The Webster County Sheriffs Office says multiple people were ejected from the vehicle. 13 year old duane touney was pronounced dead on scene. The driver was an adult. And many in the car were young family members. All five are in the hospital and are expected to survive. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Local 5s jacob peklo was in fort dodge and has more. Jacob peklo, reporting a community is still in mourning, after a single car crash along this rural road in Webster County. An eighth grader died on impact, while his siblings were taken to the hospital. Mary gibb, st. Edmund High School President we have the school open today from 12 to 3 p. M. We have the priests here, counselors here, nurses, a lot of parents have shown up, and were offering all kinds of support for the parents and students. Jacob peklo, reporting the school will continue to offer counseling for as long as the students and their parents need it. In Webster County, jacob peklo, local five news. We
Clear low 4248 winds nw 510 alo 43 dbq 43 iow 49 thanks kai. Firefighters in eastern iowa say theres a high risk for fire today. This after dry conditions and strong winds helped fuel several fie fires yesteray. The fire in waaington countyy was the result of a weekend burn, which high winds rekindled yesterday morning. The fire burned a barn and a whole lot of field, near 180th street and spruce avenue. Fire Officials Say someone was burning trash on saturday nighthtand even ys later this type of situation could happen again. Its obvious, dont be burning, especially on a wdy day, but until we get some rain, i wouldnt recommend any burning at all. Fire officials are urginn you to keep a close eye on the area where the burn was conducted. No one was hurt during this fire. And a field fire in Fayette County burned 120 acres. No one hurt in this one either. It happened on 30th streee near the oelwein municipal airpprt yesterday afternoon. The fairbank fire chief believes sparks or hot met
One person is dead and two others are hurt this morning from a shooting on a Tennessee College campus. It happened at Tennessee State university in nashville, where Police Say Two men may have been gambling. They say the person who died was not a student. Authorities have not said if they found the shooter. Just over a week ago, three people were hurt in a shooting across the street from the same college. Dubuque wants to make the city safer. So far this year, police say theyve taken nearly 30 reports of gunfire. So a Nonprofit Organization looked for help from someone across the pond. The group invited an officer who works in the scottish Violence Reduction unit to talk about making the city safer. The Scottish Government says last year, it recorded its lowest level of crime in 40 years. Many credit the low rate to some of the toughest gun control laws in the world. It includes filling out extensive paperwork. And proving to police that the potential gun owner isnt a danger to society
Iowa city and points south briefly touching 55 later today. Clouds will increase yet again by Late Afternoon as our next system moves in. This system looks to bring rain late tonight into the first half of our saturday. The bulk of the rain should be out and east of us by 2pm, though an isolated shower may yet linger into the iowa game. It still looks dry for trick or treating on saturday evening. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly sunny high 5056 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 55tonight showers late low 4248 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 45tomorrow showers likely high 4854 winds sw 515 alo 53 dbq 51 iow 53tomorrow night gradual clearing low 3945 winds sw 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 42 thanks kaj. The us budget bill is on its way to president obamas desk. Senators approved the budget early this morning, finalizing the vote around 2 am iowa time. The house of representativ es passed a budget deal wednesday, despite many republicans voting against it. The twoyear fiscal proposal would increase fe
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, plan on another mild day. While the wind has backed off substantially, hold off on burning due to extremely dry conditions. A few showers may potentially flare up later today, however, amounts would be extremely light and probably under a tenth of an inch. Theres a better chance of getting missed by showers than hit by them. Plan on mainly dry conditions from wednesday into thursday with our next system set to bring us another rain chance later on friday. This system aso appears prtty moisturestarveddt this point. Looking ahead to the weekend, it shoulul be another spectacular one with highs into the 60s and lows dropping back to the 30s. Today isolated pm showers high 7177 winds sw 1020 alo 74 dbq 73 iow 74tonight isolated showers low 5258 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 56tomorrow partly cloudy high 7177 winds sw 515 alo 72 dbq 74iow76tomorrow night mostly e low 4248winds nw 5100alo 43 dbq 43 iow 49 4 people a