go to a converted center that is currently excelsior middle school. and 10th through 12th graders would attend linn-mar high school. kcrg t-v nine s jordee kalk was at tonight s school board meeting and joins us now. jordee, why does this district feel this is the best plan? the district says all of its elementary schools are over capacity. and the middle schools are almost at capacity. i spoke with the superintendent after tonight s meeting. he says he s ready to get this plan in motion. to pass a bond referendum. the linn mar school board unanimously voted in favor of the restructurin g plan at monday night s meeting. superintendent quintin shepherd, and the school board, agreed capacity is at the point where something needs to change and this is the least expensive option. 18:18, we realize we have to take a whole lot of people from throughout the community and get them on board to this idea of what it s going to look like figuring out a way to introduce this plan to vote
afternoon. clouds should linger well into thursday with a return to much above normal temperatures by friday. in fact, many areas have a good shot at 70+ degrees again by friday afternoon, with warmer than normal temperatures going well into next week as well. today: isolated showers developing late in the afternoon and evening. wind: se 10-20. high: 56 tonight: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. windy. wind: se 15-25. low: 50 tomorrow: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely, mostly in the morning. windy at mes.wind: var 10-20. high: 56 t. ght: most oy and cooler.wind: n linn mar school board officials say overcrowding has them contemplating space solutions. now, district leaders have of restructurin g schools. here s the district s idea. preschool through fourth grade students would go to the existing elementary schools. fifth through seventh graders would go to two middle schools, one of which the district would need to build. eighth and ninth graders would go to a c
departs on wednesday afternoon. clouds should linger well into thursday with a return to much above normal temperatures by friday. in fact, many areas have a good shot at 70+ degrees again by friday afternoon, with warmer than normal temperatures going well into next week as well. today: isolated showers developing late in the afternoon and evening. wind: se 10-20. high: 56 tonight: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. windy. wind: se 15-25. low: 50 tomorrow: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely, mostly in the morning. windy at times. wind: var 10-20. high: 56 tom. night: mostly cloudy and cooler. wind: nw 5-15. low: 42 for a second term in the u-s congress. he s running against democrat monica vernon in iowa s first congressiona l district. kcrg-tv9 s katie wiedemann talked with blum about his bid for re- election. congressman rod blum will be the first person to tell you where he came from. i am a small business man who s operated in the private sector for my entire
kids should sleep in their parent s bedroom up until they are one year old to protect against sudden infant death syndrome. you re watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o mara has your first alert forecast, kaj. slight chance at a few rain showers developing later today. the overall timing of this low pressure system hasn t changed at all and should drop most of its rain during the night and into wednesday morning. a half inch to one inch of rainfall is possible with this system by the time it departs on wednesday afternoon. clouds should linger well into thursday with a return to much above normal temperatures by friday. in fact, many areas afternoon, with warmer than normal temperatures going well into next week as well. today: isolated showers developing late in the afternoon and evening. wind: se 10-20. high: 56 tonight: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. windy. wind: se 15-25. low: 50 to
that ll hold off until late today and really get underway after sunset. highs reach the middle 50s this afternoon. rain and thunderstorm s are likely tonight and continue tomorrow morning. that ll come along with some gusty winds, too. showers wind down by tomorrow afternoon, with the best chance of at least a half- inch of rain happening generally north of highway 30. highs will struggle to hit 50 in northern iowa, but may actually reach 60 in southern iowa. our weather turns dr temperatures staying above normal.today: cloudy with isolated showers developing late. wind: se 10-20. high: 56 alo: 55 dbq: 55 iow: 57 tonight: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. windy. wind: se 15-30. low: 50 alo: 48 dbq: 48 iow: 51 in a kcrg t-v nine update. the driver of a car that crashed into the back of a springville school bus sustained life threatening injuries and is now in the hospital. the linn county sheriff s office says it happened shortly after 3:30 yesterday afternoon first res