Through a computer, shows the inmates location at all times. It even pinpoints the act area of a building or work area where that inmate is located. Deputies can see if an inmate travels home or anywhere near a potential victim. When we know who the victim is we can put an exclusion zone on the computer. If that person were to get near thahaexclusion zone, and alarm would go off and wed now. Jail administrator s also get a text message and immediately send a deputy to the inmates location. Its kind of dotting the is and crossing the ts, where they say i better behave because theyll know. the sheriff says the buddis bracelet payer. If an inmate chooses to leave jail for work, he or to use the mandatory bracelet. Ininlayton county Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. Several other eastern iowa counties use similar gps tracking systems. In dubuque count jail administratorsrso not use a tracking device. Instead deputies physically check in on the the inmates at work throughout the day. Multivehicle csh that killed thrhr people in Benton County this mornrng. The state patrol says Roads Conditions were shifting between icy and clear on highway 30 near keystone. Then about 5 20 am the driver of a minivan lost control, and another vehicle crashed into it. Two other cars also collided. This is video of law officers directing traffic at the crash site. The state patrol hasnt released names yeye but we do knowowhe minivan was carrying ten people. We want to thank the callers who let us know about that crash. Remember, when you see news happening, call newsline nine at 319 3659999. You can also send pictures dot com. Meteorologist joe winters joinin us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, its a little cool nice. Will this continue tonight . Overnor branstads plan to privatize medicaid. They introduced a bill against it in a subcommittee today. It directs the Iowa Department of Human Services to terminate contracts with the three private Companies Taking over management of iowas medicaid program. The senate plans to have the bill out of committees on debate. The House Speaker says the bill has no chance in the house. A fofo of Birth Control thth seemed to be an easy solution is now causing a lot of problems for women. The us food and drug ministration or fda approved essure in 2002. Its a flexible coil that a doctor inserts non surgically into a womans fallopian tubes. But women experienced complications from the art. Bayer, the company that makes the device, says there were 660 unintended pregnancies from 2002 to 2010 dueto essure not working. Thousands of women have complained of many other serious side effects too, including everything from hair loss to severe pain. Brittany dougan says shes struggled with issues from essure. Theedar rapids woman recently underwent a hysterectomy to remove the coils. The fda is actively evaluating the product and plans to announce its findings at the end of february. Dougan says after yearsf essure coils might be the source of the problems. I never knew to look it up, never thought, okay, well i am experiencing all of these things maybe i should look up essure. I never thought of it. Dougan says she wants other women to know about what can happen. But one university of owa doctor says mt of her patients who have the coils s e happy. Kcrg tv nines Jill Kasparie will look at both sides of the issue tonight on tv nine news at ten. Cancer Centers Across the nation and one right here in eastereriowa are joioing together to try to increase the number of people getting the hpv vaccine. Hpv stands for han papilloma vis. Acacrding to the centersrsor Disease Control and prevention, hpv infections cause 27 thousand new cancer diagnoses in the United States each year. The cdc says less then 40 percent of girls and 21 recommended doses. Kcrg tv nines Iowa City Bureau chief mark carlson joins us now. Mark, what is the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center doing to get these numbers up . They really want to get their message to vaccinate out there. They say if they fewer cases of cccer down the road, period. Today we met with doctor george weiner, who is the head of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Weiner says here in wa vaccination rates are lower than the National Level reported by the cdc. Only 20 percent of girls and 15 percent of boys in iowa are getting the recommended three doses. Doctors say both gir and boys can get this vaccine as well. Hpv related c ccers are more common in women, but they can happen in men as well. The most common cancers are to weiner says there are many myths surrounding this vaccine, but the bottom line is that its safe and effective. There is the perception that certain groups of children will never be exposed to this virus and the date shows that thats just an incorrect perception and its relatively new the vaccine, and we think part of our job as cancer professional ito get that word out. Weiner says the best time for kids to get vaccinated is around the age of 11 to 12 years old. He says even n th the vaccine, regular screening is still important for people throughout their lives. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. A demand for rental housing in toledo has that tama county city considering a significant zoning change for the Downtown Business district. A local Real Estate Agent and several building owners want toledo to allow storefront apartments on the downtown downtown buildings in toledo are unoccupied, which is a common problem in many small iowa cities. But one e ilding ner says converting them to ground loor apartments would sure beat letting the buildings sit empty. Commercial property just isnt there. I mean the property is here but the people arent. U can open a businesu but they dont come toledo, like many smaller communities, has apartment space above Downtown Businesses. The change would let developers convert ground floor business spspce into apartments a a ell. The city expects to decide in the next two months whether to allow that. The cedar rapids washington Athletic Director has announced he is retiring. And well show you the final plans to recreate cedar lake into a destination. Stay with tv9. A cedar rapids lake that was sore will soon get a big makeover. The friends of cedar lake unveiled plans f f the lake this evening at an open house. This plan has come after more than 60 Community Feedback meetings. The project will have everything from an illuminated pedestrian bridge to a boardwalk. And a new