I think theyre selling themselves short, i think they have the talent and skills to raise that full 500,000 without city support. I would encourage the city council to vote yes on supporting arts and culture and attraction to this community so the businesses and the individuals that have continued to support the arts will move here, will raise their families here. If the Council Votes yes the lens could be in place sometime next year. If they vote no the Downtown District will have to decide if they want to raise the money for the project without a professional fundraiser. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Turning now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, some very mild weather today. When you think of february weather normally snow, wind and cold come to mind. While we will have strong winds the next couple of days features no snowfall and mild temperatures. Highs should be able to rise into the 50s through 60s a definite possibility. Our milder than normal conditions contin
Hour. But thats not stopping heated discussion about increasing the limit sometime soon. Ten years ago, iowas interstate speed limit went from 65 to 70. States surrounding iowa have similararimits. Illinois and wisconsin are also at 70 Miles Per Hour. But to the west, nebraska is at 75 and south dakota has a limit of 80 Miles Per Hour. Kcrgtv9s Iowa City Bureau chief mark carlson reports drivers and Law Enforcement have mixed views on whether iowa is due for a change. Johnson county shshiff Lonny Pulkrabek says hes not a fan of increasing the speed limit on iowas interstates, and the dot also has concerns. Data from the dot shows that in the year after iowa laststaised its speed limit from 65 to 70 Miles Per Hour fatalities more than doubled on iowas rural interstate system. But theyve gone back down. In 2014 the dot reported 2020eople died on rural interstates, the lowest while it appears lawmakers wont further debate iowas speed limit this session this debate will likely continue in
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Brandon First Responders say they checked a few houses and nearby barns. At this hour there are no new leads. Now lets check in with storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel for your first forecast. Any chance of a White Christmas 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team its not looking likely that we will see a White Christmas. Well show you that in the storm track 7 day forecast here in just a few minutes. Temperatures have been pretty seasonable today. We started out in the upper Single Digits and lower teens. Now we are up in the 20s and 30s. Temperatures wont be dropping too much tonight. Right now winds our out of the south from 5 to 10 miles per hour, but will be picking up tonight. That will help keep our temperatures from falling too much. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network camera across eastern iowa. Its a heres the satellite and radar. No rain, but clouds are increasing and there is the chance for areas of drizzle tomorrow
And 30s. Temperatures wont be dropping too much tonight. Right now winds our out of the south from 5 to 10 miles per hour, but will be picking up tonight. That will help keep our temperatures from falling too much. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network camera across eastern iowa. Its a pretty quiet night. For the man who ran from officers this mornnng. Authorities say he crashed on interstate 380 between brandon and jesup and then left. Police say the driver got out of the car after the crash and started running through a corn field. Somemepeople in brandon say theyre concerned the driver could be dangerous and still in the area. I just called around to some of my neighbors, see if theyre problems. Were concerned when they first heard about the chase because crime like this doesnt happen in thh area. A boone teenager accused of sexually abusing a fiveyearold girl is released from jail after a judge waives his bond. The teen was let go after he was charged with secondgree sexual