If they need help then, better to have the help there then not need it, to not have the help and to need it. The bill would require the home team at High School Varsity games to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The goal of this bill is to increase quality of injury assesments by using professional medical providers to decrease the number of lifelong debilitating injury. The estimated cost for these trainers is between 2thousand to 5thousand dollars annuallymoney that would come from a proposed increase in state school funding. The superintendent at westwood thinks that that number may actually be a little higher. Theres gonna be high demand for those people, so cost is going to go up. I think its going to end up being a lot higher than that. The cost however is not the only thing to consider but also the availability. Its difficult, the cost is high and the availabilty of certified people that could come down and take care of our athletes an
Jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Iowa is trying to keep up with neighboring states. But when it comes to how fast you can go on the roads. Not everyone agrees that we should be pushing the limit. Tim lawmakers in des moinin are cocoidering bumping up speeds on state highghys. Abc9s jess pluehas more on the pros and cons. Jess that right. A bill has been sent to lawmakers proposing an increse in road speeds. More specifically, an increase from 55mph to 65mph on two lane highways throughout iowa. But while many are excited to quench their need for speed, others are more cautious about the potential increase. If all the roads were l le this, then yes, speeds could be a little higher, but woododry county only has three of these roads, says officer todd wingert. The roads officer todd wingert is talking about are twolane highways in iowa. On tuesd, a bill went into the hands of lawmakers to increase speeds from 60 to 65 mph. Gary worthan proposed this bill, keeping the state of iowa in check w
Travelled to delaware. And senator Chuck Grassley at a town hall meeting this week said he has called on the company to sell them on the value of the assets they have here in iowa. We dont want to lose these jobs with pioneer in johnston. I also told them to remember the history of pioneer in iowa going back to 1920s, and ought to put their Corporate Headquarters here. Cynthia im told the state is waiting to hear any day now about the decision on where the new headquarters will be located. Governor branstad told me he is optimistic about the companys future in iowa. The merger, creating the largest agrochemical and seed company, is still subject to regulatory approval. Steve thank you, cynthia. New information tonight in a deadly West Des Moines hit and run crash. 37yearold Ronald Paul Hauser of van meter now faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and owi. West des moines investigators say hauser was the driver that hit and killed 22yearold officers later
Republicans have indicated a reluctanan to take up a Supreme Court nominee approved 320 other the president. 29 years ago, nator grassley did vote to approve the nomination of Anthony Kennedy to the high court in president reagans final year in office. But he argued that nomination process had actually started the year before and shouldnt be compared to the current situation. Live in marengo, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Turning to the weather, meteorologist joe winters joins us. Joe, people are liking these mild temperatures. More clouds than sunshine the remainder of the week, but is does come with a warmup. Overnight, if we see any clearing, some fog could develop, although that looks like a slight chance at this point. Highs start in the lower 30s wednesday with 40s and 50s ahead for thursday and friday. Fridays warmth will be teered a bit by windy conditions. Enjoy a dry and quiet weather pattern right into the weekend. Tonight mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 510tomorrow mostly cl
Victory of a lifetime. A local College Coach is in the fight for his life. Why the Des Moines Fire Department is stepping in to help. Transition time. Iowa is about to make a move that will impact thousands of people. Find out if those in charge of privatizing medicaid think the system is ready for it. Water rescue. An indianola mans prayers were answered when two men rescued him from an icy lake. How he is doing tonight. And what he has to say to the men who rescued him. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 hes used to battling for wins and losses but a Community Colleges new coach has an even bigger opponent a lung condition thats killing him. Good evening. Im lynning. Thank you for joining us tonight. This spring, current ankeny centennial will also suit up for marshaltown Community College. But its his career in another uniform thats slowly killing him. Justin surrency explains how hes battling to live longer and the help he is get