System helped them learn about a potential school threat. But they say it also revealed a downside to procedure. The Monticello School district says Police Received a text message indicating a student might bring a gun to the high school yesterday. As a precaution, police were at the school, and students were not allowed in hallways during classes. Parents, if they wanted to, could take their kids out of school for the day. Early yesterday morning, Monticello Police chief britt smith got a message on his phone. It was a notification that someone had sent an anonymous tip about the gun threat to the jones county text to tell system. Once the tipster sends the text, officers can respond asking for more information. But the tipster can end all communication at any time, by simply typing stop. With this program granting that anonymity we arent able to clarify. We its just an unknown until we are able to get someone to admit that and say i submitted it. Monticello, anamosa, the jones county
Oclock. Clinton will speak to a crowd at s. T. Morrison park. Then she heads off to grinnell for another town hall at 6 45 tonight. Both events are open to the public. On the republican side, Ohio Governor john kasich is also in eastern iowa today. Hes scheduled to speak any mjinute now at Loras College in dubuque in a recent wall street journal nbc poll kasich has 3 percent support among republican primary voters. And heres a live look this midday at our city cam. Our unusually warm november weather continues today with plenty of sunshine to go around. First, meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Another mild afternoon is ahead of us with highs pretty close to 70. Watch out for patches of fog late tonight into tomorrow morning. Well start tomorrow off mild with lows near 50, climbing back into the lower 70s during the afternoon after any fog lifts. Showers will move in thursday afternoon, with most of our rain falling thursday night. Itll move out early f
Been riding in when the vehicle hit her near the intersection of hull and delaware avenues. Police say they dont know why she got out of the car. Hols later died from her injuries. Police say 41 year old sam archer was driving the car and is believed to have been hols boyfriend. Officers arrested him on assault causing Bodily Injury charges unrelated to the incident. Archer is now out on bail. Well have more on this story on our later newscasts starting at four. A man is behind bars after leading police on a chase through the metro early this morning. It started at southeast 14th and hartford avenue. Just before three am. Officers laid down stop sticks. Puncturing the suspect vehicles tires. That caused the vehicle to come to a stop Near Southeast 6th and east mlk. The driver then ran away. But a k9 unit chased him down. No word on any injuries. Its time now to get a first meteorologist joins us now. Ad lib wx quick it is a sunny, warm and windy day in central iowa. Highs this afternoo
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