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There may be an isolated shower and the we are back to sunshine for tomorrow afternoon with temperatures in the mid70s. Mostly cloudy tonight was showers and temperatures in the low 60s. More rain later this week which will lead to a bead a big weekend cool down. Cut them up coming up later i will have the full forecast. You may see a few more signs of normalcy today as cedar rapids continues to recover from we have flood 2016 coverage. Reporter the commute is running smoother than it has in recent days. As of this morning, all access on and off 380 is open to commuters. All pictures all bridges are opened as well. V and f avenues are open to one lane eastbound and westbound, joins us live from the best western Coopers Mill Hotel with the latest there. Hotel sits along first street northwest just a few hundred feet from the cedar river and on the wet side of planned flood protection. Protection. This morning the city Flood Control System Committee was briefed on Flood Control updates including the the acquisition of the hotel. City real estate manager Rita Rasmussen says they have been updates including the acquisition of the hotel. Cd the City Real Estate with real estate manager says they have the assessed value was 5 million. We have a sign Purchase Agreement from the Property Owner that will be on the City Council Agenda for october 11. And, it will be recommended for approval, assuming that is approved, we anticipate closing and having them transfer title to the city by hopefully the the corridor joe huisinga cbs 2 news live at 5 if youre trying to find ways to use some of the sand left behind, the city released several ways you can recycle it around your home. You can use some sand in your flower bed, yard or even compost. The sand increases porosity in the soil and helps with drainage. Sand can also be put in paint cans or on oil leaks to absorb the liquids. In fact you can reuse those paint cans with some sand by doing some crafting. Make pa use some glass jars for indoor use. But keep in mindthere are also things the city wants to warn you against. Keep any sand that touched flood water away from children, their play areas or any vegetable gardens. Do not put sand into yardy carts. Those carts, nor the collection trucks are designed to handle that much weight. And as far as empty sandbags are concerned, they cant be recycled so you need to put those in the garbage. One other reminder starting Curbside Pickup of residential sandbags in the flood garbage. One other reminder is that starting monday the city crews will start Curbside Pickup in the flood zone and that will run for two weeks. Alliant Energy Customers are dealing karen many alliant customers are seeing their electric bills rise some ten dollars others in the hundreds. And thats got customers like faye dudley wondering watts up with that . That . Faye d some a couple of bucks and some a couple of hundred. What is up with that . I thought i was alone in at all. Reporter her bill went from 90 and two 145 in the last three months. As it turned out, she is part of a surge of customers facing an increase. I see people with bills that were 120 going up to 600 bills that were 120 month. Reporter as alliant spokesperson justin explains. We were not able to manually review all the bills. When we cant manually review the bills, the system kicks out an estimated help. Reporter the estimates do not include usage which is higher this year because of warmer weather. They admit they were unable to update customers immediately. We apologize can to never let it happen again. Reporter company is creating a payment plan for customers. We set you up on a payment plan and you still have to pay it. No. Thats not enough. The customers know they did not use that much electricity. Reporter dudley says her thermostat is dead at 81 to reduce costs. I sweated this whole summer 192. Reporter she says she has a restricted income due to a disability and other families have it worse. You imagine making ends meet. I dont know of a family of 4 can live. Reporter she saw her bill jump from 114 bill jump from 114 583. That is my sons diapers and the food on my table. Reporter she says her family cannot afford to pay the bill. With her threeyearold daughter and oneyearold sun, electricity no son, no electricity is not an option. Eventually they will shut off my electricity, even if i pay the amount that they sent on my first bill. I have pastdue amounts and they will shut me off. Reporter again, alliant employees will be looking at meters like these to ensure the most accurate possible billing. For now, alliant spokesperson justin says they are doing again. I am Connor Morgan , cbs 2 news at 5 00. Baby boomers need more care is they age. There is alarm over persistent fraud and abuse in nonmedical funded expenses. The totals more than 12 then 6 million. The system also lacks consistent standards for personal now the Inspector General is calling for better qualifications and background checks for workers. An oig report says that the need for workers will increase by 25 by the year 2024. The Cedar Rapids Community School District is working on a new approach to make sure the kids get to school. Cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore learned all about it. The cedar rapids schools have the school year is considered chronically absentthe Pilot Program at Wright Elementary School year is chronically absent. They cut the number of chronically absent students in half last year. On any given day, most students are at school, but certain students have a higher numbers brian krob, wright elementary principal17 18 09 what can we do as a partner to assure that kids get here each and every day so we can, again, giv possibly can educational wise so that theyre not behind and theyre not falling back. Back. Krob says while students can make up homework, it really doesnt replace that time spent in the classroom. