Offices. The Eastern Iowa Health center and Young Parents Network are cooperating on the collection and say 100 percent of donated dollars or diapers will go to those who need them. We often dont think of diapers as a necessity but it is really is and the fact its not covered by any federal program, you know no incentives or anything like that. Diapers are such a big need 80 dollars a month for a lot of people. Health has committed to purchasing 50thousand to get the program started. Organizers say those much smaller diaper drives would collect only a limited number of diapers and when those were gone, theyre gone. But with a diaper bank, the idea is to keep collections going off and on and always have enough on hand to help those who have trouble paying for this necessary infant product out of pocket. Beth . Thanks, dave. Us now with your first forecast. Chris, some of our viewers have had a little rain today. Will that continue . A weak upper level system is moving across eastern iow
Dry. But we have rain moving in late tonight and with us throughout the day tomorrow as welk lets get right into the numbers, our temps have been on the cooling side, in the upper 50s to lower 60s out there. Take a look at flood warnings, those numbers are rising, fayette, clayton county, as well as north and West Building hawk, Butler County and over towards chickasaw county. To fall around he will dorado. Turkey river continues to rise, 20. 6 feet, expected to get to 26. 5 midday today. Is he sister rapids a little bit of cloud cover but the sun is trying to peak through the clouds. 56 waterloo. Monticello 56. The winds are calm, east and north at 6 miles an hour. Predictor tries to move them here. They are going to fall apart. We are going to wait until later in the afternoon and more so evening and overnight. 67 at 9 00. 94 at noon. 76 forecast for you including the weekend run coming up in 10 minutes time, chemly. Flooding remains a top concern for communities in eastern iowa. Las
Flooding remains a top concern for some communities in eastern iowa. Last night high water levels along the turkey river forced evacuations. Fayette county emergency crested in elgin this morning near levels seen during the floods of oh8. And now as the water moves downstream the river is getting closer to cresting in another northeast iowa town. Town. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is live right now in inelkader along the turkey river good morning stephanie. On thursday authorities said the flooding occurring in clayton countys elkader and elsewhere could worsen today. The river is forecasted to hit twentyseven feet in elkaderthat is fifteen feet above flood stage and just three quarters of a foot under the record crest of more than twentyseven point sevetyfive feet in 2008. Meanwhile as flooding continues fr river residents are holding onto hope. The town is come back beautifully. I think if you look up and down main street this is just another hurdle but its one that the town
One person died in a crash on northbound highway 218 in coralville. Law enforcement says it happened sometime before 9 15 last night. One person also died when a pickup truck and train collided in northern linn county on sunday afternoon. Garbage and recycling starts back up today in cedar rapids for anyone who evacuated due to last weeks flooding. Sandbag drop off sites in cedar rapids are still open at ellis park near the Tennis Courts and at the noelridge Swimming Pool parking lot. Category 4 storm, is threatening jamaica, haiti and cuba. This is the strongest atlantic hurricane since felix in 2007. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a few areas of fog in eastern iowa this morning. As is usually the do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track w
This year shows it had 426 full time employees. They say this will not affect the launch of its new pancreatic Cancer Therapy drug. Theres a deal to combine Outdoor Companies bass pro and cabelas. Bass pro would pay cabelas shareholders 65 and a half dollars in a 4 point 4 billion dollar deal. But this deal creates uncertainty about jobs, and its not clear how many jobs might be lost. This week the American Red Cross is opening people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. A center in vinton at Benton County Emergency Management is open from 11 am to 8 pm today. Workers there have cleanup kits. They include shovels, rakes, bleach, mops and more. Officials are also on hand to help with paperwork needed for flood recovery. The red cross will open two more centers. Tuesday and wednesday theyll be in cedar falls, and thursday rains any time soon. But can we expect any rain at all this week justin . Low clouds near the eastern fringes of iowa will break up, while the rest of the area enjoys