Gathered in cedar rapids tonight, to plan and heal togegeer after a tragic lolo of three liveve michka kabeya, platini namputu, and dickson mandiki, all from the democratic republic of the congo, died in a crash on highway 30 near keystone early thursday morning. They were among 9 people who were traveling to work in tama in a minivan, when the iowa state patrol says it hit ice and lost control. Singing members and representativ es of the Congolese Community sang prayers and discussed Funeral Plans at Central Assembly of god church. People there say they need any help they can get, like prayer support for the other people still recovering from the crash, and donations to cover burial costs. Peter nkumu says planning for three burials at once will be daunting. Its going be a very challenging situation. Were just trying to cope with this, whahawe can do ourselves. Thats why, again, we are counting on anyone, any organization, that can help our community. These people did not have close f
In portables set up behind the middle school. Now an inspector went through the school sites to make sure theres no damage and extensive cleaning has been done. Now the Middletown Unified School District superintendent sent a message to students saying shes excited to welcome everyone back today. The School Building all survived with minimal damage and 76,000acre fire is one of the most destructive in california history. It dedried almost 1 destroyed almost 1300 homes and 66 commercial properties and 585 other structures. Four people died in the fire. And the superintendent says she upper level disturbances if some people understands if some people arent ready to come back to school just yet. But for now, those who are as we said School Starts at 9 00 a. M. This morning. The middle school will get out at 2 40 this morning. Chi coat valley out at 3 15. The High School Gets out at 3 45. Bus schedules could be a little different today so be sure to check the districts websites for the exa
The mayor says fareway usually wants a larger town. But the prospect of growth here sealed the deal. Because fareway will rehab an existing building in anamosa, that store should open in late spring or early summer. New construction in peosta will mean waiting about a year. But as the mayor says finally having a Grocery Store is worth the wait. Thanks, dave. The federal centers for medicare and Medicaid Services called for a delay in iowas switch to a private Medicaid Program today. Governor Terry Branstad wanted the new program to start january 1st. And today was the deadline for recipients to choose a new plan to have coverage start on that date. Federal regulators told the state needs more time for the switch. The center for Medicaid Services ordered the delay of the program to march 1st. This just gives them more time to do that, more time to make a decision and to talk with their physicians and to find out what to create a medical plan along with a plan the physician will know abo
Youngest of 3 siblings. But with Treacher Collins syndrome. About one in 50,000 people is touched by it. He is lacking facial bone development. Small jaw. He doesnt have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower. The challenges arent just on the outside. A tcs patient also has smaller airways. If youre a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital. Nearly every time. A common day cololputs him in theeospital. Kelli notes her other children, 17yearold page and 7yearold payton are on the familys private insurance but medicaid isnt just on income guidelines it also covers disabilities. T t transfer trenton and his medicaid in recent weeks. Id call the hospitals and try to help them by getting on the right program for trenton and they could not tell me anything. They told me to keep calling back. Now, a 60day wait for iowa with about 15 of the population using medicaid to truly have the infrastructure to handle the transfer. I received thousands of email
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