Stabbed with a standard kitchen knife. A Court Document says auorities found both the knife and blood from the victims clothing when they arrested him in his motel room. Sheriff Brian Gardner says lehman suffered slight wounds so he was taken to the hospital and then transported to jail. The sheriff wasnt sure if the wounds happened during some sort of fight or if lehman tried to harm himself later. Live in the newsroom, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Also, nnw this morning. Firefighters are investigating the cause of a massive house fire in dubuque. That houseses located at 922 center place. We heard about the fire this morning around 830. Tv9 viewers called into our newsroom and sent us pictures. Jesse gavin sent us these photos of crews fightinn the flames. There you can see smoke rising out of the roof of the building. And these are pictures sent to wiedemann. Several fire trucks from the Dubuque Fire Department lined the streets. The Fire Department tells us everyone got out of that
Construction workers was near that area at the time. The Cedar Rapids School district responded to the findings by saying the district is not aware of anyone who has tested positive for asbestos as a result of their presence on the job site. Today, we reached out to abatement specialties, the company the investigation named, and we tried to contact others who had been workingt the site. They failed to return our call declined to comment. Kcrg tv nines Jill Kasparie joins us with more of the story tonight. Jill, you talked with another Asbestos Removal company thals unreled to this investigation. Whatatid they sayaybout the process . We spoke to a Company Based in waterloo. Advanced Environmental Testing and Abatement Incorporated mostly does asbestos rereval. They say taking the proper precautions when removing asbestos is vital. Michael poe says his company gets calls just about every day to do Asbestos Removal. W have been going since 1989 and we are busy every day its a big job that
Winds w 1020 alo 26 dbq 25 iow 30tonight mostly clear low 1319 winds w 515 alo 12 dbq 18 iow 15tomorrow mostly sunny high 2632 winds w 515 alo 25 dbq 28 iow 30tomorrow night mostly clear low 1420 winds w 515 alo 14 dbq 14 iow 17 thanks kaj. Some members of the Iowa National guard in cedar rapids are starting the new year with a mission. Theyre heading to missouri today to help victims of extreme flooding. The troops will be driving 16 tanks each filled with two thousand gallons of water to the town of high ridge. Thats just southwest of st. Louis. Floodwaters took out the towns Water Treatment plant. High ridge goes million gallons of water a day with a working treatment plant. Troops know how important clean water is for the 65 hundred people in need. With the flooding a lot of folks are out of their homes, that takes off their food supply , theyre not able to cook, their not able to bathe, and water is an essential thing to life. You can go up to 2 weeks without food but only a coupl
With typical january weather continuing. By the middle to end of next week, our next storm system will move into the midwest, but its far too early to determine details of any kind at this distance. Well keep an eye on it. In the meantime, happy new year, and enjoy your weekend today partly cloudy high 2531 winds w 1020 alo 26 dbq 25 iow 30tonight mostly clear low 1319 winds w 515 alo 12 dbq 18 iow 15tomorrow mostly sunny high 2632 winds w 515 alo 25 dbq 28 iow 30tomorrow night mostly clear low 1420 winds w 515 alo 14 dbq 14 iow 17 members of the Iowa National guard are traveling to missouri to help People Living near flooded areas. More than 10 inches of rain fell this week, causing rivers to swell and leaving some communities under water. The flooding has also contaminated this Water Treatment plant in high ridge. Thats just southwest of saint louis. The Iowa National guard will struggling in that town and nearby murphy over the weekend. Tv9s Dave Franzman joins us live this morning
They go through about a million gallons of water a day, and thats with their treatment plan online so with it offline theyre going to go through water super quickly. Thats why the soldiers are here, loading, fueling, and double checking to make sure everything is ready to go for the 65 hundred residents in need. With the flooding a lot of folks are out of their homes, that takes off their food supply , theyre not able to cook, their not able to bathe, and water is an essential thing to life. You can go up to 2 weeks without food but only a couple days without water. Theyll be using a twps, tactical Water Purification system, theyll set that up. The state of Missouri National guard currently has two of them running, well add another one making it three and then were also bringing 16 trucks and crews who will be Running Water to and from that purification site lieutenant voorhees says it means a lot to have a bordering state ask for help. It builds our confidence saying hey they need us.