Increasing the limit to 75 would actually be safer because traffic will be less likely to stack up because cars and semis would spend less time driving sidebyside. Its stacking traffic yp, so it doesnt flow, what happens is you get a couple trucks going side by side for miles andnd traffic backs up. Johnson county sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says now is not the time to be worried about the increasing the speed limit. He says now is the time to be focusing things like tightening texting and driving laws. In iowa city, mark carlson, lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, were seeing a lot of snow disappppring across eastern iowa. As the snow melts away the weather warms. Stronger south southeast winds push drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weather with us into the weeke. Highs jump into thth 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on friday. It would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across outhern iowa. Early next week we do s s
Its kind of a sad day when you lose one of your neighbors thats been here for r ite a few years id see them out in the yard, on the porch with their plants and stuff and they like to be out with their garden and trees and whatnot. Neighbors say they heard firefighters found Ronald Jacobs near the front t f the mobile home and karen jacobs in another room. Ronald jacobs was pronounced dead at the scene. Cedar rapids fire investigators have no this mobile home yet for for the moment its labeled as undetermined. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Remember, whenever you see news hapapning, call newsline nine at 319 3659999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Lets turn now to a live look city cam. You can see much of the university of northern iowas snowfalls. Us now. Joe, we could see some more light snow tonight . An area of low pressure pushes across eastern iowa tonight bringing the chances for a wintry mix. The precipitation looks light i
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,
Collision sports to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The Senate Education Committee Approved the bill on an 86 Party Line Vote yesterday. Democrats approved it while republicans opposed. State senator from maquoketa and former High School Wrestling coach tod bowman spoke in favor of the bill, telling the Des Moines Register quote we are not covering every practice, but this is a step in the right direction where the most vulnerability occurs. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. We saw southern counties but now the anticipation of spring is taking over. Cloudy skies remain for the rest of the day, but the light snow has left with the exception of a couple flurries near the mississippi through early afternoon. Well have highs in the e wer to middle 30s. Mostly cloudy weather continues through tomorrow with highs in the lower 30s again. Well climb into the 40s on thursday, friday and saturday. We should see more s