Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,
In from our northwest tonight with a mix of rain and snow. It looks like conditions will be mild enough before midnight for mainly rain showers in western iowa. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Downtown des moines is looking to host some big events this year. But changes could make it tricky for those looking to use the skywalk system to get around. Construction of the Convention Center hotel has closed down parts of the skywalk until 2018. Stephanie tonight, just days away from the start of the state wrestling tournament. Construction concerns are going to cost them a lot of money. Stephanie local fives Nikki Davidson joins us live from downtown with more in tonights big story. Nikki . Nikki right during these cold winter months. Coming down the warm skywalk can be like heaven. But lately. Youre going to run alot of this. Parts that are blocked off and closed. An inconvience for some. B
The Washington Mystics have had a difficult start to the season. What positive takeaways, if any, are there to glean from their first stretch of games?