gathered in cedar rapids tonight, to plan and heal togegeer after a tragic lolo of three liveve michka kabeya, platini namputu, and dickson mandiki, all from the democratic republic of the congo, died in a crash on highway 30 near keystone early thursday morning. they were among 9 people who were traveling to work in tama in a minivan, when the iowa state patrol says it hit ice and lost control. singing members and representativ es of the congolese community@sang prayers and discussed funeral plans at central assembly of god church. people there say they need any help they can get, like prayer support for the other people still recovering from the crash, and donations to cover burial costs. peter nkumu says planning for three burials at once will be daunting. it s going be a very challenging situation. we re just trying to cope with this, whahawe can do ourselves. that s why, again, we are counting on anyone, any organization, that can help our community. these people did
the mayor says fareway usually wants a larger town. but the prospect of growth here sealed the deal. because fareway will rehab an existing building in anamosa, that store should open in late spring or early summer. new construction in peosta will mean waiting about a year. but as the mayor says finally having a grocery store is worth the wait. thanks, dave. the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services called for a delay in iowa s switch to a private medicaid program today. governor terry branstad wanted the new program to start january 1st. and today was the deadline for recipients to choose a new plan to have coverage start on that date. federal regulators told the state needs more time for the switch. the center for medicaid services ordered the delay of the program to march 1st. this just gives them more time to do that, more time to make a decision and to talk with their physicians and to find out what to create a medical plan along with a plan the physician w
youngest of 3 siblings.but with treacher collins syndrome. about one in 50,000 people is touched by it. he is lacking facial bone development. small jaw. he doesn t have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower. the challenges aren t just on the outside. a t-c-s patient also has smaller airways. if you re a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital. nearly every time. a common day cololputs him in theeospital. kelli notes her other children, 17-year-old page and 7-year-old payton are on the family s private insurance but medicaid isn t just on income guidelines it also covers disabilities. t t transfer trenton and his medicaid in recent weeks. i d call the hospitals and try to help them by getting on the right program for trenton and they could not tell me anything. they told me to keep calling back. now, a 60-day wait for iowa - with about 15% of the population using medicaid - to truly have the infrastructure to handle the
. we ll see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid-30s. mid-upper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. have a great weekend! thanks kaj. family and friends of an 18-year-old iowa state student kied this week will honor her life today. the center point united methodist church is holding a visitation today. it s for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. she just graduated from center point-urbana high school last may. jacobs put a lot of her time into her center point united methodist church youth programs. her pastor says she ll be greatly missed. the visitation is todgy from 4 to 8 this evening. the funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10:30 at center-point urbana high school. authorities are still trying to figure out how a central iowa teen s body ended up in a pond. search andndescue crews recovered 17-yeaeaold sam kept s b
iowa medicaid recipients feel like their voices have finally been heard. heard. working together we re seeing that we do have power, all the sudden that one person, one vote, that sticking together is starting to make a differenen. federal administrators have put the state s transition to privately-run program on a 60-day wait. so people like rhonda have more time to digest all the new information. information. this gives us more time to become informed on our insurance choices. choices. this just gives them more time to do that, more time to make a decision and to talk with their physicians and find out just what the plan is. ssator liz mathis says although the delay was a smart move.recipients should know the transition will happen eventually. eventually. we can t really stop an executive order from the governor but we can clearly create legislation that allows for oversight, that s the main thing that we re gonna be working on. on. we want it to be thought out. whic