System helped them learn about a potential school threat. But they say it also revealed a downside to procedure. The Monticello School district says Police Received a text message indicating a student might bring a gun to the high school yesterday. As a precaution, police were at the school, and students were not allowed in hallways during classes. Parents, if they wanted to, could take their kids out of school for the day. Early yesterday morning, Monticello Police chief britt smith got a message on his phone. It was a notification that someone had sent an anonymous tip about the gun threat to the jones county text to tell system. Once the tipster sends the text, officers can respond asking for more information. But the tipster can end all communication at any time, by simply typing stop. With this program granting that anonymity we arent able to clarify. We its just an unknown until we are able to get someone to admit that and say i submitted it. Monticello, anamosa, the jones county
Winds s 1020 alo 72 dbq 70 iow 72tomorrow night partly cloudy low 5157 winds sw 510 alo 57 dbq 55 iow 56 Monticello Police say an anonymous tip texting system helped them learn about a potential school threat. But they say it also revealed a downside to the procedure. The Monticello School district says Police Received a text message indicating a student might bring a gun to the high school yesterday. As a precaution, police were at the school, and students were not allowed in hallways during classes. Parents, if they wanted to, could take their kids out of school for the day. Early yesterday morning, Monticello Police chief britt smith got a message on his phone. It was a notification that someone had sent an anonymous tip about the gun threat to the jones county text to tell system. Once the tipster sends the text, officers can respond asking for more information. But the tipster can end all communication at any time, by simply typing stop. With this program granting that anonymity w
Candidate. Got a brandnew book out this morning called crippled america. Were going to get to him in just a moment. A lot of Campaign News out there. Were going to get the latest on that right now. Two new polls out this morning as president obama taunts the republican candidates. Abcs tom llamas starts us off. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning. Lets get right to those numbers. The big headline this morning, dr. Ben carson surging seven points since the last time this poll was conducted. Everybody else pretty much the same. Jeb bush still in single digits. But the other big headline, take a look at this now. When voters were asked their first or second choice ben carson, 50 , donald trump, 35 , outsiders. Voters, 8 in 10 of them, want an outsider more than somebody from washington. So many people now paying attention to the race, even president obama. Have you noticed that every one of these keys say, you know, obamas weak. You know, putins kicking sand in his face. When
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Now that our cold front has moved through the area, plan on temperatures to be around seasonal averages today with highs back in the lower 50s. There will be some sun out there though, which will help quite a bit. Plan on more of the same for tomorrow with some gradual warming from sunday through tuesday. Our next opportunity for rain comes in around wednesday and thursday of next week. Temperatures should generally average in the 50s with lows down into the 30s. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, cooler high 5056 winds nw 1020 alo 52 dbq 50 iow 54tonight mostly clear low 3238 winds w 510 alo 32 dbq 34 iow 35tomorrow mostly sunny, seasonable high 4753 winds nw 515 alo 50 dbq 50 iow 53tomorrow night mostly clear low 2733 winds light w alo 30 dbq 30 longtime cedar falls mayor jon crews is stepping down rather than trying to win a runoff election. Crews has served cedar falls for 30 of the last 44 years. But tuesda
Capitol this afternoon. They also marched into jessup hall to protest outside harrelds office. They say they fear he will run the University Like a business, potentially cutting programs that dont make money. Theyre also upset that harrelds resume listed a company that doesnt exist. Harreld says he had reached out to many people on campus to try and talk about their differences. He says some people have acted unprofession ally and refused to talk to him. Harreld says hes ready to make clear, direct and bold decisions for this university. And hes not going to let the criticism affect him. It comes with the territory, ive been part of these types of transitions multiple times and everyone gets a little nervous, a little anxious, they dont know me, they anticipate the worst it seems like, and frankly some bad behavior starts to pop out, i think weve gotten a little over the edge here. Harreld says he does respect peoples freedom of speech. But really ready for everyone to move on. And fin