First. 5849 its an education piece. Its a binine substance no body can get high off of it its like oh. This isnt the scary evil thing we thought it was. Sally has met with nearly every president ial candidate in des moines and says shes gotten good feedback from most of them. But right now the real question is who in washington will vote to support her. Reporting in washington, im alex miller. Right now, iowa is one of 17 states that have laws allowing limited use of a marijuana product for medical purposes. Iowas law says people can possess cannabis oil and use it for treatment of severe epilepsy. But those people cannot produce or transport the oil in our state. Some democratic president ial candidates are chiming in on the medical marijuana debate. Bernie sanders says he would take a similar approach to the bill that iowan sally gaer is remove the drug from the controlled substances act. Would like the government to reclassify the drug to allow more federally sponsored research on i
Restricted in isolated areas. The main forecast focus for us continues to be on the system for wednesday night through saturday morning, then the slam of arctic air to follow. Mixed precip is likely to break out as early as wednesday night and continue on a scattered basis through saturday morning. Most of the precipitation should be in the form of a rain snow mix with perhaps a 13 snow on the tail end when it wraps up saturday morning. Then, the arctic air pours in. Plan on singledigit highs on sunday with wind chills at or below 20. Itll be a shock to the system, hence our forecast and the early heads up today partly cloudy high 2733 winds s 1020 alo 29 dbq 30 iow 32tonight mostly cloudy low 2228 winds s 515 alo 22 dbq 23 iow 25tomorrow iso. Rain snow late high 3036 winds s 515 alo 32 dbq 33 iow 34tomorrow night chance of rain snow low 2733 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 30 family and friends are remembering a Solon High School senior who died after his canoe capsized. 17yearold tanne
Winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 30 anks ka family and friends are remembering a Solon High School senior who died after his canoe capsized. 17yearold tanner wymer and another man fell into Coralville Lake on sunday. Searchers recovered wymers body yesterday morning. Last night, the school held a candlelight vigil to remember the teen. The school then opened up the building for students who wanted to spend time together. Solon High School Principal nathan wear says tanner wymer was a Multisport Athlete and had a big impact on his community. He says during this difficult time, people need to hold on to the memories they have of him. 40 31 tanner was a tough student athlete who was always in the weight room all the time. He always worked hard no matter whether he was on the football field or wrestling mat. He was a thrower on track team. You can find him. Always giving his best. And thats what ill remember the most about him that he gave 110 percent the Johnson County Sheriffs Office says w
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a cool and windy day across eastern iowa. The wind will gust at times to 45 or even 50mph. A wind advisory is in effect for the entire tv9 viewing area through sunset. Plan on highs into the lower and middle 50s, but at least well have some sunshine. The main focus of the next few days is the snow that will arrive on friday night. While snow is possible before sunset, accumulation s will be limited. However, once the sun goes down, snow should increase in intensity and last the entire night. Snow will linger right into saturday morning. Plan on 46 to be on the ground by saturday morning in many areas, with trends of a narrow heavier band trying to set up around cedar rapids and or dubuque. Well continue to monitor these trends as this system develops. We encourage you to stay tuned to the latest tv9 first alert forecast and to get a Free Download of the tv9 weather app, for video updates and radar at your finge
Urging prospective employers to not ask job applicants whether they are convicted felons. Ey call the Initiative Ban the box. It refers to the box on applications that asks if youre a convicted felon. Members of the human rights commissio asked the Dubuque City Council to discuss that inititative. The council talked about it at yesterdays meeting, but the commission isnt asking the city to change a law or ordinance. It says it just wants a discussion. The Commission Says it can be next to impossible for a convicted felon to find a job after prison. They will be able to let the employers know, yeah i have a criminal background but this is what happened. as opposed to checking the box and the employer says nope, even if they may be qualified. The Dubuque Area Chamber of commerce says the change could could cause safety concerns for employers. The city of dubuque itself has removed the convicted applications. But it does criminal background checks. We told you earli this year abut the ban