Crews arrived on the scene on main street around noon thursday. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. Firefighters managed to containe the blaze to the apartment building, but an adjacent laundrymat sustained some minor damage. Weather adlib itll be a great way to end the work week today as temperatures soar into the 40s after starting the day in the 20s well see a few lingering clouds and perhaps some patchy fog early this morning, but the rest of the day looks sunny and calm. Winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. This will result in a cloudier and cooler day sunday with highs close to 50, strong wind and possibly a quick shower or two. Well end the month of february on a mild note monday with some sun and highs in the 50s before another disturbance moves through that will give the area a decent chance at seeing a rain snow mix monday night
Do to prevent being a victim of skimming. One is to make sure youre under a well lit pump. Another is to go inside and use cash. And a third pin whenever possible. Police say both credit and debit cards can be at risk for skimming at the pump. But they say keeping track of your account statements is a way to stay ahead of scamms. Scammers have also targeted atm machines. Police sayayhats a more common crime. They place devices over the actual card readers. When customers swipe, their information is stored. So, police encourage people to pay attention, and be on the look out for any suspicious looking devices. Matt and sheila . A sioux city man has been arrested for sexually abusing a 9yearold girl. 68yearold d ert scott is fafang sexual abuse charges after, police sasa he sexually assaulted a young girl who visited his home. The victim said these acts happened multiple times. Police say scott told the victim not to tell anyone come after her when he got out of jail. Scott is a register
President obama has called it the biggest frustration of his time in office. His struggle to pass gun control legislation. Details on his new plan jessica rae and that very plan has already had a negative reaction among th republican party. Including surging gop contender ted cruz. Who was stumping in iowa yesterday. Jessica rae plus before the president s announcement. Gun sales here in iowa saw a mediocre rise in one iowa county. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning on this wnesday. We begin this morning with president obama and his plans for stricter gun laws. Background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. However, it does include sales at gun shows and online. The government will provide more money for Mental Health treatment as well as more smart gun technology. And states will be encouraged to report people who should be kept from buying weapons. Reporter tom foreman looks at the president s history in the gun control fig
On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this friday. Im lukas voss. The Bernie Sanders campaign in iowa is continuing to raise questions about the final results. There maybe somom places where things werent recorded quite accurately and maybe some numbers were accidentaly flipped and things like that. We just want to make sure everything is accurat, especially when we are talking about two tenths of a percentage point. The group is vowing to go by pcint to numbers reports of descrepencies from several caucus locations. Lukas from iowa, but some questions citing problems during mdays process. That includedeat least two mocratic precints in Woodbury County. Tim seaman has people say their precint delegate the clinton campaign, and they arent sure this system like i said is outdated we need to change it, said patrick west. West served as a captain in woodbury held in correctionville. Like some others in iowa, hes questioning the way Democratic Caucus result
Related cases of zika reported throughout the state. Governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide at least 1,000 zika Antibody Test kits for pregnant women to see if they contracted the virus in the past. And thousands more kits to test for active cases. Sot gov scott 13 47 51 the mosquito that causes zika virus is common in florida. The spread of the virus. A growing concern for the estimated 20 million tourists expected to visit florida in the spring break months. At Miami International airport. Hundreds of flights a day coming in from the gfx 30 high risk countries flagged by the cdc. Over 100 of them just from brazil. Nats this morning, two Million People are flocking to the streets of rio for the start of carnival, where now, mosquitoes arent the only concern for spreading zika. Brazilian Health Authorities confirming thursday a man was infected with the virus after receiving multiple blood transfusions. But some doctors here in the us say they are more worried about sexual t