Plan on rain to become likely again by saturday. Today storms likely very early, then a substantial break. Scattered activity may redevelop late today. Wind sw 515 high 80 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. Low 63 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 77 tom. Night clear and cool. Wind light nw low 54 enforcement on a chase for about 15 miles this morning from reinbeck to past hudson. The Grundy County Sheriffs Office says, at about 12 40 am, a deputy tried to pull a pickup truck over but the driver sped away going into black hawk county. The chase ended on eldora road near the intersection with west shaulis road thats between hudson and waterloo. Deputies say they tried to pull the driver over for a license plate violation. North liberty could possibly they head back to school this morning. For the part of North Liberty that is in the Iowa City School district, School Leaders made 2 changes this school year that could push more kids to walk to school. First, the d
And penn Elementary Schools. In particular, parents i spoke to are extremely concerned about their kids walking along penn street. 28 59, my husband and i moved back here about two and half years ago. Iowa native sarah madsen moved to North Liberty with one thing in mind. 28 55, its a fantastic place to raise kids. Sarah says people in her neighborhood are friendly, and enjoy living in a budding community. But she isnt fond of one particular growing pain. 30 05, there are some dangerous intersections one intersection she listed is penn and dubuque streets, which she drives every morning. 30 25, theres a lot of cars and theres a lot of blind spots in the morning. And just a block down is the intersection of penn and north stewart streets. Thats where a car hit a crossing guard during the last school year. The crossing guard later died. Nat this summer, the city took a few steps to improve safety in those areas. 37 56, mayor theres light up stop signs for crossing people. A fresh coat of
Meteorologist terry swails starts us off with your a potentially lifesaving injection is grabbing a lot of headlines right now. Now. Epipens are designed to save a person experiencing a liftthreatening allergic react. Reaction. But take a look at the cost in recent years. Nearly four times higher than just four years ago. Cbs 2 news first told you about this problem last month. Month. Now. Cbs 2 news anchor matt hammill joins us with an update, matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some parents tell us theyre paying thousands of dollars because they have to carry five or six epi pens for their kids. Tonight senator Charles Grassley is demanding the manufacturer explain why. It is not optional equipmenta the manufacture explain why. It is not optional equipment. A child stung by a bee or epipen but the epinephrine shot that has remained pretty much the same has jumped from about 100 to more than 600 in six years. s. I received senator. Grassley wants answers and he feels for the families.
School is back in session in eastern iowa cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is live right now in iowa city. City. Where students are getting ready to head back to class today. Stephanie good m. Morning. Good morning kelly yeah students in iowa city will need an umbrella or rain coat for their first day of school im right outside of southeast junior high where School Starts just before 9 oc. Different than Elementary Students who start class at 7fifty five. The School District is reminding parents about this swap in start times. They believe these start times better suit the different age groups. The district also made changes to discretionary buses, prioritizing areas where it is needed the most. Stephen murley, superintendent 22 41 48 we only had so much money that we could devote to discretionary busing, so given that, we couldnt bus every child that lives within two mil miles. Theyre planning for more traffic to start off the year. They hope drivers are paying attention so all k