Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
A juvenile acting in self defense. Thats the reason why there wont be any charges for a shooting in linn county. The Linn County Attorneys Office says the shooter was underage and bbieve he acted in self defense for a shooting earlier this month. Sheriffs deputies responded to 1414 sisley grove road northwest the morning of february 6th. They found 44 year old Richard Smith was shot twice at his home. Hes since been released from the hospital and declined to file charges. A 30yearold man is in the Monroe County jail this mornrng for sexually abusing a 2 and half month old girl. Justin stickrod has been charged with 1st degree sexual abuse and child endangerment. Hes currently held on a 68,000 dollar bond. The Albia Police Department is assisting the Sheriffs Office with the investigation, which started is recovering. In a tv9 followup this morning. The e et Dubuque School board president is leaving the position. Shirley horstmans colleagues announced her resignation at last nights meet
Midnight, however, the bulk of the moisture will likely just miss us to the west. Well watch the trends, but minor snow accumulation is possible for your tuesday. In the wake of this system, its really all about some warming conditions, with highs in the 40s by thursday and widespread 50s by friday and saturday. This will feel fantastic, but due to all the snow melt areas of drizzle or fog may accompany this, especially over the northern half of the area. Today mostly cloudy high 3036 winds sw 510 alo 32 dbq 032 iow 35tonight m cloudy, mix late low 2430 winds s 510 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 28tomorrow ccance of am snow high 3238 winds nw 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 37tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 515 alo 20 dbq 21 anks kaj. A 35 year old vinton native is missing, and a family is desperately looking for answers. Joshua wellman was last seen when he was dropped off at asac, the Area Substance Abuse Council in the beginning of november. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joinss from the newsroom. Bre
Iow 36tonight mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 18 dbq 20 iow 234omorrow mostly cloudy high 2935 winds n 510 alo 31 dbq 31 iow 34tomorrow night partly cloudy low 206 the Cedar Rapids Community School District says people wont see much change following the firing its equity consultant last week. There were allegations the consultant. Edwin javius , misrepresente d his credentials to other districts in the past. Javius is the ceof a Consulting Company called, ed equity, out of san jose, california. The district says he worked alongside a Diversity Committee to create the equity action plan. It went into effect in 2015. Some events like thisisommunity forum i i january are part it. The program monitors the progress of targeted student groups including african american, latino and special education students. Despite the recent termination, the district says plans are in motion to continue making progress. 15 33 53 from the onset of kind of a gradual release to coach our manager of st
Happy president s day to everyone. And pretty freezing valentines day weekend for everyone. Millions hit by those temperatures. This river frozen over as firefighters battled a sixalarm blaze in philadelphia. The cold and storms are making this trip back home tough for many. We have more coming up. The latest on that battle for the Supreme Court. Youre looking live right now at the Supreme Court building in washington, d. C. The flag there at halfstaff to honor jujuice Antonin Scalia. His body arriving in virginia overnight. Scalia, the longest serving member of the court. Such a powerful impact. The fight over his replacement so much is at stake. Team coverage this morning. Justice scalias final hours at that texas ranch. Jim avila has the latest. Reporter good morning, george. This luxury hunting ranch is now virtually empty. Off overnight carrying with them memories of a hunting trip interrupted by the death of the guest of honor. This morning, Justice Antonin Scalias body is headin