The county generates an estimated 40thousand new see, those files have really piled up over time. To try and figure out how many we have, ill say we have thousands of files here. How about that . Thats linn county clerk of court roxann repstien. Shes essentially in charge of all the paperwork and the clerk says shes out of space to store it all in the courthouse. Nats this is one we have two of these rooms you can come on in here. Thats why the county rents a half floor of the old hubbard ice building on 1st street. 7thousand boxes, potentially up to 700,000 individual files are kept here. It used to be more. The 08 flood destroyed a bunch at an old facility and damaged many others. Hey had a company freeze dry them. Then they all came back in boxes. We had to inventory. Rh onda ogreen comes here regularly to grab a few relevant files each week. She says some date back to thee0s. Many files are seldom used. Yet, the county spends nearly 50 to store them, each year. And it doesnt have a
Week. Thanks kaj. A commission in cedar rapids is hoping to diverse city. Training sessions. The cedadarapids Civil Rights Commission is holding the first mediation training this morning. Kcrgtv 9s brea love is live in our cedar rapids newsroom. Brea, this is apart of an Outreach Program . Will hold quarterly trainings featuring tools to create opportunities for housing, business, and the general community. Later this morning, an instructor from the eastern iowamediation services will speak with participants on how to de situation. For example, if there were an argument in the workplace, an individual could step ito make sure both sides are heard. The Commission Hopes by providininthis training, it could cut back on the number of civil rights complaints filed. Commission Officials Say when both sides are recognized, its easier to come to an agreement. 25 5626 12 people j jt, they dont get the e ll story. Something happens to them and theyre only seeing it from their side, where as in m
We are working to get more information on the fire and if anyone is injured. We will continue to update you as we learn more. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. While a few flurries may be out there early this morning, they will be quick to exit. Watch the road surfaces asashey will likely have a light coaoang on them from last nights snow as well. Plan on temperatures to be into the teens for highs with wind chills of 5 to 10 at times. Another weak area of low pressure will move in later on wedndnday, and this should spread some light snow into iowa. The farther west you are, the sooner you will see it. It does look light, and only minor accumulations are possible out of it. Another similar system should bring us some snow on friday, and again going into sunday. Temperatures will remain cooler this week, with a rebound to some 30s into next week. Hoping to make a more inclusive and didirse city. So its providing four free training sessions. The Cedar R
House and in Dubuque County. Dubuque county auditor denise dolan says even with this many candidates, the appointment process is stl much cheaperhan estimates that payers about 50 thousand dollars. She says interviewing all 26 candidates is doing due diligence. The committee will select just one candidate after they deliberate on monday. Will we come to a consensus fairly quickly . I dont know. I think it will depend on the interviews. Auditor dolan says the last time a supervisor died while in office was, llyod hayes in 1987. That time, the Committee Also appointed a replacement usg the same interview method. And just five people e plied for the position. That process took just one day. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. If the Committee Appoints someone who Dubuque County people arent happy with, they can petition for a special election. Th this story on kcrg dot com. Ainsworth voters have about two hoururleft to cast their ballots in a special election for a new city cou
Daybyday. Plan on 40s on sunday. Next week widespread 60s, but also accompanied by a chance of showers and storms. Today increasing clouds high 3238 winds s 515 tonight snow likely low 2632 winds e 515 tomorrow chance of light snow early high 3238 winds ne 515 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 2127 winds ne 510 thanks kaj. Two president ial candidates are looking forward in the race to morning. As predicted, Hillary Clinton and donald trump both won big in super tuesday votes. The Associated Press has declared donald trump the winner of 7 states. Would need 12 hundred37 to win the oklahoma and delegates. Marco rubio won in minnesota and is at 87 delegates. John kasich and ben of delegates. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton also captured wins in 7 states. She now has 544 delegates. 2383 to win. He has 349 delegates. Clinton celebrated her win in florida focusing on the republican candidate she might face. While sanders is still far behind, he celebrated his win his home state of ve