Showers, mainly pm high 5258 winds e 1020 alo 56 dbq 55 iow 56 tonight showers low 4551 winds e 515 alo tomorrow showers drizz le, windy 50 dbq 51 iow 52 tomorrow night cloudy, drizzle low 3339 winds w 1525 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 37 thursday mostly cloudy, cool high 49 low 36 friday partly cloudy high 51 low 33 saturday showers likely high 54 low 43 sunday slight chance of showers high 59 low 42 monday partly cloudy high 62 low 44 low 45 some are calling it a witch hunt. Defended his decision to stay home and care Dennis Freitag fielded questions from the county supervisors yesterday. Freitag has worked from his home for months while he cares for his ailing wife, pam. Shes been under hospice care while going through the final stages of lupus. But the supervisors say freitag is so far behind on his work, its affecting the county governments ability to function. The board asked about freitag being behind in getting the countys fiscal year 2015 books uptodate. They also asked whether freitag h
Some are calling it a witch defended his decision to stay home and care for sick wife. Dennis freitag fielded questions from the county supervisors yesterday. Freitag months while he cares for his ailing wife, pam. While going through the final stages of lupus. But the supervisors say freitag is so far behind on his work, its affecting the county governments ability to function. The board asked about freitag being behind in getting the countys fiscal year 2015 books uptodate. They also asked whether freitag has been holding official county documents at his home. Freitag responded several times by saying hes a 247 caregiver for his wife. And that the board should be questioning his chief deputy auditor, who he says takes care of things when hes gone. Several times, freitag became visibly agitated, and accused Board Members of badgering him by asking the same questions repeatedly. 25 5918 you have set me up for failure. And it has not just been this year, its been last year. And thats ex
Exhaust manifold and could catch fire. The other recall is for more than 86thousand ram pickups, because the rear axle shafts could break and cause a wheel to separate. The recalls come on the same day fiatchrysler announced their safety chief is retiring at the end of next month. General motors also announced a recall today for cars that can leak oil and catch fire. It covers 1. 4million vehicles dating back to 1997 model years. Gm says repairs from two previous recalls didnt work. More than 13hundred cars caught fire after being fixed. The recall includes pontiac grand prix, buick regal, oldsmobile intrigue, as well as the chevrolet impala, lumina, and monte carlo. Turning now to the forecast, and were getting ready to see some rain with these cool temperatures. Meteorologist chris havely has the latest track. Where is it now . This morning we were lucky enough to get through the morning commute dry, however the afternoon commute will likely be a different story. Showers will spread
Investigation. Its a story we first told you about yesterday evening. Neighbors discovered someone had died when they went looking for a stolen truck. Police and sheriffs deputies closed off 59th street trail between 32nd and 33rd avenues yesterday afternoon. Thats east of vinton and north of shellsburg. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us from that area this morning. Forrest, whats the latest . An iowa state Patrol Trooper confirmed to us this it is a Death Investigation. But we have no further information on a victim or any arrests. We did speak with three neighbors, who claimed to have discovered a body while looking for a stolen truck. One of them told tv9, his vehicle was taken before 4 am yesterday. The man said they searched for the truck for hours. He said when they finally found it and prepared to haul it back home, they made another discovery. There appeared to be blood on the ground. 11 58 found the truck this morning, about 11 40, we found the blood trail and walked up on a
The alert mentioned a man in his 30s was reportedly assaulting women near the west dorm and uihc on the university of iowa campus in iowa city. Kwwls Olivia Mancino is in iowa city w the latest i have not heard back from the University Spokesperson so there are still some Unanswered Questions , namely we dont know if this man is a student. Health center area, hes described to be a white man around 510 with brown hair the hawkeye alert states the assaults were sexual in nature. Again he is in custody now according to those alerts, they well be sure to pass them along issued for a Sexual Assault today the first issued at four in the morning. That suspect was described as a man, about five ten wearing red flannel, ripped jeans and flip flops. He was seen near the hospital, a hospital parking ramp and the in continuing coverage. The third resentencing for a man who shot a Police Officer is pushed back. Eddie chests will be resentenced sometime next week. Chest was convicted of shooting lie