Laura des moines public works is well underway in its preparations for 6 or more inches of snow. Kccis Marcus Mcintosh explains. Marcus this is the des moines public works departments first line of defense before the snow starts to fall. Class right now, we are just doing a salt brining operation. Marcus the salt brine solution will go down on all 17 snow routes, all 40 districts, all hills, and all intersections in des moines. We put the brine application down so we dont have snow pack. The brining allows us to plow the snow off on a first pass and pushes the snow off completely so we can get down to bare pavement. We are also putting on all of our cutting edges, checking all of our equipment to make sure everything is up to par based on the fact we havent had a lot snow this year. Marcus that lack of snow has done two things. It has not come close to removal budget, so any funds saved will go into other public works projects. That lack of snow also has public works drivers anxious an
How a central iowa teens body ended up in a pond. Search and rescue crews recovered 17yearold sam kepts body in that pond off highway 141 near granger. Sam was last seen near the area on saturday after leaving a house party. Officials spent hours combing through woods and ditches, and even searched with an airplane before making the devastating discovery. A spokeswoman for the family said mothers shouldnt have to bury children. Sammy was their family, their flesh and blood, you know . Theyre hurting right now. Still no word yet on how this happened. Authorities say, at this point, theyre unsure if the death is suspicious. Its been almost two weeks since authorities found 18yearold moe seds body in the cedar river. Officials discovered the waterloo teen on december 6th. He went missing on october 22nd. There were no signs of trauma, and authorities are still trying to figure out what happened. A late night fire sent one person to the university of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department respon
Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. While no major issues are anticipated, a brief reductctn in visibility could occur in anynynow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into he
Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student kied this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into her Center Point United Methodist church youth programs. Her pastor says shell be greatly missed. The visitation is todgy from 4 to 8 this evening. The funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 30 at centerpoint urbana high school. Authorities are still trying to figure out how a central iowa teens body ended up in a pond. Search andndescue crews recovered 17yeaeaold sam kepts body in a pond off highway
That boy jumps out of the window, and takes off. The homeowner sees a second, 17yearold boy coming up the stairs inside his home, and he fires at him as well. A 13yearold boy, possibly a lookout was later found nearby. We do know that 117yearold is dead, one is at unc come with a 13yearold is unharmed, but detained. Here is what the lieutenant had to say. Clicks if you are at home and someone breaks in if someone breaks into your home, you have a right to defend your property and famreporter metro police are waiting to talk to the father. Kelsey we understand the homeowner perspective will be key to the inveswe do know that we have the 17yearold at unc, he is in surgery. That 13yearold boy is at reporting live, vegas and jones drive, kelsey thomas, news 3. Jim this is the second shooting metro is investigating today. Officers say it was at the hand of someone trying to protect themearlier this morning on the police say a man was shot and killed while trying to break into a house. Polic