In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 an hour. Five cities opted out of johnson countys increase. A Polk County Task force wants to increase the minimum wage there to 1075 an hour by january 2019. It recommended a plan to the board of supervisors earlier this month. If approved, the county would start the increase at 875, next april. A pacific hurricane is getting weaker, but could still make landfall on hurricane madeline is a category 1 storm with sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. Forecasters say it could hit the island sometime in the next 36 hours. People on the island are boarding up their doors today in preparation for heavy rain. Hawaii countys mayor says hes keeping a close eye on the storm to make sure the island is as prepared as possible when it hits. Were making our decisions based on the National Weather service, the best a decision. Businesses have been cooperative. A lot of our community have gone and are being prepared. Well away from hawaii, another hur
Drivers more fairly, the Airport Commission took its first step to regulate uber and lyft, classifying them as Transportation Network companies, last week. Officials say theyll be requiring those companies to get permits to operate at the airport for a monthly fee. As far as what the fee will be, thats still under negotiation. But, its about creating parity with our cab drivers. Kevin says he appreciates the change. Perhaps he wont want to give a customer the boot net word. Uber told us the companies do have Service Agreements with airports around the country. And theyre happy to work with the airport on this issue. Fs, kcrg tv nine news. A waterloo man faces Human Trafficking charges. Prosecutors say he come from illinois to waterloo. Lawrence campbell, who is 35, is in the Black Hawk County jail right now. His bond is set at 40 thousand dollars. The charges against him include two counts of Human Trafficking and two counts of using juveniles to commit indictable offenses. Police got
Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a great day in all areas. Highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. Our wind will people believe the city is wasting their time and money. The city is holding an inforanal meeting tonight to explain why the city needs updates. The city council wants to fix crumbling sidewalks and put them into neighborhoods where they dont exist. Homeowners will have to cover the cost. Council members say the ordinance has been around for years, they just havent enforced it. Iowa code lets cities assess sidewalks to property owners. Some say the the city council is going about the project the wrong way, but the city 22 20 54;13 the other side of town down there, i can sit in front of my home for hours at night and never see a car go by let alone a person walking the streets 22 08 36;00 we have a Grant Program available that anyone that qualifies for lowincome we have grant money set aside, we also can assess it against their
Kaj. Plan on a great day in all areas. Highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. Our wind will generally blow out of the north as High Pressure builds in. Much of the east coast will be in for soaking rain as a trop and hugs the coastline. In response, our beautiful weather will continue through sunday. By sunday night into monday, our next chance of rain arrives. Have a great day, and enjoy the welcome dry break today mostly sunny and less humid. Wind ne 515. High 79 tonight clear domfoable. Wd ne 510. Low 56 tomorrow mostly sunny, spectacular. Low humidity. Wind ne 510. Hig 75 tom. Ght 3 ntral ty wants to enforce a people believe the city isw the city is holding an informational meeting tonight to explain why the city needs updates. The city council wants to fix crumbling sidewalks and put them into neighborhoods where they dont exist. Homeowners will have to cover the cost. Council members say the ordinance has been around for years, they just have
The forecast center. I cant call it a name because it still doesnt have one. It is just depression 9. Hermine is the next tropical depression on the list. It could be good news that it is not a Tropical Storm. That it is is a tropical depression. Not in a very good environment. Not much better than it was 24 hours ago. There is the big picture there. Gaston out to sea. We are interested in tropical depression number 9 wh still a tropical depression by the way. According to the National Hurricane center. As of 5 00, 35 miles an hour winds. Theres your forecast track very close to what the consensus of the major models are doing. A slight northerly shift. Of course, as we get closer to potential landfall, the cone itself, that white cone, gets a little thinner. 65 miles an hour thursday afternoon. You can see moving off to the northeast. Tropical cyclone. We could bring some very strong tides into the west coast of florida. Especially high tide thursday any time from noon until 3 00 in t