Prison policies. Union officials are examining a prisons policies after a fight broke out inside its walls. Find out what changes theyre calling for. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. Years of planning will be put to the test in three weeks when des moines hosts the ncaa mens basketball tournament. Justin surrency explains why the Basketball Court isnt the only place you can find a gameplan during march madness. The game plans for the ncaa tournament in des moines wont only be on the court. between logistics of transportation hotels, team functions, in arena aspects, its kind of been a collaborative efforts. the Police Department will be providing a large downtown assist. one of the Biggest Challenges we have with this being at wells fargo is we are bringing thousands and dense area downtown. scouting has been key. we did have a team that went down to omaha last year.
A small town is dealing with a big housing problem. The city of centerville has declared 12 mobile home trailers in the city to be unsafe to live in. And the residents of those trailers werent given much time to get out. i think it kind of sucks. Because what i understand they only have seven days,and they dont have no place to go. Centerville has been working with the owners of the highlander Mobile Home Park since last november. Concerns over safety of the homes. Wednesday. 12 homes were notified they have seven days to find a new place to live. some of the minimum housing violations. Are related to health and safety and the health of the residents. Its a very tough situation at this point. Were trying to work with the mobile home owner, local agencies the people to find a place to move to. Were very proud of our town, and we want people when they come to our town. To enjoy it and recognize its a good place to live. Were also very interested in the health and safety of all our reside
Channel 13s josh nguyen popular hawkeye bar in valley junction. Josh whats the mood like there jodi that are doing just take a look at this crowd here. The said they will be a capacity all night. They order 50 extra pounds of chicken wings a few extra kegs even moved in extra chairs. Cue to sot they even had people waiting for them to open. we try to say youre welcome to come anytime, but we suggest that you hold off a little bit. We want them to know you got a fair shot at about 1 oclock. But they will be in. We had them waiting outside the even though we are not experience california type weather. At least its was sunny here in central iowa. Meteorologist brett mcintrye joins us now for look at forecast. Brett is the sun going to stick around a while highs reached into the mid and upper 30s around the metro on friday leading to more snow melt as we head in to the weekend. Be aware that temperatures will be cold enough for some refreeze and slick spots tonight, especially on side stre
In an effort to reduce waste and increase sustainability on campus, Northside Cafe has stopped providing single-use containers and has switched to reusable containers. Topanga, the company that provides the reusable containers, reached out to the Environmental Sustainability Alliance on campus last semester and worked alongside the university to provide the containers at Northside Cafe.