The county generates an estimated 40thousand new see, those files have really piled up over time. To try and figure out how many we have, ill say we have thousands of files here. How about that . Thats linn county clerk of court roxann repstien. Shes essentially in charge of all the paperwork and the clerk says shes out of space to store it all in the courthouse. Nats this is one we have two of these rooms you can come on in here. Thats why the county rents a half floor of the old hubbard ice building on 1st street. 7thousand boxes, potentially up to 700,000 individual files are kept here. It used to be more. The 08 flood destroyed a bunch at an old facility and damaged many others. Hey had a company freeze dry them. Then they all came back in boxes. We had to inventory. Rh onda ogreen comes here regularly to grab a few relevant files each week. She says some date back to thee0s. Many files are seldom used. Yet, the county spends nearly 50 to store them, each year. And it doesnt have a
Western avenue around 4 00. Thats just across the river from the downtown area a few blocks from us 218 on waterloos west side. Firefighters said they found heavy smoke coming from the home when they arrived. Everyone inside the house was able to safely escape. Crews were on the scene for several hours. The cause of this fire is still under inveveigation. One person died in an overnight fire in des moines. Police were originally called out to a home on the citys Northwest Side for a report of a disturbance. Police say a man inside the home was threatening officers s en they arrived at the home. When police couldnt get the man to come outside, officers saw a fire erupt in the home. After breaking into the home to rescue the man, police say that man resisted the officers attempt to save him. Police ultimately had to leave him behind and run out of the home because of the fire and smoke. Investigators say the fire was set intentionanay. Authorities have not released the victims name. New
We are working to get more information on the fire and if anyone is injured. We will continue to update you as we learn more. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. While a few flurries may be out there early this morning, they will be quick to exit. Watch the road surfaces asashey will likely have a light coaoang on them from last nights snow as well. Plan on temperatures to be into the teens for highs with wind chills of 5 to 10 at times. Another weak area of low pressure will move in later on wedndnday, and this should spread some light snow into iowa. The farther west you are, the sooner you will see it. It does look light, and only minor accumulations are possible out of it. Another similar system should bring us some snow on friday, and again going into sunday. Temperatures will remain cooler this week, with a rebound to some 30s into next week. Hoping to make a more inclusive and didirse city. So its providing four free training sessions. The Cedar R
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