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Gathered in cedar rapids tonight, to plan and heal togegeer after a tragic lolo of three liveve michka kabeya, platini namputu, and dickson mandiki, all from the democratic republic of the congo, died in a crash on highway 30 near keystone early thursday morning. They were among 9 people who were traveling to work in tama in a minivan, when the iowa state patrol says it hit ice and lost control. Singing members and representativ es of the Congolese Community sang prayers and discussed Funeral Plans at Central Assembly of god church. People there say they need any help they can get, like prayer...

In portables set up behind the middle school. Now an inspector went through the school sites to make sure theres no damage and extensive cleaning has been done. Now the Middletown Unified School District superintendent sent a message to students saying shes excited to welcome everyone back today. The School Building all survived with minimal damage and 76,000acre fire is one of the most destructive in california history. It dedried almost 1 destroyed almost 1300 homes and 66 commercial properties and 585 other structures. Four people died in the fire. And the superintendent says she upper leve...

The mayor says fareway usually wants a larger town. But the prospect of growth here sealed the deal. Because fareway will rehab an existing building in anamosa, that store should open in late spring or early summer. New construction in peosta will mean waiting about a year. But as the mayor says finally having a Grocery Store is worth the wait. Thanks, dave. The federal centers for medicare and Medicaid Services called for a delay in iowas switch to a private Medicaid Program today. Governor Terry Branstad wanted the new program to start january 1st. And today was the deadline for recipients t...

Youngest of 3 siblings. But with Treacher Collins syndrome. About one in 50,000 people is touched by it. He is lacking facial bone development. Small jaw. He doesnt have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower. The challenges arent just on the outside. A tcs patient also has smaller airways. If youre a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital. Nearly every time. A common day cololputs him in theeospital. Kelli notes her other children, 17yearold page and 7yearold payton are on the familys private insurance but medicaid isnt just on income guidelines it ...

Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student kied this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into her ...