Shelter in des moines. Rose more than 5 inches of snow dropped on the metro, sending people like Anthony Garza to shelters for the night. Its really affecting me personally because my muscles cant really handle it. Rose central iowa shelter and services in des moines took in about 200 people during the storm. Since this shelter doesnt turn anyone away, about 50 people slept in the overflow room without a bed. As winter goes on and the temperature drops, more people are going to come in. So the need becomes greater obviously. Rose the shelter relies largely on donations. Theres a constant need for pantry items to stock the kitchen, blankets to cover the beds, and warm clothes to offer. We just cant keep enough coats, enough gloves, enough hats. Once they come in, theyre gone like that. Rose donations and services, people say theyre thankful to receive and to call home for the night. This place is a blessing for people who have nothing. At least they have a roof over their heads, theyre
The clouds will stay overhead tonight, with some areas of fog developing overnight, lasting into the morning commute. We will start our monday with mainly overcast skies, with some gradual clearing by later in the afternoon. Despite the cloud cover, were still maintaining our above average temperatures in the 40s across eastern iowa. The rest of the workweek and clouds each day, with temperatures still very mild. Upper 40s to around 50 through end of the week. The next chance for rain comes on tuesday night with another weak system possibly giving us a few sprinkles. Tonight m cloudy, fog late low 2935 winds nw 5 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 32tomorrow am fog, decreasing clouds high 4248 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 42 iow 46 back to you. Tonight, president obama will address the nation from the oval office on the concerns of terrorism. Two people Tashfeen Malik and syed farook are suspected of killing 14 people and injured 21 week in san bernardino, california. Federal authorities are now investigatin
The race for the gop president ial nomination is switching course here in iowa. A new Des Moines Register poll released yesterday shows texas senator ted cruz leading longtime frontrunner donald trump. Cruz sits 10 points higher at 31 percent, in this poll of a little more than 400 iowa republicans. Trump is still in 2nd place, with 21 percent support. Dr. Ben carson, who once held now in 3rd place with 13 percent. Florida senator marco rubio runs in 4th place. He is the only other candidate in the field of 13 who is in the double digits, with 10 percent support. Cruz has gained momentum over the past 30 days. Last weekend in cedar rapids, he acknowledge d that jump in the polls. Cruz believed more conservatives are choosing him now, after evaluating other candidates. Though donald trump sits in second place in iowa, hes still out in front in Many National polls. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is still far behind trump in the gop field. Yesterday, he attributed Trumps National lead
Heat, allowing for temperatures to become warmer by monday. Thanks britley. The snow storm created a travel nightmare for people flying in and out of the eastern iowa airport. And it caused chicagos two airports to cancel more than 500 flights. Three of those were headed to cedar rapids. Iowans also had a mess to drive through. Plow trucks spent the entire day clearing the roadways. Towing Companies Went out to find cars stranded in ditches and medians. Linn county issued a tow ban on friday as the storm intensified, and that went until saturday afternoon. This left one mans 19year old son stuck, after he lost control of his car. 12 51 26 i didnt have my cell phone on me and my wife works overnight so she didnt have her cell phone on her. So the police ended up bringing him home. Most of the main roads in linn county were cleared by mid afternoon. However, many slick spots remained on back roads and side streets. The storm system that left iowa drifted over wisconsin, and it wasnt all
Cedar rapids not only has a thriving Muslim Community it has history too. This building on the Northwest Side called the mther mosquees the first structure built specifically as a mosque, or muslim place of worship, in all of north america. Members of that local Community Say trumps comments are racist and wrong. My y itial thought was s re we go again, donalds in rare form hes an equal opportunity hater, he was picking on mexicans, immigrants picked on a disabled guy i really believevhe doesnt care about the consequences of it. He says it to elicit positive or negative several local l slims noted trumps words have already had consequences. Someone tossed a severed pigs head against the door of a mosque in philadelphia. The fbi has started an investigation into a possible hate crime. Trumps of both graffiti and vandalism at the main cedar pids mosque. No hate crime connection was ever made but the worry is in a world rattled by recent terror attacks, it might not take much to encourage