When rescue crews finally found her, they placed her on a back board. Fire fighters above ground used a tripod to pull her out through a nearby man hole. A rescue effort some city leaders say could have been avoided. Other people had to put themselves in harms way in order to be able to rescue someone from that space. City leaders from several departments will meet later this week to ways to keep people from trying to explore the mine shafts. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. That dangerous old mine shaft in dubuque is not alone. The Us Department of agriculture says iowa has about 27 hundred of these mine shafts across the state. About six months ago, some des moines homeowners discovered one under their house when a sinkhole opened in front of their home. Historians say it dates moines coal company. The usda said an air shaft in the old coal mine probably eroded over time and caused the collapse. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, a lit
Will allow for our temperatures to climb back into the 70s for some on halloween. Today partly cloudy. Wind n 510 high 58 alo 57 dbq 56 iow 58 55 to 61 tonight partly cloudy. Wind se 515 low 46 alo 44 dbq 44 iow 46 43 to 49 thanks britley. New this morning, a powerful earthquake overnight did a lot of damage in central italy. Hit in the mountains about 2 hours north of rome. Italian Officials Say the earthquake collapsed buildings in several cities. Witnesses say that includes a cathedral dating back to the 14th century. Todays earthquake comes just two months after another killed nearly 300 in the same area. Officials say the earthquake in august may have actually saved lives today. Thats because a lot of people are still evacuated and living in shelters in other parts of the country. Of campaigning before election day. Theres only nine days left before people head to the polls across the country. For Hillary Clinton, the last few days of her president ial campaign will likely focus o
Will allow for our temperatures to climb back into the 70s for some on halloween. Today partly cloudy. Wind n 510 high 58 alo 57 dbq 56 iow 58 55 to 61 tonight partly cloudy. Wind se 515 low 46 alo 44 dbq 44 iow 46 43 to 49 thanks britley. New this morning, a powerful earthquake overnight did a lot of damage in central italy. Hit in the mountains about 2 hours north of rome. Italian Officials Say the earthquake collapsed buildings in several cities. Witnesses say that includes a cathedral dating back to the 14th century. Todays earthquake comes just two months after another killed nearly 300 in the same area. Officials say the earthquake in august may have actually saved lives today. Thats because a lot of people are still evacuated and living in shelters in other parts of the country. Of campaigning before election day. Theres only nine days left before people head to the polls across the country. For Hillary Clinton, the last few days of her president ial campaign will likely focus o
Rallied. We gave up a few more yards than we wanted to. But fortunately, we played the pick play down there effectively. And then they got the pass interference call. It was interesting, if it wasnt for that, the clock would have ran out. So worked to their favor just a little bit. But i couldnt be any more proud of our guys. When you come on the road and turn the ball over three times, really hard to win. But we found a way. Team. Kris you talk about the turnovers. What does it say about the composure of Mason Rudolph that he was able to lead those drives after those two picks . He played pretty average up to that point. But its interesting, he played better after that than he did before. So you have to love that about the kid. Hes found a way to win a lot of football games. But overall, everybody played good. I thought our offensive and defensive coaches made some really good adjustments. Kris i appreciate allen cowboys get a win in a very difficult place to win, manhattan, kansas, a
This will in turn give us milder air again today. A low pressure system continues to sit in the pacific southwest, stalling out the weather pattern for at least another 24 hours. High temperatures today will top out into the upper 60s and lows will drop into the 40s once again. These temperatures are still well above where we should be for this time of year. A cold front will move through late monday and into tuesday bringing the smallest chance of a shower late monday. Temperatures will only drop a few degrees as a result of its passing. Today mostly sunny. Wind s 510 high 68 alo 68 dbq 67 iow 68 65 to 71 tonight mostly clear. Wind sse 510 low 42 alo 42 dbq 43 iow 42 39 to 45 thanks britley. In a tv9 update, Cedar Falls Police released the name of the woman killed in a crash near downtown. Investigators say 38year old cynthia brooks was a passenger in the car and died at the scene. A 43yearold woman and a 7yearold girl in the car with brooks suffered serious injuries. Investigators sa