Asking for money to work on collins road. Lets look at traffic on collins in c avenue. According to the gazette, the city is asking the state for 1. 2 million to reduce traffic headaches on the busy road. Right now, more than 40,000 vehicles drive on collins every day and those numbers are expected to go up. The city is looking to spend up to eight in half Million Dollars to address congestion as well as biking and pedestrian amenities. Earlier this year, plans were scrapped to widen collins and created under past near lindell mall. There is no word on when they will make a decision, but we will let you know. Just weeks after major flood, the city of cedar rapids broke ground on a 14 Million Dollar stretch for permanent flood protection. Nouveau district. Reporter we are talking about a half mile earthen levee that will run from the front of where this truck is parked downriver for a few blocks and then stretch all the way up this bank to the African American museum at 12 avenue. A sho
For a cure. Cure. This is fox 28 news at nine. A former jail administrator is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling. Money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail in december 2015 after is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail on december 2015 after two years adds administrator. Dora miller has been looking all day and joins us now with what she has found. Reporter the state auditor and the dci said they want to know where 35,000 went and it was not going where it should of. Daron wilkinson was responsible for daily operations. According to a report done by the state auditor Danson Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates sang at the jail. A concerned raised by the missing. Along with the room and board fees, auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Mary 11 14 05 our report identified a dollars of undeposited collections as well as 7,380 do
Reporter the state auditor and now the dci want to know why 35,000 did not go where it was supposed to go. As a jail administrator wilkinson was responsible for daily operations and that included finding and financing and accounting. According to a report done by the state auditor Daron Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates staying at the jail. A concerned raise of the interim jail administrator showed thousands of dollars missing. Along with the room and board fears auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Our report identifies 26,000 of on deposited collections as well as 7000 of unbilled fees and over 915 of other payouts. They cannot track where the money went because most of it goes beyond the jail walls. People whether they are elected or appointed or hired they have a responsibility regarding Public Resources and tax dollars and assets. They have to do their job appropriately to take care of the taxpayers money. State auditors recommend the Sheriff
Temperatures are crashing the Iowa Attorney Generals Office now says a deadly shooting by Cedar Rapids Police officers . Was . Justified. During a domestic call at an apartment on edgewood drive. Investigators say officers ashleigh steil and Jeremiah White saw 25yearold Markell Bivins fighting with his ex girlfriend. When the two officers tried to pull bivins away, he reportedly stabbed the victim and the officers opened fire. The incident was not captured by any body cameras. Body cameras . Are . Soon coming to dozens of linn county sheriffs depu. Deputies. County supervisors are expected to decide next week whether to spend 65body cameras. Before approving the cost, leaders tell fox 28 news they want to make sure that it will do what its intended to do improve transparency between the department and the public. The public needs to know how these are going to be utilized and how it will benefit them and how it will overall improve the trust if there is a lack of trust with the police
Flowers that you want around tomorrow morning it would be a good idea to cover them up or bring them inside as frost is expected to be widespread around eastern iowa. The good news is after a cold start we will have plenty of sunshine. Should be a nice day. Temperatures will be at 55 degrees. A bit warm up comes this weekend and we have more on that coming up. New developments tonight another new video from Donald Trumps past is coming back to haunt him. Entertainment tonight on video in 1992 talking off camera to a group of ,10. The republican nominee can be heard saying he would be dating one of them in 10 years. The video was shot in the lobby of trump tower in new york for a christmas story. So far there have been no official response from the trump according to the new york times. Two women now claim they were sexually assaulted. The alleged attacks occurred in the late 70s and 2005. Sexually aggressive actions toward women were just talk. The times spoke directly to donald trump