And im matt breen. A zika outbreak is sweeping latin america, and its causing concern here in siouxland. Ktivs tommie clark spoke with a specialist from Unitypoint Clinic who tells us about the disease and who needs to watch out for it. The infection and its linked with. Microcephaly is an unfortunate condition which the baby has a very small head, well below size average head, and beyond that theres abnormalities within the brain itself, said Unitypoint Clinic director of maternal fetal medicine dr. Al fleming. Here at Unitypoint Clinic, dr. Flemming answered some questions about the zika virus for one siouxland expecting mom. Flemming says hes gotten concerned future parents come in asking about zika. One siouxland couple got all their questions answered. Basically he showed us the head measurements and how serious the disorder was and thankfully that we didnt have it. Everything looks like its on point with the measurements and everything, said fiance of expecting mom, shane dawa. A
Death penalty case. Rusch told the committee this morning hes seen firsthand how costly and hard it was on jurors and court personnel. He says Death Penalty cases are unfairly taxing on county governments and he doesnt believe the punishment is an effective crime deterrent. Civil rights leaders gathered at the iowa capitol today to push for criminal justice reform. Members of local naacp chapters, and other groups, want to keep confidential juvenile records, and ban the box to expand Work Opportunities for people with criminal histories. But, those leaders admit getting real change could be a challenge. There was snow in some parts of siouxland. But can we expect more tonight . Here to tell us that is chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our forecast. Weather adlib a little light snow made its way across parts of the area with central siouxland only seeing a dusting although one to two inches fell in the eastern parts of the region. Were not done with snow chances eit
Viewing area yesterday ranging from sunny in the 40s out west to snowy and barely making it to 20 to the east, well basically see a reversal of yesterdays weather in terms of the timing of light snow. Unlike yesterday, pretty much everyone will spend a fair amount of time under the clouds with occasional peeks of sun this morning before light snow starts to move into our western counties early this afternoon. Itll gradually spread eastward throughout the afternoon and evening and exit the viewing area by midnight leaving many with, much like yesterday, a dusting up to an inch or two ofofhe white stuff. High pressure will then make its way south into the viewing area fridayy which will translate to a day offdeceiving suushine with highs only making it into the teens. After dropping below zero friday night, well see another cold day saturday with the possibility of light snow from saturday into sunday as temperatures finally get a decent nudge back into the 30s and 40s late this weekend
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