Coming in earlier today here at the armed force Readiness Center here in cedar rapids. They deployed early on new years day morning, and have worked non stop providing nearly 500 thousand gallons clean water to more than 6 thousand residents in two counties in missouri. All of that water was used as a few soldiers ive spoken to during this process say this is the first time theyve ever responded to a Natural Disaster like this. And one soldiers account of what he saw in missouri is breathtaking. You can hear from him in the story im working on for ten. News. Thanks, olivia. Firefighters spending the day training for ice and cold water rescues. Training was at Manhattan Lake in ellis park. The Cedar Rapids Department was involved in 8 water and ice related rescues in 2015. Kwwls Kristin Rogers spent the day at the lake obersiving this special type of training, kristin its calm here now, but earlier this area was full of firemen in dry suits working hard to learn the necessary tequniques
This is not the first time he has been investigated for questionable conduct with a child. Ryan smith reports from mitchellville. Ryan Jeremy Filbert resigned his post as mitchellvilles mayor under controversial circumstances in april last year. Six months year police in wyadotte county, kansas arrest him. The former i faces two counts of rape with the victim younger than 14 and two counts of criminal sodomy. I am embarrassed to know that these charges have been brought and if they proved to be true, its just disgusting. Ryan this isnt the first time hes been accused of inappropriate behavior around children. While in office, multiple girls from Mitchellville Elementary School came forward with complaints. According to this 2014 police report, they claimed mayor horsey back ride and texted and took pictures with them. The school reported those allegations to police. This is what theyre supposed to do. They had an allegation and a child that felt comfortable talking to them about it. An
Reid. Most importantly there are no life threatening injuries coming out of todays fire. And while the house may be gone, the neighbors are doing what they can to help the man in need. 9 25 24 he looked through the curtains, and saw it was just a. Yeah, the backyard was just a huge glow. Troy and dawn wirtz neighbors troy and dawn wirtz live right next to the house on bradford drive that lit up West Des Moines early sunday morning. 10 27 43 big fire, we got called about 3 35 this morning on a report of a house fully engulfed in flames. When the firefighters were released, even at the station, they could see a glowing in the sky. Mike whitsell West Des Moines fire marshall the wirtzs called 911 before fleeing up the street to safety. But they say their biggest concern was for the man who called the house, home. 9 27 07 we knew that if his car was there, then he was likely there. But without that, he might be gone. 9 26 26 there was so much smoke, and that was all blowing to the southeas
Morning menu and how mickey d. s is fighting back. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lots going on this morning including news in the hunt for flight 370. What the chinese say one of their planes spotted off the coast of australia overnight and the really surprising comments from a malaysian official seeming to offer fresh hope to the families of the passengers and also seeming to contradict some of their earlier statements. Oh, and you mention the families. What they have been going through the past 3 1 2 weeks is just harrowing. Also ahead on gma, youll be interested in this story, the red hot Political Drama house of cards in the middle of a reallife drama this morning with uncle sam. Why the show is threatening to leave maryland where it is filmed and how state lawmakers are firing back to try to make them stay. Yeah, theyre pulling a real Frank Underwood move in maryland this morning. Yes, they are. Well tell you about that coming up. But were going to start here with the breaking new