Seniors, upperclassmen, lower classmen, they all know each other, they all get along, and we just wanted them to be surrounded by other kids and care for them. Those grief consolers will be on hand all week at the school. Officials are urging students to come to school to be with their need. In johnson county, mark carlson, kcrg tv 9 news. There will be a candle light vigil for tanner wymer in front of Solon High School at 7 30 this evening. Additional support will be available at the Solon United Methodist Church from seven to ten this evening. And st. Marys Catholic Church will have support available on an ongoing basis. This week, the state medical Examiners Office will perform an autopsy on a le grand, iowa, man who died in a snowmobile accident. The Marshall County Sheriffs Office says 25 year old travis snowmobile when it rolled over onto him, killing him. Searchers found him last friday evening in a field northeast of le grand. A gun shot injured a two year old dubuque boy sunda
Flood duty before. Distributing water and first. Its my first time in the guard doing something besides training. And im really excited. It will be a good experience for me soldiers in this specialized unit say people take clean water for granted. Until its not there. Their job, for the next 10 days, is to make sure it is there for missouri residents until the water plant is back on line. Dave franzman, kcrg tv news. High ridge, missouri, where the iowa soldiers reported for duty today, produces water for approximately 65hundred people. The soldiers will also deliver water to the nearby community of murphy, missouri. 2016 got off to a sunny but cold start, justin . This weekends weather will be pretty typical for the beginning of january. Well have overnight the middle to upper 20s both saturday and sunday. The sky is going to be partly to mostly sunny each day as well. Slightly cooler air moves in on monday as temperatures drop a few degrees, but well climb right back and be in the lo
As so many of us will never forget the flood of 2008 here we didnt experience the loss of life that is being seen this week. At least 24 people have died from the flooding in missouri and illinois. Dozens from the Iowa National guard are helping with Water Purification outside of st. Louis as the water is finally pulling back. Thats where kcrg tv9s brea love is joining us from high ridge, missouri southwest of st. Louis. And soldiers from iowa are working long days. Brea . Chris, this hydrant, about 8 miles away from high ridge, is what troops are using to pump clean water into the towns water towers. Most of the flooding in town subsided, but the pure water is still an issue. These troops are on their third day of hard work, and its been non stop since they arrived january 1st. Cg2nd. Lieutenant Kenneth Voorhees Iowa National guard sot when settled in. We had pretty much a couple hours off, and we started up at 3 in the morning 3 in the morning until 3 at night. Troops are working in
Lew Montgomery, interim senior human resources director for University of Iowa Finance and Operations, was recently honored as a Big 10 Black Alumni of the Year representing the UI.
In the throes of a federal lawsuit accusing the University of Iowa and several Hawkeye football coaches of racism and mistreating former Black athletes, UI Athletics has announced two new diversity-related hires.