piece of the project is getting some fountains or artwork put in the part of the lake thats most visible from interstate 380. Friends of cedar lake, which is the group behind this plan, unveiled the final master plan in front of supporters tonight. This comes after two and a half years of work. The plans also include parking among many projects. Now that this master plan is pretty much finished, the group will present it for approval to the city council. Tonight we also got a feel for what the project amenities will cost. 52 17 we came in at just over eight million dollars. And thats exciting for us because of theverwhelming support that we have received from all of the Community Groups that we have beenen reaching out to for the last two and a half years. We really think we can hit that number with the majority coming from the private sector the group says Alliant Energy still owns the lake, but it hopes to get that ownership transitioned to the city soon. Before that happens an envinmental study needs to take place on cedar lake. The group says crews will start working on the bigger amenities likely in the spring or fall of 2017. But were also told some of the smaer projects will start this spring. A longtime dubuque swim coach is getting ready meet. Tonight some members of the Senior High Team react to their final competition under coach dan duclos. Stay with your 24 hour news cloudy sky and lows in the teens. Friday brings a light snow chance, under 1, but not until late. The morning highs push near 30. For the weekend saturday looks dry as highs jump above frereing. Light snow moves into the forecast on sunday with next week. Tonight partly cloudy low 1521 nds nw 515tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510tomorrow night chance of light snow low 2026 winds s 510saturday partly cloudy high 36 low 23 sunday chance of snow high 39 low 28 monday high 17 low 11 wednesday partly cloudy high 23 low 6 thursday partly cloudy high 31 low 13 thanks joe. Quiet weather remains in place tonight with a partly cloudy sky and lows in the teens. Friday brings a light snow chance, under 1, but not until late. The morning features an increase of clouds as highs push near 30. For the weekend saturday looks dry as highs s mp above freezing. Light snow moves into the forecast on sunday with continued chances through early next week. Tonight partly cloudy low 1521 winds nw15tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510totorrow night chchnce of light snow cloudy high 36 low 23 sunday chance of snow high 39 low 28 monday light snow likely high 26 low 22 tuesday slight chance of snow high 17 low 11 wednesday partly cloudy high 2323 low 6 thursday partly cloudy high 31 low 13 thanks joe. A longtime smming coach is hoping to lead dubuque senior to a stateteitle in his finana year. And cedar rapids washington Athletic Director paul james announced his retirement the boys state swim meet is s the horizon and for one, long time area coach it also signifies his last rodeo at poolside. John make sure you race from the time yououit the block until you touch the wall. Were going 500 but doing the burst swim in it. Get in there dan duclos is wrapping up a long coaching career at dubuque senior. And there is an irony to his position. Senior doesnt have a pool. Yeh, we have one here at hempstead. For 36 years dan was the rams boys and girls coach, the girls cocoh, and for the last ten years, the boys coach. At the end of the season,when you start resting them their energy level skyrockets. He has done a lot for me and anyone else who has swam in dubuque. Coach is an iconic figure here for senior. Heas been here so long. Everybody looks to him as god. Possibly a slight exaggeration , but duclos has been named mvc and state coach of the year many times and he is a member of of fame. Come on andrew i have mellowed. I used to get upset if we got beat. It doesnt bother me like it used to. Other things are more important than winning and losing. It is hard to win a state championsnsp. Its really hard. D. But senenr claimed the statat title in 2009 by winning the final relay of the meet to upset top seeded ames. A highlight indeed but duclos cherishes a memory from 3 years ago when his kids set a state record in the 200 free relay. The year before one of the kids slipped off the block and we finished fourth. We said lets learn from it. Lets get better and they did and camemeack and set a state e record. That was a highlight. Nice b. Nice job. College and many of them have become coaches themselves and friends. ,that is o thing i will miss. Closeness you get with your athlete. In teaching it doesnt happen as much. His final meet will be the state meet in marshalltown. Thats when he touches the wall for a final time after 36 years as the rams swim coach dan . You watching the scoreboard . No. Not looking at that at all. John campbell tv9 sports nice swim the rams gave their coach a nice birthday present when they won the mvc super meet in iowa city on january 23rd. Yesterday, cedararapids washington Athletic Director paul james announced his retirement after nearly 40 years as a faculty member. He spent the last 10 years as the a. D. James has said hed like to continue coaching the football team, but he has to reapply for the position. When i originally took the job 10 years ago, i think it was probably the right just do one or the other. Theres a lot to learn and a lot to do. But after seven years of being in it, it was a little bit easier for me when i became head coach. Trt 25 oc became head coach. Today, interim uni Athletic Director jean berger was named the new executive director of the Iowa Girls High School athletic union. Shes been at Northern Iowa since 2008. Thanks, josh. Now heres a look at todays top web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour news ource, kcrg tv nine. Team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. Quiet weather remains in place tonight with a partly cloudy sky and lows in the teens. Friday brings a light snow chance, under 1, but not until late. The morning features an increase of clouds as highs push near 30. For the weekend saturday looks dry as highs jump above freezing. Light snow moves into the forecast t sunday with continued chances through early next week. Tonight partly cloudy low 1521 winds nw 515tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510 thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. We hope youll be with us again tonight at ten
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