In the area are casting their 4 seconds tractor nats were starting off tonight with have a crew at the event and for joining us. Is going to get very chilly High Pressure tracks through the temperatures will be closer to normal as we head into friday lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday will be and while the general election is still 27 days away some iowans already have their minds made up. Were hearing from some early voters heading to the booth in the midst of the final election push. Kwwls Macleod Hageman joins us live with more. Mac . The 2016 president ial race has been one of the most contentious campaigns americans have ever seen. Scandals aside several cast their ballots early. I just dont like the way its share who they want to lead the country. But according to county officials the number of people voting absentee is down more than four thousand people. We asked Black Hawk County auditor grant veeder why . That is the 64,000 ques
Thunderstorms saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday will be dry, but more chances for rain sunday night into the area, so our wind will be light tomorrow. Temperatures tomorrow will be below average, with highs in the 50s but we will have plenty of sunshine. Clear skies tomorrow night will lead to temperatures in the 30s, temperatures will be closer to normal as we head into friday moisture on saturday, which will lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday will be dry, but more chances for rain sunday night into monday. Former president bill clinton in the state campaigning for his wife, hillary. President clinton speaking at an early voting event at the National Cattle congress in waterloo, after making a stop in indianola earlier. Kwwls Jessica Hartman was at the event this evening and joins us for nearly an hour tonight focusing mainly on building the economy. A large and enthusastic crowd filled the building eager to hear from president bill clinton. However, for most in
Looking at the 12 hour plot this will be the 28 today of 90 plus the summer anytime you see 70 on the dewpointnt whether you would find at key west florida and we have some periodic rain showers, this is radar zooming into Portage County these are very small, and some with a bit of lightning th occupy less than 3 percent of we will see a gradual step down of the temperature in about mor in a bitt. The guard was attacked by four teenagers during an escape sunday shares is experience wit us, jack shea spoke to him toda enjoins us, from the fox 8 stud at the university of akron with more on the storyak. He suffered a number of injuries including and he believes that the four teenagers were trying to kill him. I was tackled like a footbal player firearms were stripped down to my side and taken down immediately f. M the boys were pounding, they kept hitting me where i was ope to them, to be able to get to m that just repeatedly taking turns after i was tackled. 59yearold wayne eash, juvenil
A spokesperson did tell kcci, the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities, and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. Danny if those officers would have had mace on their body, they would have been able to deescalate that situation a lot quicker. And without staff being punching bags for inmates. Ryan the doc not commenting tonight, when i directly asked about Staff Members not being armed with pepper spray. We also learned staff and supporters will march next wednesday, in a correctional officer safety campaign. Steve . Steve thank you, ryan. We do have a warm weekend ahead for us. Kurtis, what can we expect when we wake up tomorrow . Kurtis it will be cool. If you are an early riser, do not expect a big warm up early. 9 00 a. M. Is 47. Southwest wind will pick up, bathing in sunshine. 60s about from ames to lamoni, council bluffs. Some colder 50s, still nice in mason city. Back up to dubuque, south wind. 1525, see
Stacey that was Cynthia Fodor reporting. This base is expected to be a very important place, well into the future. The commander says, as long as the air force has targets to be hit, the guard here will have a mission for years to come. Steve the state department of health says two more cases of the zika virus have been detected in iowa. This brings the total number of iowa cases to three. All three infected women are between the ages of 6180. All three also recently traveled to either the caribbean, central america, or south america. 27 states have now confirmed at least one case of the zika virus. But the cdc says only 1 in 5 actually become ill. Symptoms include fever, a rash, muscle pain, and headache. However, fetuses in pregnant women can develop birth defects. Stacey a dropped handgun turned into a deadly shooting in the town elk run heights. Black hawk county deputies say 45yearold Martin Lawrence got morning, when he dropped his the gun went off, shooting him in the leg. The b