Everyone. Even adults in back seats. Iowa has a High Compliance rate for seat belt use but 41 percent of all the traffic deaths this year involved someone not wearing a belt. Were going to do everything we can. A law is just another tool we can use to try to drive down those numbers. The iowa state patrol cant get involved in pushing for changes in law. But the director of the Governors Traffic Safety Bureau says tougher texting and set Impaired Driving enforcement are priorities his office will take up with lawmakers this session. Law enforcement statewide will take part in extra traffic patrols for the holiday beginning wednesday. Theyll concentrate on speed, seat belt use and distracted or impaired drivers. And while officers didnt meet the safety goal for traffic deaths this year, theyll want to get a good franzman kcrg tv9 news. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, people are hoping for good traveling weather this week. After a day of sunshine, low pressure makes its way e
As the low moves east on wednesday to near chicago the rainfall comes to an end bringing quiet travel conditions through thanksgiving day. Have a great night. Tonight mostly cloudy. Wind se 515. Low 32 tomorrow breezy with showers likely. Wind se 1525. High 41 back to you. Tonight, investigators are still at the scene of a School Bus Crash in tennessee that killed at least six children. The bus left the road in chattanooga and crashed, wrapping itself around a tree late this afternoon. The bus was carrying 35 children, ranging from went to the hospital. Theres no word yet on what caused the crash. Police are questioning the driver. Here in iowa, police have identified the driver who died in a one car crash in cedar falls this afternoon. He was Richard Coleman junior. He was 30, and from cedar falls. Police say he was driving on highway 57 when his car crashed into a concrete pillar for the highway 218 overpass. A dubuque man convicted of killing his daughter will judge formally sentenc
Many areas. Tonight, plan on rain to continue with steady temperatures. The chance of showers should continue to go right into our wednesday with the bulk of the day wet. Rainfall totals around a half inch look good with isolated amounts around three quarters of an inch. Thanksgiving day will be dry, but there will be ample clouds and that will hold highs down into the upper 30s north with lower 40s farther south. Today breezy with showers developing. Wind se 1525. High 41 tonight showers likely. Wind se 1020. Low 39 tomorrow showers likely. Wind nw 515. High 45 tom. Wind nw 510. Low 32 thanks kaj. President elect donald trump is trying to get some important cabinet jobs settled before he heads to florida for thanksgiving. As abcs janai norman reports, hires. Were still awaiting announcements for more of the president elects picks for his new administration. In the meantime, he went directly to youtube with plans that include some of his Hallmark Campaign policies. For the first time a
Utilities board has learned about the Bakken Pipeline proposal. Its a story weve been following for you. Nikki the pipeline would carry crude oil from northwest north dakota and end in illinois. So far, 87 percent of the groups that need to sign off on the pipeline have done so. The utility board will make the final decision that determines whether the project moves forward. Many local companies are already working under the assumption that the pipeline will be approved. Pipe is being stored near newton and some labor unions have already begun training for the project. Tomorrow, the discuss their findings from the months of hearings and other testimony about the pipleine. That starts at 1 p. M. Pipeline Officials Say a decision could be announced at these meetings, but it could also come much later. Nikki new tonight at 10. Nikki one person is dead after a Council Bluffs house fire saturday evening. Neighbors say that two men lived in the home but hadnt seen anyone leave the house for