For a cure. Cure. This is fox 28 news at nine. A former jail administrator is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling. Money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail in december 2015 after is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail on december 2015 after two years adds administrator. Dora miller has been looking all day and joins us now with what she has found. Reporter the state auditor and the dci said they want to know where 35,000 went and it was not going where it should of. Daron wilkinson was responsible for daily operations. According to a report done by the state auditor Danson Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates sang at the jail. A concerned raised by the missing. Along with the room and board fees, auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Mary 11 14 05 our report identified a dollars of undeposited collections as well as 7,380 do
This has been the end of the road. This is where edgewood road and we meet with highway 100 right here in this is as far as you could go up until now. That first four miles is now ready to roll in that changes everything. There are times of day when drivers on edgewood road and parts of interstate and parts of interstate 380 are desperate for an that first phase is fairy near completion. They have been waiting to say those words since 1999. This saturday everyone is invited. They wont be allowed to drive on it but if they want to bring a bike or take a short walk along it that would be fine. The decades ahead city 100 near city utilities will be incredible. Scott olson Cr City Council member 5 55 05 it is by far the largest single potential development in the history of cedar rapids. In addition to a new flood proof bridge across the cedar hes proud the city and county are planning with purpose in addition to a new flood proof bridge hes proud the city and county are planning with purp
There could be a few scattered flurries overnight otherwise mostly cloudy through the night. Could still be a few slick spots on the roads tonight and early tomorrow morning, especially on some side streets so use caution. Temperatures tonight will be steadily in the teens and near a huge crash this afternoon on interstate 80 while the snow was still falling. Falling. It shut down the west bound lanes just west branch. Branch. Viewers sent us these photos as they waited in a long line of cars for the wreckage to be cleared. Emergency crews say nearly thiry vehicles were involved including at least one semi. We know there are injuries but the state patrol isnt saying how many. Interstate 80 is open again tonight. New developments tonight in the death of Supreme Court justice antonnin scalia. A judge with ties to cedar rapids may be on the short list for a replacement. Jane kelly is a federal Appeals Court judge. Before that she served as a federal public defender in cedar rapids. She wa
chanting in paris World Leaders including president obama are arriving for mondays Climate Change conference. Just two weeks after deadly terrorist attacks the event is putting a huge security burden on the city and the military. Nearly three thousand Security Officers surround the meeting site. Public gatherings are banned so climate protesters covered a city square with hundreds of shoes to symbolize their march. Clashes between protesters and police have occured elsewhere in paris. Following the paris attacks spiritual leaders in this country are speaking out against terrorism. Terrorism. Some local leaders are talking about the islamic faith and why it does not condone violence. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee is here to tell us what happened today in iowa city. To a standing room only crowd, iowa city mosque Imam Molhim Bilal cited the quran in a Public Lecture to say islam is against terrorism. Terrorism. Aattack attackafter attack. Attack. Is what motivates iowa city Imam Molhim
The cold just adding to problems this aftereron in johnson county. Thats where crew launched a water rescue at Coralville Lake after a canoe with two people in it capsized. Teams were able to pull one person from the icy water. They are now receivinintreatment at university of iowa hospitals and clinics. The second person is still missing and as of an hour ago crews were still searching. So far no word on whether they were fishing or the identity of the two people in the canoe. Iowa lawmakers head for des moines in less than two weeks and one of the hot t tics up for debebe is major changes in medicaid. Federal officials halted governor branstads plan to privatize medicaid pushing back the proposed change to march 1st. 1st. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee is here to explain why patients and lawmakers are concerned. Matt and joy, half a million iowans will be affected by this change. With final federal approval managed Care Coverage of medicaid will start in about two months. The two mo