Two children are here at covenant hospital with avery in for observation but the three year old, mason, is currently listed in serious condition. The family believes all will eventually on helping a single mother with two kids get back on her feet. Firefighters say the call came from someone passing by who saw the smoke and frantically calling 911. Police officers arrived first and tried but couldnt put out the flames. So firefighters literally crawled through a burning doorway to find the family inside. Two firefighters crawling through the fire to rescue the three people inside brought them back out and extinguished the fire neighbors dean and onalee steege slept through the commotion next door at first. But onalee saw lights flashing and heard noises. When she got outside she told firefighters where theyd find the two kids and then held her breath. We were terrified, we stood at our back door so we could see as they picked the kids up. Theyre brave guys, that smoke was so black they
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. The sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. Plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. Many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching 20 tomorrow morning. Saturday continues to look great, with a good chance of snow on sunday all across the area. At this time, 24 continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light fluffy consistency. Next week, plan on some 30s to start off, with a return to some 40s by next thursday and friday today clearing, winds nw 1530 alo 17 dbq 18 iow 21tonight mostly clear low 42 iow 0tomorrow mostly sunny, chilly high 1117 winds nw 510 alo 13 dbq 13 iow 15tomorrow night chance of winds se 510 alo 9 dbq 7 iow 11 thanks kaj. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is trying a new an