Increase in services for the homeless down here. The shelter will be open in the mornings during the week from 9 until 1130. Thatll go until about midmarch. They will offer coffee and a light breakfast. Right now johnson homeless shelter, shelter house. But last year Service Providers started a temporary emergency overnight shelter. They served more than 100 different people last year. So when this day shelter opens there will be three shelters operating in the area. Continues to be a hot button issue particularly in iowa city. Two years ago there were Homeless People sleeping in city hall to stay warm. Since then weve really seen an up tick in services. And this new day shelter will really be a first of its kind. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Nearly four dozen Iowa National guard soldiers are back in the state after helping flood victims in missouri. They were in high ridge, just southwest of st. Louis, floodwaters contaminated a Water Treatment plant. The soldiers he
Emergency crews are trying to free 17 miners trapped in an elevator that stopped working at a cargill salt mine. Officials say the miners are not injured and emergency crews have made contact with them via radio. With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the operating room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . Coded and assembled the thing for a senior project. Take a look. Currently, doctors often use microscopes to do brain surgery. They have to spend up to ten hours looking into the device, often hunched over. The robot replaces all that. It uses cameras to lock on to an area of the brain, like a tumor. Video is sent back to a headset, which the surgeon can wear. The doctor can even use a special hands free controller to move the camera. Though the robot is a prototype, creators have high hopes for the future. W
With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the opeting room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . They built a robot. Three ui students coded and assembled the thing for a senior project. Take a look. Currently, doctors often use microscopes to do brain surgery. They have to spend up to ten hours looking into the device, often hunched over. The robot replaces all that. It uses cameras to lock on to an area of the brain, like a tumor. Video is sent back to a headset, which the surgeon can wear. The doctor can even use a special hands free controller to move the camera. Though the robot is a prototype, creators have high hopes for the future. Were happy with our result. T, i think that in the future, new technology is coming out all the time, i think theyll be able to modify or change Little Things about this and make it even students s t the ide
Se just before 9 pm last night. When officers arrived on scene, they didnt find any victims, and no one has come forward with injuries. But police tell us, they did find evidence of gunfire in the area. With less than 4 weeks left until the iowa caucuses, we all see the candidates flocking to iowa. Each trying to build support to get iowans to head out on february 2nd to caucus for them. Retired neurosurgeo n ben carson is making stops throughout eastern iowa today. The republican president ial candidate will meet with people at the Isaac Newton Christian academy in cedar rapids at 10 30 in the morning. And then at the National Motorcycle museum in anamosa. Thats at 12 30 pm. Jeb bush is bolstering his team by adding 100 additional people to prepare for next months caucuses. His Campaign Said the list includes current and former elected officials and other activists. The former Florida Governor is planning a Campaign Trip through iowa next week. The Iowa Republican caucuses winner in 2
Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie joins us in the studio. Jill, people involved with the project say this will mean a lot to the town. Thats right. The people behind this project say they know theres not much in garrison. So, the Library Board was determined to have a place built for kids and adults. Car nats on the quiet streets of this Small Community you wont find a lot happening. But not far from the Old Buildings on the main stretch you will find some activity with a flashing open sign. 5 48 24 we are proud of it. We are pleased we were able to get this done and do it for our community. And its no mystery as to how this Library Project got done. 5 331 it has been very fun. It has been extremely stressful the members of the Library Board made it happen. After the City Council Told them they couldnt borrow money, they decided to raise much of it themselves. 5 37 33 we also had bake sales markets, you name it we did it. They were dedicated, even when people doubted them. 5 49 01 my husband, at