That has prompted discussions about changes to where mostly four year olds go to school. Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie joins us in the studio. Jill you visited one linnmar preschool classroom today. Where are those located right now . About 2hundred50 preschool students go to class at novak, linn grove and echo hill elementary schools. But now School Leaders are looking to bring all the preschool students together in one location. That location is still to be determined start of jingle bells from practicing music to learning health these kids and their teacher are busy nats of food conversation teacher melissa bray recently took on another assignment. She joined other parents and administrator s as part of the preschool advisory board. The committee was formed in order to make an educated decision on what we think would it would be to have preschool classrooms stay in elementary buildings or to have them be in a centerbased program. We came to the conclusion that a centerbased program would b
And todays game they expect to do about a weeks worth of business in two days. They stocked up on food and alcohol in anticipation, but it wasnt enough. Employees nearly ran out of liquors and had to make a run. The spot hit capacity of about 400 half an hour before the game. Some of the savvy game day customers beat the crowd by showing up a little before the bar and grill opened at around 11. They had no problem spending the day day, probably about nine hours, waiting and watching. Is it really nine hours . Probably when its all said and done. Probably right. That is a long time, but worth it. Worth it. This is the chrome horses first bowl game. The spot opened up on blairs ferry back in october after its old spot in the newbo area burned in 2014. Back here at the fieldhouse. Ad beth . Thanks forrest. Stay with kcrgtv9. Scott saville and Scott Westerberg are at the game right now. Highlights and reaction tonight at 10. And go to kcrg dot com to see all your hawkeye fan photos and the
The latest estimate for the project 52 Million Dollars up froa projection of 32 million in 2010. Officials blame the and the rising cost of construction. And drivers should also be ready to pay a price officials hope the work will take two years. Itll be a c cllenge, well be headtoheadadraffic for a majority of the project, right we have two lanes north bound two lanes south bound, we directions. Like terry dickens, whos seen this project through. Finding a new route for a couple years will be worth it in the end. It did takeonger than we expected but i think were on track now and ready to move forward. The Iowa City Council will hold a Public Meeting to discuss the final plan and will vote on it on december 15th. That will be the final and again, they plan to begin construction carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Employees in cedar rapids today that it is reorganizing. But there isnt any information yet about how that could impact jobs. Transamerica is an insurance and Investment Company that
Life sentence. Luerkens did say he was truly sorry for what happened. The judge also ordered luerkens to pay the estate of nnsey donald 150,000. So much of the concern todada centered on the 7yearold boy who witnessed the killing of his mother in april. Steve donald said today his grandson celebrated a birthday the day before the killing and he will always have those memories of his mothers death. Live in cedar rapids, chris earl, kcrgtv 9 news. A Missouri State trooper faces a charge of Involuntary Manslaughter for the drowning of a handcuffed iowa man. 20 year old Brandon Ellingson of clive died while he was in the custody of trooper anthony piercy. Ozarks. Thats where on may 31st, 2014, piercy was transporting ellingson by boat for a breathalyzer test when e eingson fell into the water and drowned. He was wearing a life vest, but it wasnt on securely and slipped off. The drowning led to questions about a decision that merged missouris water and highway patrols. A man driving by a va
Im on camera right now. And not just the camera youre seeing me through, but that camera too. With nearly 100 more of these being installed, we decided to find out more about how they work. And how people feel about them. The family of a dubuque woman brutally raped and beaten to death in a random attack already knows how they feel. She had this distinct laugh. You could always tell she was there. Sue wulfekuhle remembers her aunt, nancy krapfl for the way she laughed and lived. Not for the random and brutal attack that took her life and shocked dubuque. On september first, police say krapfl was out for a walk. Traffic cameras on the corner of 17th street and Central Avenue captured Helmon Betwell grabbing krapfl. She fought back until he knocked her unconscious and dragged her lifeless body off camera where he admitted to rapping her. Police say the cameras helped them catch betwell within hours of the crime. As a family were grateful that hes behind bars. The video was the first and