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Mellaney Moore, cbs 2 news live at five. Lets take a moment now to see whats headed our way in your weather first weekend youve worked hard. Retirements within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age to 70. Blum weve got to raise the retirement age. Blum would make it harder, voting to cut Social Security and privatize medicare. Blum would even deny Social Security to seniors until theyre 70. Im monica vernon, and i approve this message, tomorrow on cbs 2. One of the biggest lessons kids learn in college is how to manage their. Money. The latest scam that says itll help you out of debt but just ends up creating more. Tomorrow on we are in the Weather Center now with brandon. We are loving these warmer temperatures. It doesnt really feel like fall with temperatures in the 70s and 10 degrees above average. Things will be changing, especially later this week and into the weekend. We will get to the upper 50s and lower 60s. Couple of days. As we look at the current conditions, wins are out of the southeast and the temperature is 74. Decorah at 70 and olewein at 70 decorah at 70 and olewein at 73. Tama at 75 and iowa city at 76. Wind is gusting out of this out of ea it is kind of gusty. Then west of i35, it is creating quite the temperature contrast to route the state. You can see low to mid 60s where rain has been falling. To the east, we have had sunshine and temperatures well into the 70s. We will start to see rain move in around 11 00 the temperature sliding down to the low to mid 60s by the time we get to the tomorrow morning. Showers late tomorrow night and the we will be dry tomorrow afternoon with sunshine and temperatures again in the 70s. More rain moves and thursday dakotas and into eastern iowa, this front slowly moves then as we go through the overnight hours. They weaken as we get to the middle of the night. Then the front will stall out and we are back into sunshine. Then, it turns to a warm front and lifts to the north and that sets the stage for additional Early Morning hours on thursday. They will come from the south east and will linger around until this low pressure system. Some areas to the north and northwest will see three quarters of an inch to an inch and other areas will see up to an inch and a half. Rainfall. We are in a southwesterly flow bringing mild temperatures over the next couple of days. This cold front will push through thursday night and into friday bringing a showers and thunderstorms and much cooler air for the weekend. Here is the forecast for tonight. Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s area wide. For tomorrow, we start the day with a few light showers and it will gradually turn mostly sunny and be a mild day. Once again, temperatures in the 70s and areas to the south, depending on how much sunshine we get. 76 tomorrow and 75 for thursday before the front moves through. Then showers and thunderstorms thursday and into thursday night and then a cold front moves through friday. The temperature will be around 61. 58 for saturday and then as we go into sunday in the early part of next week, temperatures will be in the midto upper 60s 67. The nighttime lows will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s. It will be quite chilly, especially on sunday morning. Put on a rope to get the paper. Or a jacket. Thank you. We will see you later brandon. Later on live at 5 00, the gun control debate rages on after a controversial gun lock it the green light in missouri. Iowans are weighing in. What lawmakers are saying getting Gun Legislation passed. Lets look outside on the west side of the cedar river in cedar rapids. Jason meyer is on geist camera today. They are grazing in the field looking for dinner. More live at 5 00 coming your way right here on cbs 2. Millions of backers of republican president ial nominee donald trump trumpwere left empty handed millions of backers of republican that nominee donald trump were expecting a bombshell surprise to throw at opponent held democrat Hillary Clinton. With posted. He says he does not intend to harm Hillary Clinton. However, he did say that wiki links would release new documents every week for the next 10 weeks. According to a cbs news poll, seven out of every ten voters plan on watching the Vice President ial debate. Both men have to not only introduce th will also be defending their running mates. Our mission at cbs 2 news is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers to better inform and empower you. We have reached out to the candidates to participate in extended interviews not only with our station but our sister stations across the coun. Country. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to know from the candidates. Please share your thoughts with us by email or facebook. Corridor voters got a chance known names fighting for gun you can share your thoughts via email or by facebook. One of the most wellknown names fighting for gun control legislation. Gabby giffords came through cedar rapids on her 14 state bus tour with her group, americans for responsible solutions. It was started after she was shot during a constituent meeting in a parking lot in 2011. She says that making the changes that she wants to see i have seen great courage when my life was on the line. Now is the time to come together and be responsible. Democrats, republicans, everyone. Local leaders mentioned that gun violence is a growing issue in cedar rapids that can only be signed by a community thats willing to focus on it together. They can come to a compromise on gun control bills. Debate in the midwest only grew after lawmakers in missouri overwrote the governor making it legal to freely carry a gun without a permit. In des moines, republican matt representative matt rent matt wind chill says wintshell says they need to have gun control laws in the state. Before we protect gun owners, we have to passed laws to protect all iowans. He is pershing for stronger Mental Health requirements. Some say that i woulds current knowing that theyve passed the test. Test. Windschitl says he plans how they were able to get constitutional carry through the state capital. Heres a live look outside at some beautiful fall colors captured by photojournalist matt jones. Brandon will another look at your weather first forecast when live at 5 taco tuesday might be a weekly celebration in lego land, but here on earth honoring the mexican treat comes around once a year. Today is taco tuesday may be a weekly supper celebration and legoland, but around here day. Com, yes, there is a website. Americans 84. 5 billion tacos. To put that into perspective, if you line them up sideby side, they could reach the moon and back. How would they even measure that . I dont know. I do know that im hungry. Did you have tacos today . Not yet, we still showers and storms moving in from the west. There are two w. Of i35 right now and they wont get here until after 11 00. Temperatures will be in the low 60s and then tomorrow we will start with an Early Morning shower. I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here get him out of here for the content of this advertising. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. 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