been been steadily declining over the years in iowa. parents have a big influence on kids drinking. and the ones who closely monitor their kids behavior reduce dangerous drinking in their kids . helping with homework and being engaged in their teen s lives also helped. but one counselor i spoke with says alcohol is still their number one problem if they start using alcohol before the age of 15, they are four times more likely to develop alcoholism as they grow older, and that s very true with other substances as well kristin frank of prelude behavioral services isn t surprised by the surgeon general s report. she says today s teens are bombarded with suggestions that more adult behavior is acceptable at their younger age. it s within easy of reach of a lot of people. if you take a look at alcohol, there s the advertisement everywhere, we hear about drug use in the media, and it s just really so readily available. when the study first started back in 1999, frank says to
nothing i can do she now stats at a trailer with her boyfriend and her two kids. it s not the idea scenario she had planned for thanksgiving. , so she won t be home for the holiday. 59:02-59:13 i picked up hours for thanksgiving just cause it wasn t gonna be at home and everybody being together and being happy. she is hoping to move back into her bright blue house by the spring, but says that won t happen unless she gets some help. 57:1 money to do it myself. otherwise i d be done and be home. so we re just waiting on answers on when it can be done. because they keep saying the help should be coming well it d be nice if the help was here and done. on camera tag tonight at 6 hear what action clarksville city officials are doing to help flood victims. in clarksville phil reed kcrg-tv9 news meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, it s feeling a lot chillier after a day of sunshine, low pressure makes its way east bringing clouds and rainfall. the clouds increase tonig
explosion just before eight o clock. one man said when he looked out he saw flames. the fire chief says the two buildings that burned contained large containers or waste oil and other solvent-type chemicals that burned. for a time, firefighters let the fire burn due to fears about creating more environmental damage. basically spread from that building the oil burst out of the poly tank. it ran on the ground and the oil was on fire building behind it on fire o leary says he has not idea what cause the fire to start early this morning. the state fire marshal s office was called in to help investigate. the fire caused a scramble for one neighboring business with an semi-trailers away from the flames. we ll have that part of the story tonight at six. live in central city, df, kcrg t-v nine news. meteorologist chris havely joins us now with a look at the thanksgiving day forecast. chris, what can we expect tonight? as you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the wea
fidel castro. that s the announcement today from the white house. the former dictator of cuba died over the weekend. today marked the start of a tribute in havana, where tens of thousands of cubans are paying their respects. president elect donald trump tweeted today that he might end the obama administration s normalizing of relations with cuba. he said he wants cuba to make a better deal for the cuban people. in michigan, the board of state canvassers than 10 thousand people cast a ballot for him. it s the state s closest race in more than 75 years. the win gives the republican 306 electoral votes to democrat hillary clinton s 232. green party candidate jill stein is expected to ask for a recount, and has until wednesday to do so. a judge will decide if former cedar rapids substitute teacher mary beth haglin, who is 24, originally denied the allegation to school administrator s. but in numerous interviews with the media, she admitted that she had a sexual relationship with
2008. water got into the county s old facility, prompting the move to hubbard ice. now that the city s planning to tear this building down in the next year, the files will journey three miles south. this is the new space. it may look big, but officials say it s going to fill up really fast. there s 10-thousand square feet here. even so, once all the files are in place there will only be room for a handful of additional boxes. it ll be that crowded. it s a not a lot of room for growth at the new spot. we ve gone electronic. we don t have new files that have to continue to go over, so that s ok. it just makes it tight when you re moving stuff in, trying to organize it. in the end, it ll take about two weeks to get this project done. the county has a 10 year lease at the newest facility. that s got the county clerk smiling. this will be the last move for me. in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. the county pays about 50-grand each year to rent more, 54-thou