When rescue crews finally found her, they placed her on a back board. Fire fighters above ground used a tripod to pull her out through a nearby man hole. A rescue effort some city leaders say could have been avoided. Other people had to put themselves in harms way in order to be able to rescue someone from that space. City leaders from several departments will meet later this week to ways to keep people from trying to explore the mine shafts. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. That dangerous old mine shaft in dubuque is not alone. The Us Department of agriculture says iowa has about 27 hundred of these mine shafts across the state. About six months ago, some des moines homeowners discovered one under their house when a sinkhole opened in front of their home. Historians say it dates moines coal company. The usda said an air shaft in the old coal mine probably eroded over time and caused the collapse. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, a lit
Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with your first forecast. Joe, some rains moving Johnson County is once again looking for a location for an emergency homeless shelter. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson joins us live from iowa city. Mark, whats the plan . Right now there isnt one. But officials hope by spreading the word that they are looking for a place someone will come forward with some space. For the past two years officials in iowa city hav transformed an old grocery store, and Old Office Building into an emergency homeless shelters, during the cold winter months. The efforts have kept Homeless People refusing to go to shelter house. Out of the cold, and out of city hall where many men slept years ago. I wont freeze to death, but if i did it would be an easy nice way to go. But today, past locations are no longer available. Anybody in the community that was experiencing homelessness could come in there whether they were intoxicated, whatever reason it house. Officials at shelter ho
Meeting tonight. Jordee, this was a lengthy discussion . Yes. For more than 3 Hours Council heard both positives and negatives about this plan. Those for the proposal say theres not enough Affordable Housing in cedar rapids. Those against the proposal say they arent against the low Income Housing units, they just dont want the development in their neighborhood. 27 51, just against the location of this, or any apartments that would go here deanna schriner has lived n edgewood and crestwood roads for about 45 years. She says throughout the years, this neighborhood has become too congested. 28 31, the traffic the safety the drainage, the storm water runoff. Thats why shes against the proposal for Affordable Housing units. If passed, the complex would have gone up just across the street from her home. 28 44, there really isnt anything close around here this is in the middle of a residential neighborhood night to express concern for this project. Nat 59 40, absolutely every homeowner or ren
Will allow for our temperatures to climb back into the 70s for some on halloween. Today partly cloudy. Wind n 510 high 58 alo 57 dbq 56 iow 58 55 to 61 tonight partly cloudy. Wind se 515 low 46 alo 44 dbq 44 iow 46 43 to 49 thanks britley. New this morning, a powerful earthquake overnight did a lot of damage in central italy. Hit in the mountains about 2 hours north of rome. Italian Officials Say the earthquake collapsed buildings in several cities. Witnesses say that includes a cathedral dating back to the 14th century. Todays earthquake comes just two months after another killed nearly 300 in the same area. Officials say the earthquake in august may have actually saved lives today. Thats because a lot of people are still evacuated and living in shelters in other parts of the country. Of campaigning before election day. Theres only nine days left before people head to the polls across the country. For Hillary Clinton, the last few days of her president ial campaign will likely focus o
Will allow for our temperatures to climb back into the 70s for some on halloween. Today partly cloudy. Wind n 510 high 58 alo 57 dbq 56 iow 58 55 to 61 tonight partly cloudy. Wind se 515 low 46 alo 44 dbq 44 iow 46 43 to 49 thanks britley. New this morning, a powerful earthquake overnight did a lot of damage in central italy. Hit in the mountains about 2 hours north of rome. Italian Officials Say the earthquake collapsed buildings in several cities. Witnesses say that includes a cathedral dating back to the 14th century. Todays earthquake comes just two months after another killed nearly 300 in the same area. Officials say the earthquake in august may have actually saved lives today. Thats because a lot of people are still evacuated and living in shelters in other parts of the country. Of campaigning before election day. Theres only nine days left before people head to the polls across the country. For Hillary Clinton, the last few days of her president ial campaign will likely focus o