seasonable weather through next week. the pattern stays dry through next friday. have a good night and a safe weekend. tonight: : stly clear low: 34-40 winds: sw 10-20tomorrow: mostly sunny, mild high: 53-59 winds: w 5-15 back to you. today s extremely windy conditions were an issue for a lot of people all across the state. it was especialal hard on semi drivers. several trucks tipped over in linn county alone. four semis were on their sides. road exit on 380. another was on highway 1 near ellison road. two others were along highway 13 east of cedar rapids. kcrg-tv9 brady smith has more on what was a dedeructive day not just for drivers, but some homeowners. driving a semi through eastern afternoon proved challenging. curt vondrak sayaypulling a heavier load helped him stay on the road. it was enough to hold me down, but i was following a couple of guys that were being blown all over the place. he saw one trailer overturned on highwhw 151. having been through that situation
once e ain with highs in the upupr 50s we re about 25 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. into the evening hours the temperatures drop back down into the middle 30s, skies become partl cloudy, and winds will die down even more now out of the north at 5 5 10 mph. throughout the rest of the weekend, high temperatures will continue to stay fairly warm, staying in the upper 40s. as for precipitation throughout the weekend, we ll stay dry. in fact, we don t see much in the way of any prpripitation throughout the upcoming week. thanks britley. windy weather created a mess on iowa highways and interstates. some traffic trouble after wind knocked over several semi trucks. many semi-drivers say heavy loads helped keep them from blowing off the roads. one of them, curt vondrak. he s had his truck blow over before, but that wasn t the case esterday. was a aost a head wind, so it wasn t too bad, but you get a one semi-truck driver did have a dangerous run-in with the
expected saturdrdy with highs n the 40s and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger into sunday with a stray rain shower possible. expected saturday with highs in the 40s and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger into sunday with a stray rain shower possible. one local police department is looking to find out if there are any racial disparities in their traffic stops. dubuque police asking for 30 thousand dollars to bring in an independent researcher to kwwl s brad hanson taking a closer look at this issue today. brad joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque with much more. it s important to note that this is still part of a budget request that will be heard monday night. but pplice here hoppthat this study will help strengthen their relationship with the community they re sworn to protect. dubuque police issued eight thousand traffic citations in 2014 15 hundred of them for speeding. but is there a racial yes, we would have a disparity. but c
not as strong as yesterday. and we will have a couple of chances of rain and snow next week. i ll have more on that in a few minutes. have dropped into the mid 30s to and should keep them today, dry with highs back in the mid become gusty again tomorrow afternoon,n,although not a a strong as yesterday. and we will decision 20-16 coverage it s another big day for the 8 remaining presidential hopefuls. for the shaping up as the vegas prize- fight of politics. while republicans are getting ready events in south carolina. mary moloney has all of t details for us. the ccinton campaign hopes t ts endorsement from south carolina congressman jim clyburn gives hillary the edge. the future of the democratic hillary clinton as our 45th support. in clyburn s 2014 memoir he said an angry bill clinton called him in the middle of the night and promised a fight. endorsing the former secretary of state now because he fears a long democratic fight. the contee between clinton and sanders h
henning as unforgivable and promises to defeat isil. and gangs disrupt peaceful protests. hello, the former haitian president has died of a heart attack age 63. he ruled haiti from 1971 until his overthrow in 1986. his leadership was marked by allegations of human rights abuse and massive theft, and he spent 25 years in exile before returning in 2011. he has lived there since. dominick cane reports. john claude duvali er returned to haiti after years of exile shortly after the presidential election. when he died he was being accused of corruption and human rights apew abuse. he was 19 years old when he took over for his father. his father declared himself president and his rule was enforced in large part by his personal militia. it was accused of hilling many thousands of haitians. baby doc made some changes to his father s regime, but most haitians did not benefit. while he benefited many thousands were killed and thousands more left the country to escape. fall elections