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We have our own victims of war here in america. There were headlines recently when a 76yearold veteran shot himself to death outa va hospital in north port new york. Suicides by vets happen on average, 20 times a day. Tonight, jim axelrod has a remarkable story about an organization that is helping to rescue, vets in distress. After trying to drink himself past the demens that darkened his mind and after a second member of his old platoon committed suicide, Frank Lesnefsky got help. In his thera...

[kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] mollie it happened in the 100 block of north lucas. Our vanessa peng just arrived there in the past hour. She joins us now live on the phone. Vanessa, what can you tell us . Vanessa it happened yesterday around 8 00, on valentines day. Its in the 100 block of north lucas avenue. Its kind of an industrial a...

Eric also this morning taylor swift swipes back at the naysayers with her acceptance speech at last nights Grammy Awards. Who one, who lost and who outdid themselves with their performances ahead. Eric good morning everyone and welcome back. Its tuesday february 16. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. We want to get over to metinka. We have a wintry mix coming down. Metinka it looks like a whole rainbow out there. Superbright colors are snowflakes that are melting as a are falling. As...

Its kind of a sad day when you lose one of your neighbors thats been here for r ite a few years id see them out in the yard, on the porch with their plants and stuff and they like to be out with their garden and trees and whatnot. Neighbors say they heard firefighters found Ronald Jacobs near the front t f the mobile home and karen jacobs in another room. Ronald jacobs was pronounced dead at the scene. Cedar rapids fire investigators have no this mobile home yet for for the moment its labeled as...

Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threat...

Collision sports to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The Senate Education Committee Approved the bill on an 86 Party Line Vote yesterday. Democrats approved it while republicans opposed. State senator from maquoketa and former High School Wrestling coach tod bowman spoke in favor of the bill, telling the Des Moines Register quote we are not covering every practice, but this is a step in the right direction where the most vulnerability occurs. Meteorol...

Both men were rushed to separate hospitals. Then brought to des moines. At last check. Authorities say they were listed in critical condition. With potentially life threatening injuries. We now know the name of a man killed by Urbandale Police over the weekend and the names of the officers involved in the shooting. It happened Early Saturday Morning in the lobby of the holiday inn on merle hay road. Officers were reportedly responding to a call involving the lobby. A man reportedly pulled out a ...

After a cold and snowy weekend. The temperatures are warming up nicely this monday. This guy didnt stand much of a chance. And anything thats left of him today. Will surely be gone tomorrow. Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. A weak disturbance will cross through central iowa late tonight between midnight and 7 am. It will bring a mix of rainsnow across the state. Temperatures will hover right around 32 degrees. By the commute in, the precipitation sh...

Connected vehicles or autonomous selfdriving vehicles. Department of transportation thinks of this as connected automation. Its really both. They both give you sort of added safety. Connected vehicles or basically v to v, vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, v to x or anything else, basically theyre all going to be able to talk. What we know is studies so far suggest that even two applications of v to v could prevent 600,000 crashes and save 1,000 lives. So it has huge opportunity over...

Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts m...