Road conditions were so bad earlier today in western iowa that many city and county services had trouble doing their jobs. Sioux city got up to 10 inches of snow. The snow and strong winds shut down interstate 29 for a while because it just wasnt safe to drive on. The weather didnt stop several eastern iowa schools from holding special elections today. The Lone Tree School district is asking voters to renew a 66cent Physical Plant and equipment voters in College Community and springville School Districts are trying to pass multiMillion Dollar bond issues to construct and upgrade buildings. This is the second time College Community has tried to pass a 49 and a half Million Dollar bond issue. Springville voters will decide whether to pass a 4point7 Million Dollar bond issue. And the waterloo School District is trying to pass a 47 Million Dollar bond referendum. This would allow for a major expansion to the districts career and Technical Education offerings. Polls are open until eight thi
Received a letter from the hospital. We went into the operating room today to see the machine at the center of this, take a look. Ntm bacteria is found all over the earth, and often in water. The issue is as grows near the fan n the machche, it blows into the air of the operating room and near the open surgical site. That is how an infection can begin. This is not just an issue for uihc, the cdc is asking hospitals that preform major lung, liver and heart transplants to take steps to avoid the spread of this bacteria in the operating room. Officials say right now this is all really new, and th just want to connect with patients who underwent these major procedures to see if they have had any symptoms. We need them to understand the risk of association at our hospital and other hospitals because this is something that has potential to impact every hospital in the United States that does these surgeries and that there are patients popping up at various places. Officials have since starte
Through a computer, shows the inmates location at all times. It even pinpoints the act area of a building or work area where that inmate is located. Deputies can see if an inmate travels home or anywhere near a potential victim. When we know who the victim is we can put an exclusion zone on the computer. If that person were to get near thahaexclusion zone, and alarm would go off and wed now. Jail administrator s also get a text message and immediately send a deputy to the inmates location. Its kind of dotting the is and crossing the ts, where they say i better behave because theyll know. the sheriff says the buddis bracelet payer. If an inmate chooses to leave jail for work, he or to use the mandatory bracelet. Ininlayton county Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. Several other eastern iowa counties use similar gps tracking systems. In dubuque count jail administratorsrso not use a tracking device. Instead deputies physically check in on the the inmates at work throughout the day. Multivehi
Laughing through it all today. We track him down. Good evening. And as we come on the air tonight, the race for the next battleground is getting much tighter. The new poll late today from New Hampshire, and it comes just two days before the big debate here on abc. Donald trumpn thelead, and take a look here. In second place now, senator marco rubio, gaining steam, now pushing past senator ted cruz. And donald trump tonight, determined to come in first in New Hampshire, after iowa, holding five events in one day. The stakes are enormous. Super bowl weekend approaching, and so is the debate, the night before. Cs tom llamas in New Hampshire, leading us off. Reporter tonight, donald trump trying to step up the pace. This is really crunch time. Reporter a jackpacked, oneday schedule. Greeting volunteers at his campaign office, shaking hands with local polole. Barnstorming New Hampshire for every last vote. Are so many people in there and the fire marshall wont let anybody get in. Theres don
Increase in clouds. A weak area of low pressure is still set to drift across the area this evening and itll likely squeeze some snow showers out. Most areas will likely only see a trace to half inch. Well start the weekend off right on saturday with highs well up into the 30s and a decent amount of sunshine as well. Later on sunday, a chance of snow does exist and that is part of a system that will impact eastern iowa on monday. While snow amounts look light, the wind may be an issue come monday with gusts over 30mph. Well be watching this system for possible travel impact in the area for mondays commute. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly cloudy high 2632 winds sw 515 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 31tonight partly cloudy low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 14 dbq 16 iow 20tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 32tomorrow night chance of light snow low 2026 winds s 510 alo 22 dbq 23 iow 25 thanks kaj. Republican president ial candidates are preparing for their debate in New Hamps