Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im jenee ryan lets get a check of our cbs 2 much of cedar rapids dodged a bullet when temporary flood defenses prevented the cedar river from spilling into many areas. Areas. But still many folks are still facing financial facing financial damage. Damage. Money that they have set going towards a car payment or towards their house or towards daycare at something thats definitely a lot tighter now. Now. Days of preparing for disaster can add up quickly between paying for moving trucks and trailers for appliances hotels and even lost pay from days of not working. It will now take people already living on a tight budget time to catch back up. I think when we get into a everything is back to normal and its not quite there yet. You know it takes a month or two still to get really back to where we should be. Be. People needing assistance are recommended to call 211 for help finding the organization that can help meet those needs. You
Go to a converted center that is currently excelsior middle school. And 10th through 12th graders would attend linnmar high school. Kcrg tv nines jordee kalk was at tonights School Board Meeting and joins us now. Jordee, why does this district feel this is the best plan . The district says all of its Elementary Schools are over capacity. And the middle schools are almost at capacity. I spoke with the superintendent after tonights meeting. He says hes ready to get this plan in motion. To pass a bond referendum. The Linn Mar School board unanimously voted in favor of the restructurin g plan at monday nights meeting. Superintendent quintin shepherd, and the school board, agreed capacity is at the point where something needs to change and this is the least expensive option. 18 18, we realize we have to take a whole lot of people from throughout the community and get them on board to this idea of what its going to look like figuring out a way to introduce this plan to voters. That would inc
Departs on wednesday afternoon. Clouds should linger well into thursday with a return to much above normal temperatures by friday. In fact, many areas have a good shot at 70 degrees again by friday afternoon, with warmer than normal temperatures going well into next week as well. Today isolated showers developing late in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tonight showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. Windy. Wind se 1525. Low 50 tomorrow showers and a few thunderstorm s likely, mostly in the morning. Windy at times. Wind var 1020. High 56 tom. Night mostly cloudy and cooler. Wind nw 515. Low 42 for a second term in the us congress. Hes running against democrat Monica Vernon in iowas first congressiona l district. Kcrgtv9s Katie Wiedemann talked with blum about his bid for re election. Congressman rod blum will be the first person to tell you where he came from. I am a Small Business man whos operated in the private sector for my entire career. I ran for one reason and o
Cedar Rapids Police are cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to police are cedar cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to worry about an increase in crime that could lead to guns ending up in the wrong hands. Hands. This year there have been 18 firearms stolen from cars many left unlocked. Two of the weapons ak 47s. Police chief wayne jerman says between 2014 and 2015 and with the year not yet over we are quickly approaching that number now. It certainly goes against responsible gun ownership that we are trying to advocate for. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen police ask you to always lock your doors and never leave valuables in the car. Also as cold temperatures approach even though its nice to already have the car warmed up police say if youre not careful someone else could be driving off in it. A vinton woman will spend nearly four years behind bars for forher ro
Leading the officer to shoot him. Police say mitchell, who is 37, tried to drive off and crashed into an Unmarked Police vehicle and another vehicle. The dci is now investigating the shooting. It has not released the name of the officer who fired his or her weapon. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers is live near the coe college campus. Samantha, you talked with people who know mitchell . Friends and family are gathered out here now at happened. They say he is a kind and loving man and wanted to share their side of the story. 02 50 05;24 nats this hit me close to home friends and family gathered in Greene Square in cedar rapids with candles and signs. 02 42 32;07 we want to show support to the family first and foremost, letting them know that theyre not alone in a situation like this. Asking questions that are still unanswered. Theres not reason to shoot him 02 43 59;12 were not here to put blame on anybody, were not here to say this is a black lives matter, this is a cop vs. Black type thing were