depeees nd Brandon Tinta tentuh saying orths actions put them in danger. In december orth pleaded guilty and will now face 180 days in jail for owi and two counts of eluding. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news. The judge allowed orth to break up his time in the Linn County Jail and is allowed work release. Orth also faces a five yeaeasuspended sentence and three years probation for a felony charge of interference with official acts. New tonight at six, six,there is yet another call for a Top University of iowa official to be dismissed. Dismissed. D. Iowans defending our universities is calling on university of iowa president Bruce Harreld to dismiss peter matthes. He is vicepresident of external relations and responsible for awarding 321thousand dollars worth of contracts that should have been bid out. The contracts went to companies owned by party consultant. Strawn served as gop chairman from between 2009 and 2012, portion of that time atthes also served in the statehouse. The group says matthes
Morning. I hope your day today is a joyous one what weird weather weve been having lately. I know youre all wondering what today holds. Justin, what are we in for today . Theres no White Christmas for us in the corridor today, but just a couple hours west of us. It is a light snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa thursday, just in time for christmas. But even though it wasnt a whole lot, it did impact holiday travelers. Parts of interstate 35 near des moines had to be shut down for parts of the day. And yesterday in cedar rapids several areas were in cleanup mode. Thunderstorms wednesday night brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town. Nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof damage. In a cbs 2 news follow up. Up. The National Weather touched down near the quad cities. Cities. They were part of that same system that moved through the corridor wednesday. One of the twisters was rated an ef one with winds of about 100 mile
There debated and passed a minimum wage change in a a matter of weeks. Some small towns voted on their own to opt out. He sees a much slower approach with representativ es of communities talking it over first. At the blue strawberry, owner Mike Monnahan has anywhere between 8 and 12 full time employees depending on the season. All start at least a little bit above the federal 7. 25 an hour minimum wage. But a countywide minimum wage hike would still have an impact here. So his advice to supervisors. Think it through before you act. I think the idea of discussions with local business owners. Is something that would be of value linn county supervisors who listened to wage facts and figures decided to start with just a small step. That would include employees and Community Representatives to see if a higher county minimum wage would have support. And supervisoo want to see what state lawmakers do first. I see a three to six month time line here. Definitely want to watch whats going on in
Entering the bakery. And like i said, no donthat was the end of a nearly two year long process for john to pull that day all together. Johnin june of 94 i went the Czech Republican and slovakia and met with president havel and kovach independently in their offices. That was really cool. And asked them when they could be here for a dedication. We werent going to dedicate it without them. United nations natladies and gentlemen. President clintonjohn says just days before, the White House Advance Team moved the event outside into a cold october morning. Wjcladies and gentlemen, if we have not demonstrated anything about the czech and Slovak Heritage of iowa we have certainly shown these two president s that we are a hardy people. But with the Czech Republic splitting up just years before john says the timing,was right for cedar rapids to give the two new nations common ground. Wjci am proud to stand here with these two president s each leading his nation through an epic transformatio n. E
Running a diesel fuel. And then, in an oil change we only have to change seven quarts of oil versus 18 to 29 with some of our buses. The Cedar Rapids School district is expecting to receive its new propane fueled buses in time for next school year. Up theheoad at linnmar drivers started using their four new propane buses this school year. We are projecting about 3,200 a year of savings per bus, and thats not just in fuel but in reoccurring maintenance costs. Hose who sell the buses say theres Something Else thats grabbing the interest of iowa School Districts. Propane buses dont have problems in the bitter cold, like diesel engines. With a diesel bus, number one you are going to hope that you have it plugged in, number two you are going to hope you have your fuel properly blended so you dont have a gelling issue, which will leave that sitting basically along the road, which then involves a tow truck. Were told that propane buses can start up even when its 40 below earlier this temperat