The Labor Department says job growth surged in december. Employers added 292 thousand jobs last month. This suggests the us economy is defying Global Trends like chinas stock market plunge and slow economy. The Unemployment Rate stayed steady at 5 percent for the Third Straight month. Thousands of people in iowa dont have health insurance. And the deadline for the Affordable Care act sign up is fast approaching. Those uninsured by january 31st face penalties. The story. The deadline is which is greater, uninsured could pay up to 2,085 bucks or 2. 5 of their annual household income. Payment is due on 2016 taxes. According to Insurance Expert stacy mcatee, with unitypoint st. Lukes in cedar rapids, about six percent of iowas population is uninsured. Six percent of those people are in linn county, about 11,280. Thats the second in the state, next to polk county. Hispanic men, 18 to 34 are the largest demographic without insurance at 16 . Theyre followed by African American men in the same
Disturbance call monday. Inside the home, they found 72yearold gary breckenridges body. No one else was inside the home. The state medical Examiners Office is conducting an autopsy. A correctional officer at anamosa state penitentiary is recovering after an inmate assaulted him. The department of corrections identified the inmate as taylor denney. The unidentified officer went to the Jones Regional Medical Center for treatment, but hes expected to make a full recovery. Denney, who is 23, is serving a 15year sentence for arson and escape. Security staff immediately restrained denney and put him into a segregation unit. Police in keokuk are working with police in hamilton, illinois to see if home invasions in the two cities are related. Police say they found 32 year old ian keefe in a home in keokuk shot three time early block of belknap boulevard. Police say two masked suspects were driving away from the home in a car. A similar robbery happened across the river half an hour earlier. No
27yearold William Franklin faces a 2nd degree robbery charge and is in the Rock Island County jail. Police say another man 28 year old shawn cade went into Dutrac Community credit union on november 27th. He passed the teller a note saying he was armed and got away with some money. Police say franklin worked along side cade, whom they arrested on december 1st. Both face up to 10 years in prpron. We want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrgrgot com. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, its been a day of drizzle. Will this continue tonight . Plan on more showers and fog tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures, overnight, will be staying in the middle 30s through friday. Friday night into saturday colder air begins to arrive ushering in some snoww which looks to be heaviest to the east of the mississippi. Cooler winds outbreak next week, dropping highs into the Single Digits and
Winds nw 2030 alo 0 dbq 4 iow 5 in a tv9 followup this morning. Dubuque police says they now consider an ongoing Death Investigation suspicious. Officers responded to 2944 jackson street after a disturbance call monday. Inside the home, they found 72yearold gary breckenridges body. No one else was inside the home. The state medical Examiners Office is conducting an autopsy. A correctional officer at anamosa state penitentiary is recovering after an inmate assaulted him. The department of corrections identified the inmate as taylor denney. The unidentified correctional officer went to the Jones Regional Medical Center for treatment, but hes expected to make a full recovery. Denney, who is 23, is serving a 15year sentence for arson and escape. Security staff immediately restrained denney and put him into a segregation unit. Police in keokuk are working with police in hamilton, illinois to see if home invasions in the two cities are related. Police say they found 32 year home in keokuk sh
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