The rest of the week. Ill have minutes. New thisismorning waterloo firefighters respond to a fire this morning. They were first called to new this morning waterloo firefighters respond to a fire this morning. They were first called to Western Avenue around four this morning. Smoke has been pouring out of the homm. We just spoke with firefighters a few minutes ago but they dont have any more information at this time. Theyre still on the scene. A kwwl followup. An updayeeon the three people rescued from a cedar falls mobile home during a fire a story we first ashley calfee, the mother, had to be taken to iowa city to be treated. She took in a lot of smoke. Her three year old son and five and windy weather. John bostwickcedar falls fire, battalion chief we had some things that were starting to freeze up during the started to freeze up and that type of stuff. Take a look at this body camera video from a Cedar Falls Police officer. They showed up first and battled the fire until firefighter
Force winds and 30 foot waves as new video emerges, showing how bad it got, today, tuesday, february 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of ttay, New Hampshire votes, with matt lauer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, and savannah guthrie, live from manchester, New Hampshire. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on this tuesday morning. Its primary day here in New Hampshire. Matt is back in studio 1a. People are out voting early already. Yeah, youve got a couple storms brewing up ththe, savannah. One in the weather and the other thats a political storm. As you mentioned, they dont waste any time up there. As i eluded to, Hillary Clinton is already out at a polling place this morning here in manchester. She cant vote here but shes trying to get her supporters out in force. We have early results, matt. Voters in three small towns cast the dot. On the republican side, nine votes each for ted cruz, john kasich and donald tru
The increasing number of accidents convinced the dot to close the i35 this afternoon. It remains closed in both directions tonight between ames and clear lake. Chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us. For a few years now, the shooting sports have been at Simpson College, to the degree that administrators want to hire a coach to oversee the shooting Sports Program. Opponents say it makes the school beholden to the gun lobby. They argue its against the religious beliefs that the college was founded upon. Channel 13s Justin Surrency explains why the school is moving forward, anyway. Over its brief 5 year history Simpson College president jay simmons says the shooting Sports Program is gaining popularity. were hopefull this might be one factor that makes simpson a more attractive option in the future. but a proposal aiming to hire a full time coach for the program with over 30 members has sparked frustration from alumni who believe school funds should go towards academics and not the shooti
And central iowa. Travel is not advised for areas north of highway 30, with i35 closed between ames and mason city. Scattered snow showers with blowing snow will continue early this morning. The wind will still be monday. Wind gusts will be in the 25 to 30 mph range. Temperatures will drop to the Single Digits with wind chills staying below zero. It will be colder today with highs only in the teens. We will see the clouds break up a bit with some sunshine this afternoon. There is another shot at some light snow again on wednesday. That could bring a quick 1 to 2 of snow across the state. First on 13. Des Moines Police dead following an overnight fire. Firefighters responded to the home of 25hundred 59th street just before 1 am. Thats where channel 13s josh nguyen joins us live now. Fire started in the back of the house at 2500 59th street in des moines. Police responded because of fire, tried to communicate with him, he wouldnt come out, they had to get back. Fire started responding. F
Associated cases have been found in the us. With no effective vaccine to prevent the virus, an Iowa Research company is one of Many Companies trying to solve this puzzle. Local 5s Claire Powell is here with more. Claire bam jack, theres a delicate balance between giving information on the zika virus and scaring people. Of the two speices of mosquitos known to carry the virus, yes one is found here in the us and in iowa. But its the unknowns that have Iowa Researchers frustrated. Theyre trying to make an effective vaccine while educating people in the meantime. At this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. It feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected within 10 months, thats all changed. What was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1. 5 million in brazil. Its incredible, thast just from last year the virus, discovered in the 1940s, has spread to a pandemic. Recently, newlinnk ames, known for their