Before midnight on the west side of cedar rapids. Fire crews say they rescued the woman and her two Young Children ages 5 and 3. At 4 this morning, First Responders say they went back to the home because are still investigating how the fire started. A community is gathering to remember 3 People Killed last week. And dickson mandiki, all from the democratic republic of the congo, died in a crash on us highway 30 near keystone early thursday morning. They were among 9 people traveling to tama for work, when the iowa state patrol says their minivan hit ice and lost control. Singing members of the Congolese Community sang prayers and talked about Funeral Plans at the cedar rapids Central Assembly of god church. Say they need as those still recovering from the crash. They also ask for donations to cover burial costs. Together to get more information. Get more information about the information about what the community is going to do in order to plan for their funerals. These people did not h
Our top story this morning. A change could soon be coming to iowa that would give more rights to felons. Right now felons are not allowed to vote. But the Iowa Supreme Court may soon relax or change that. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live this morning with reaction and this idea is getting a lot of reaction. Some closure may soon be coming. For a long time theres been confusion on which of iowas thousands of former offenders are eligible to vote. Right now the only way felons can vote is if their rights are restored by the governor. Several civil Rights Groups are speaking out. Saying the court should change this. And restore felons Voting Rights before the 2016 president ial election. Iowa is one of three state with lifetime voting bans for felons. Some iowans say there doesnt to be any change with the law because Voting Rights are restored to former felons after they prove to the governor they have changed. Others disagree. They say right now this ii disproportionately affecting the
40 mph. Temps are in the teens will have a few snow showers but the blowing snow will stay the main problem. The winds stay strong through tomorrow and the cold air will stick around, too. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Today. They are 15 to 30 mph right now with gusts up to 40 mph. Temps are in the teens and low 20s and wind chills are the blowing snow will stay the main problem. The winds stay strong through tomorrow and the cold air will stick around, too. Ill picking up our team seven Amanda Gilbert joins us live from ceda falls with a look at conditions. Amanda. Its really the wind thats the biggest problem there well you said it. If theres one thing i noticed this morning its the wind. Its hitting my face right now. And it hurts so make sure to dress accordingly this morning. Im going to step out of the way so you can see behind me. Im behind the uni dome in cedar falls. The wind is really picking up te snow thats fallen already and that is already on the ground. Blowing
Lots of folks there this hour. As is tradition, voting began at midnight. And a handful of communities providing results so far. For the gop, trump, cruz, and votes each. R the democrats, sanders leading clinton 17 votes to nine. Our team has been out with the candidates covering the final push. Katy tur is covering donond trump. [ cheers ] reporter as most of the other candidates crisscross the state to visit polling sites, donald trump was crisscrossing the airwaves. A heroin problem, drug problem. Were going to s sve it. Were going to build a wall, stop it up. Last night, said whos going to play for the world going crazy, mexico, mexico. How much will the wall cost . Sure. Its probably 8 billion. Reporter the billionaire pitching himself and spinning headlines made last night while criticizing ted cruz on water boarding. The showman sending a crowd into hysterics when he repeated a woman s suting from the flolo. Hear that from you again. She said, hes a [ bleep ]. Thats her. Her. Re
That may continue today with the winds staying strong. We wont warm up much today. Or the rest of the week. Ill have that cold forecast for you in a few minutes. We have breaking news this morning. Waterloo firefighters are on the scene of a fire. Firefighters are at western avenue. Theyve been there for about the last hour or so. It appears to be a home but our crew says it could also be a duplex with multiple families living there. Our crew is seeing smoke coming from the building. Right now youre getting a live look at the scene. Were still working to get more information. Once we learn more about the fire well let you know. Another big story this morning. A showdown between governor branstad a former iowa lawmakers. Today, former governor chet culver is having town hall in coralville and cedar rapids. Hes now one of the critics of Current Governor Terry Branstads plan to privatize the states medicaid system. Culver said last week the move could put Peoples Health at risk. Branstad