concerns by citizens. Mayor amy nielsen says those concerns mostly stem from the library board. Theres been a few times that maybe people have seen things that maybe made them uncomfortable and theyve mentioned it. So in an effort to protect concerned citizens, the city is discussing a ban on weapons on city property. Im opposed and appalled that you guys are even considering this ban. I have a right to life and a dont believe that that should be suspended when i st
Cowboy cerrone and now introducing the champion fighting out of the red corner, mixed martial arts professional record 24 wins, 7 losses, 58 tall weighing in at 154. 5 pounds. Fighting out of Rio De Janeiro, brazil presenting the reigning defending undisputed ufc lightweight champion of the world, rafael dos anjos all right gentlemen we have gone over the rules. Follow my instructions. We have a clean fight. Cowboy cerrone. Lightweight title is on the line. Here we go cerrone in the white, the southpaw, dos anjos, in the black trunks. We talked about needing to be faststarting tonight, cerrone. Remember in the first matchup dos anjos hit him with a hard right hook and changed the complex of the fight. And dos anjos connected with the straight left and thats a punch he used repeatedly against anthony pettit. And the leg kick cerrone will keep him away from the power side of rafael dos anjos. And critical he use that. And nice knee to the body by dos anjos. And hard kick by dos anjos. He