City of des moines economy. And the population growth that is expected. Elizabeth good morning and welcome back. Its tuesday, february 23. Im elizabeth klinge. Eric and im eric hanson, great to have you with us as we start tuesday. Metinka it will end up being a great day. Temperatures start in the 30s. A few flurries. Near jefferson towards bagley and a dare, tracking southeast. As they move in, we expect light precipitation. Temperatures are just above freezing, so it should not impact you are travel too much. Dressed the kids in layers. Readings in the 30s to start, but outdoor recess this afternoon will be comfortable. Headed for a high in the mid to upper 40s. Elizabeth commitment 2016 news now. Another gop contest on the line. Caucusgoers in nevada will weigh in on the republican president ial race today. Bureau this morning with the latest. Aixa donald trump hopes to solidify his position as the gop frontrunner. Last night, thousands showed up at a trump rally in las vegas. Afte
Increasing the limit to 75 would actually be safer because traffic will be less likely to stack up because cars and semis would spend less time driving sidebyside. Its stacking traffic yp, so it doesnt flow, what happens is you get a couple trucks going side by side for miles andnd traffic backs up. Johnson county sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says now is not the time to be worried about the increasing the speed limit. He says now is the time to be focusing things like tightening texting and driving laws. In iowa city, mark carlson, lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, were seeing a lot of snow disappppring across eastern iowa. As the snow melts away the weather warms. Stronger south southeast winds push drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weather with us into the weeke. Highs jump into thth 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on friday. It would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across outhern iowa. Early next week we do s s
Many wanted to have one final say. Some were happy about it. 18 53 10 thank you again for listening to us and coming up with what i think is a really good solution. Others still wanted change. 18 53 55 why cant the expectation be set that short term meetings are happening on a weekly basis outside of the Normal School hours. Superintendent t ad buck says the district settled on fridays due to a recent survey. The district got more than 38hundred responses. 18 31 43 overwhelmingly fridays and end of the day, to the tune of 80 plus percent. Dr. Buck says he believes teachers will use the professional Development Time to look back on their week and look ahead to next week. Still some have concerns asking the board to track the outcomes of this new plan. 18 55 55 a couple of concerns i see is will this increase the absentee rate on fridays. Parents may say lets have a three day weekend. 19 11 15 we do need to have a reflection at the end of part end, of what we are seeing with the r rults
Fire and Police Arrested richard alatalo for arson and public intoxication. Officers found him shortly after the fire started. Alatalo was arrested for arson last october. A highprofile trial is underway in decorah for a man accused of killing his wife. Attorneys began jury selection yesterday in 41yearold alexander fazzinos trial. Hes charged with 1st degree murder in the death of emily fazzino. Police found her dead inside at the couples home in boone back in 2012. A judge mved the trial to Winneshiek County because of pretrial publicity. Emily fazzinos grandfather founded the Fareway Stores grocery chain. Investigators say a man was cooking with hot oil when a fire started at a cedar rapids apartment complex. It happened yesterday morning at shamrock apartments off jacolyn drive southwest. A fire broke out on the stove and spread to the cabinets. The man inside the apartment called 911 from the bathroom apartment where he was trapped. Was taken to the hospital. Tv9 viewer hayley lie
After a shed fire in cedar rapids. Police and fire crews resesnded to 314 30th street drive se just after midnight for a report of a shed fire. No one was hurt. The Fire Department put out the fire and Police Arrested richard alatalo for arson and public intoxication. Officers found him shortly after the fire started. Alatalo was arrested for arson last october. After weeks of debate, this morning the Cedar Rapids School district has set a calendar. The discussion has focused onon which day of the week teachers would get professional development time. Last night, the school board approved an early dismissal for students every friday next year. Superintendent brad buck says Research Proves Weekly Professional Development for teachers leads to better 18 32 29 we are excited about that as a concept and ultimately to implement it. Well make friday afternoons work. Thehe will be a few thingng related to coachch for example that we may need to figure out some of those details. The district a