Years as a detective. He also served in the air national guard, and this was his third deployment to the middle east. His second to afghanistan. Today two of his relatives in Dubuque County talked about their memories of him. I describe him best as a guy thats built like a grizzly bear with the heart of teddy bear, cause he liked peoe, and thats why he was so good at what he did. He was dedicad to his family, to his city, to his country, and thats something youll never get from somebody else like him. The 45 year old lemm is survived by his wife and two children. Mondays Taliban Attack in afghanistan was the deadliest assault on International Forces since august. Turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, more rain on the way . The second storm system of the state drawing plenty of moisture with it. Unfortunately the moisture that falls will be in the form of rain and not snow. The showers begin to break out late tonight through the Morning Hours of our wednesday. Rain
One lawmaker and hawki board member says this program is crucial for children in iowa. Medicaid only covers up to 167 percent of the federal poverty line so hawki fills the gap and gives healthcare to kids who are 168320 of the federal poverty line. So it just makes sure nobody falls through the cracks. We were very focused on making sure that every effort had been made to try and extend wellmarks contract. Rizer says the board believes it did all it could, and will work to make sure everyone has a smooth transition. Just to reiterate those dates. Any children in the program insured under wellmark will automatically move to United Healthcare january 1st. Then if you want to switch providers you can make that decision before the selection deadline of march 1st. Bruce and beth . Thanks, brea. Wellcare of i ia is asking a judge to review a decision to throw out the on friday, the state disqualified wellcares bid to be one of four Companies Included in iowas medicaid system. The state disq
Good weesday morning its 5 oclock on december 23rd. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some ttnderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for christmas ee and christmas day. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 back in septembe