In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 an hour. Five cities opted out of johnson countys increase. A Polk County Task force wants to increase the minimum wage there to 1075 an hour by january 2019. It recommended a plan to the board of supervisors earlier this month. If approved, the county would start the increase at 875, next april. A pacific hurricane is getting weaker, but could still make landfall on hurricane madeline is a category 1 storm with sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. Forecasters say it could hit the island sometime in the next 36 hours. People on the island are boarding up their doors today in preparation for heavy rain. Hawaii countys mayor says hes keeping a close eye on the storm to make sure the island is as prepared as possible when it hits. Were making our decisions based on the National Weather service, the best a decision. Businesses have been cooperative. A lot of our community have gone and are being prepared. Well away from hawaii, another hur
Ordered them to steal from stores to sell items for cash. He also posted their photos online on a website advertising sexual services. Officers got a search warrant and police say they discovered stolen clothing and bus receipts inside campbells home. Neighbors believed he moved in here late last year and didnt know much about him. One did notice the late night activity monday. I saw a police car pull up and i could tell them were in the house with flashlights looking around and stuff i had no idea i jus drugs because thats what people get busted for. Waterloos police chief thinks the juveniles had arrived only a week ago. These girls truly are victims. Some may argue they willingly came here. Yes, theyre 16 year olds who willing came here but they were exploited. Trelka says Waterloo Police notified family members in the chicago area who police in the criminal complaint said campbell made contact with the juveniles through the internet. He promised them a better life is they came to l
Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a great day in all areas. Highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. Our wind will people believe the city is wasting their time and money. The city is holding an inforanal meeting tonight to explain why the city needs updates. The city council wants to fix crumbling sidewalks and put them into neighborhoods where they dont exist. Homeowners will have to cover the cost. Council members say the ordinance has been around for years, they just havent enforced it. Iowa code lets cities assess sidewalks to property owners. Some say the the city council is going about the project the wrong way, but the city 22 20 54;13 the other side of town down there, i can sit in front of my home for hours at night and never see a car go by let alone a person walking the streets 22 08 36;00 we have a Grant Program available that anyone that qualifies for lowincome we have grant money set aside, we also can assess it against their
Working up towards the four corners. By 5 00, 6 00 tonight, they will just barely be moving over the border. After sunset, we will begin to see a few more light showers drifting into western colorado and the central mountains. So we will see some showers overnight. They are not going to be particularly heavy. But it is going to signal a change in western colorado. And that moisture out west will slowly make its way our way in the form of a few clouds tomorrow. Small chances for rain on friday. And a couple of showerar take a look at this view. This is 225 right around mississippi. Both sides of the highway commute are so far so good. But as we get out to our maps we have a lot happening. Right along our i70 corridor. Two separate accidents have just taken place within the last about five minutes or so. And the delays here are going to grow very quickly. Already a 12 minute drive from 225 over towards i25 in the westbound direction. That is up from our typical commute of just about 8 or
A mockingbird. Well have more on her life and legacy coming up. A semi track hits a person in the loveland area. Happened at 7 00 this morning at Rocky Mountain avenue and east 37th. Police havent given a condition for the people involved. There was a scooter involved, weve heard that. At this point we dont flow in what know in what way. Well send it over to luber nnw. This is where the accident happened, 37 street, basically closed Rocky Mountain roadway between hh Medical Center of the rockies and crossroads. Thats the section closed town now for that accident that happened here. I25 would get you around it. Even better, go on the other side of the highway between crossroads and highway 34. But there is access at leass Medical Center of the rockies if you need to get over there in the next couple of hours. Thank you. Cdot has more work to do befooe it can reopen i70 in glenwood canyon. They only plan to open one lane of alternating traffic. Gps systems and google maps are sending peo