Lawmakers in iowa want to make sure every driver in the state is insured. The law says if you dont have car insurance, you could face penalties. But some say a lot of people arent getting that needed coverage. 17 35 45 i think its a bigger problem then most people realize, nearly one in five on the upper end of our statistics. Some believe it might be one in four. Iowa state senator Jeff Danielson says the current law is passive because people dont get caught unless theres a crash or unless someone gets pulled over. Hes working on legislation to create an uninsured motorist database that would send out notices to people who arent following the law, threatening a license revocation. Its an effort to reduce the number of drivers without that insurance coverage. The Cedar Rapids Department says about 11percent of the total number of citations are insurancerelated. Agents say theres a way you can help to protect yourself. 17 19 39 we always recommend uninsured, underinsured motorist covera
Todaydubuque his next stop. Kwwls brad hanson live for us tonight on dubuques riverwalk where a crowd has started to gather already. Yeah, already more than a dozen people out hereso far patiently awaiting the arrival of al roker himself. Of course, hes trying to set the record for fastest time doing a weathercast in all 50 states. His day today saw him start in the four corners, and make his way as far north as fargo nort\ dakota and moorhead minnesota. Hes scheduled to be in dubuque sometime around 1045 or 11, where hell find quite a few lisa designed the sign and i put it together for her. Were refused to go ome. Right now we know al is running about an hour latehes scheduled to be here just before 11. And well have his weather reporttor eastern ioww right here on kwwl tomorrow morning on today in iowa. Weve got you covered live here in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. Al is also scheduled to get to hazel green wisconsin tonight, where were told there is also quite a crowd. Continui
Drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive Late Afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last q qet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our next big weather maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be ealing with accumumating snow. Make sure to stay with your First Alert Storm Team for the latest details. Thanks britley. New this morning, Christmas Day ended with gun shots in a waterloo neighborhood. Authorities say it happened near midnight in the 100 block of lafayette street. Thats just east of waterloos downtown. This is video of the Police Response overnight. Authorities say no one was hurt, and that they dont have any suspects in custody. We are still trying to get information on any evidence or dadage that may have been found at the scene. Police say an iowa city man broke into a home and five 20 yearold jerome brooks,
So amber stepped up. I got the ideof first doing a donation box first for money because, when you go through Something Like that, you need resources, you need something to turn onto. I didnt know the community would help as much as they did. What flowed in . Money. About 1,000 in the first week. Clothing, toys and essentials filled this large red box, so much as that rachel could make multiple trips from her temporary living space in ccalville. Chris standndp 37 46. We didd talk brieiely on the phone to rachel beerwart, that mother of 3 with those kids age 7 and under. She told me on the phone that, to this point, she had lost her faith in other people and their selflessness and their kindness. Yet she also told me the people of riverside far exceeded her expectation for when this was all set up to help her. She still has a long way to go. She needs to find a place to live. She needs to find a job but, fofonow, the generosity of the people around riverside has warmed her heart. In the
Newly released video shows in the early hours of march 29th kyle orth sped backwards down this cedar rapids alley with speeds up to 30 miles per hoursmashing a utility pole with a borrowed orange bmw from Zimmerman Auto Center where he was a salesman at the time. Hey put your hands up gunfirethats when Cedar Rapids Police officers Jeremy Depies and Brandon Tinta shot orth three times after he rapidly accelerated towards them when trying to get away. What ended in gunfire all started when Police Spotted orth speeding and running red lights throughout cedar rapids down first avenue near coe college. He goes the wrong way when Police Stopped the chase. But the sirens go on again when police find orth in this alley between centerpoint road and daniels street. After the officers shot orth they held him down to control him. But orth walked free for more than three months before linn county attorney Jerry Vandersanden obtained the iowa dcis report. Thats when he charged orth with five counts