Kevin briggs has accumulated many stories from his time spent talking with people ready to jump from the golden gate bridge. Hes been the subject of documentaries, written a book now hes bringing his message to iowa as suicide rates climb across the country. Its so empowering when the individual comes back over that rail, they did it, it takes a lot of courage to come back over that rail and face everything that pushed you over that edge. Briggs says the key is communication people something many people do. In johnson county, the Crisis Center offers a crisis hot line that gets one thousand calls a month, and recently started a mobile Crisis Center where Mental Health professionals actually go and visit with people who are considering harming themselves. We were averaging 15 calls a month, and that has sky rocketed to 34 or 35 calls a month the last couple months. Briggs says everyday people can going to say to their friends or lovedones. And be ready with resource materials and a plan
Neighbors and they dont think this will be a change. We have been existing here for 10 years and no issues there and we dont expect any issues going forward. Reporter does not need county approval. They review it and they are the ultimate decider on whether or not this family farm and expand. To stay competitive and as long as he gets approval he will move forward the spring. See bj reports features news you can bank on. Chase castle is live from the business journal. I found the first item to be surprising. Reporter its not new york or california but actually iowa banking. There are about 300 banks in the state and like most, the number is shrinking but the analysts say it is happening at a slower rate and it has a solid tier 1 leverage. That is a positive sign. Another top performer was nebraska which came on number 4. You may be be local. We are hearing that a new Grocery Store is coming to the corridor. Reporter that is a colorado based healthy chain. They held interviews this afte
Developing right now tensions are espeicially high in the korean peninsula. North korea just had their fifth and Largest Nuclear test. Test. It was first detected as a fi earth quake in the same spot as a nuclear test in january. State media in the isolated country touted the successful nuclear test as elevating the countrys arsenal. They also say it was in reponse to Stronger International sanctions handed down earlier this year. Leaders in china japan and south korea all condemned the nuclear test. That comes as president barack obama is leaving a nearly week long trip to asia. He arrived morning after he was briefed about this latest test on air force one. White House Press Secretary josh earnest says the president will continue to work with us allies in asia to make sure there are serious consequences. At the capitol president obama has invited the top four congressional leaders to a meeting next week. Week. It hasnt been officially announced but sources in the white house say Repu
You can see a friend to the south of us in a disturbance coming up in another one coming from the north and will emerge over the midwest. That brings class to the area. On our predictor there could be a few showers by morning. Should have breaks for dry weather during the day and some additional showers tomorrow evening. With High School Football there is a chance that some of those games could see some wet weather. Lisa temperatures will be miles around 73. We will have the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. University of iowa students now have the option to step up to the challenge of being a police officer. Every year the police hires students to work along them to keep the campus safe. This year they are expanding his duties. Dora miller joins us with the plan to this school year. If a parttime gig with full time responsibilities. Enforcement. A Police Officers job is rarely ever finished so at the university of iowa officers have started recruiting a helping hand. It is a chan
Advocacy program plan to boost staff while the survey is open from next monday through november 20. Our hotline staff is aware of the survey launch and release date, weve extra staffed the support line were prepared to take an increased volume of calls and support survivors or support anyone who is having some emotional response from the survey the university chose not to participate in a recent National Survey on sexual assault. Ui Officials Say they had concerns about the timetable and completeness of that survey. This study will be geared more specifically to the university of iowa. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. We have another High School Football game tonight on kcrg nine point two. Tonight were back at Kingston Stadium as linnmar takes on cedar rapids jefferson. And thats where we find joe winters. Great conditions for clouds will thicken as the night goes on, keeping us mild with lows in the 50s. A few showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start