Mayor its like telling my son your approved to go to college and he said great dad, how much money are you going to give me so i can go to college . Upsetting situation for many who live and work within the flood zone cg l pierson co owner piirsons flower shop its very frusterating to this neighborhood and to my buisness to know that it might be 20 years before we have protection. Mayor corbett told me today although we need those federal dollars we cant wait for them so for now thth city is taking some steps. They are incorporating flood downtown. Weve got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers. Kwwl news. The city originally planned to build protection from the north the south, for now, without the federal dollars they have decided to Start Building from the lowest points up, one of those points is the newbo area, levys will be constructed there this summer. A beautiful weekend in store but theres snow in the forecast following it. Snow. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather t
Vidcycle manager jacob burns says vapor users need to be cautious of their highpowered batteries. The battery starts to get extremely hot, and when that does, its a warnring sign its about to ven and blow up. Vaping experts say people need to be mindful of their devices and keep their batteries separate. Putting everything your pocket without a cheap cover is like setting off a pipe bomb. These are aftermath photos of 23yearold geoff moreheads burns whose vaping batteries blew up in his pocket in fort dodge back in january. Geoffs employer didnt allow vaping devices at work so one day he left his vapor in hhs car but put his batteries in his pocket. Moments later he was rushed to the hospital to be treated for burns. Jake burns says he stresses ecigarette safety to every buyer. nats. Battery case. just make sure you keep them in that unit. Because if they dont, exactly what happened in that video can happen to according to jake you also need to make sure your batteries arent cloned. An
Battered and bruised. A corrections officer is recovering from an incident inside the mitchellville womens prison. This man was one of four two had to seek treatment outside the prison. The Union Representing the officers says the incident. Described as a fight involving multiple inmates and staff. Could have been prevented or descalated had more staff been on duty. It also says staff should be able to carry pepper spray. And here they got the pepper spray locked up in the captains office and ya gotta run back and get permission to get it and by the time thats don the incidents over. Somebody is hurt. An inmate could be killed. An inmate could be dead. An officer could be killed. A Statement Issued by the department of corrections says quote the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities and will continue to work to improve our operations for the department of corrections declined to explain why the officers are not allowed to carry pepper spray. Tod