Nearly like yesterday with speeds of 1525mph likely. Highs will generally be in the 4549 range. Plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. Next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. This one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. Plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend today sunny, still windy high 4551 winds nw 1525 alo 48 dbq 46 iow 49tonight ear cool low 2329 winds w 510 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 28tomorrow sunny and spectacular high 560 nds sw 515 alo 57 dbq 55 w 59tomorrow night clear low 3440 nds sw 510 alo 38 dbq 36 iow 39 anks kaj. Some parents are concernedtheir children are not getting a good enough education because classrooms are more packed. The number of kids in classrooms in some eastern iowa Elementary Schools is higher than the state average. Last year, enrollment dropped a bit in the
To and ffm school. We will be picking children up at homeless shelters and motels any place that has been designated a stop that we need to go to. The district has used Cab Companies to get students for several years, but dispatching individual cabs got expensive. So its trying a new Program Using small number of students at first. School leaders say this should cut costs nearly in half and address safety concerns. 12 47 13 just looking at as many of us being parentssthe ththught of putting our kindergartener or first grader on a cab, which is public transportation, could be kind of scary for both the parent and for the students hayes says it could expanddthe program in a few months. The districts homeless specialist says many are shocked to hear how many students are affected by homelessness in the district. Last year we had 620 homeless students and thats prek through 12th grade. The district says this nts van will also mean more to younger students than you might think. Its always o
Elizabeth if you do business with the city of des moines, get ready for some big changes. A 5 million renovation will close city hall this spring and now the city revealed where you can find the new temporary city hall. Todd magel reports. Todd after more than a century, the citys crown jewel on the Des Moines River is ready for an update. And that means for the First Time Since the floods of 1993, its shutting down until sometime in 2018. I think this is a very big deal. Todd . Deputy city manager carl metzger says the thousands of people who pay parking tickets and conduct other government business here will have to head to the citys away at 400 east court. City leaders just approved a nearly Million Dollar budget to move. Workers wont be able to stay in renovations. The logistics of that, as you monumental. Todd among the many changes heat boiler deep in the buildings basement. Crews will also install a new heating and air conditioning system and a new sprinkler updates. Even though
Lightweight contender in the world, the challenger, donald cowboy cerrone and now introducing the champion fighting out of the red corner, mixed martial arts professional record 24 wins, 7 losses, 58 tall weighing in at 154. 5 pounds. Fighting out of Rio De Janeiro, brazil presenting the reigning defending undisputed ufc lightweight champion of the world, rafael dos anjos all right gentlemen we have gone over the rules. We have a clean fight. Rafael dos anjos, donald owboy cerrone. Lightweight title is on the line. Here we go cerrone in the white, the southpaw, dos anjos, in the black trunks. We talked about needing to be faststarting tonight, cerrone. Rememberer in the first matchup dos anjos hit him with a hard right hook and changed the complex of the fight. Ad dos anjos connected with the straight left and thats a punch he used repeatedly against anthony pettit. And the leg kick cerrone will keep him away from the power side of rafael dos anjos. And critical he use that. Dos anjos.
Candidates are heading to the debate stage for tonight see who is going in on top tonight in milwaukee local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news amanda krenz. Amanda new at midday today amanda this morning, there was an 7th and mlk amanda photos here of the ambulance being towed, but that much done. Well have later on in the day, so stay tuned for that amanda in other local news the elementary student was hit while crossing the road to his school. It happened at lakewood elementary. Just a few minutes before the crossing guard would have come on duty. The driver of the vehicle said his view was obstructed by the sunrise, and that the boy didnt look both ways before he crossed. Parents feel the school needs to have a crossing guard out earlier. Its a scary corner, it needs all the protection they can get. We weigh safety versus costs in a situation like that. If this makes students safer we wont hestitate amanda the