Dunkerton coop they tell me they are also being instructed not to weve got you covered, live in black hawk county, elizabeth amanieh. Kwwl news. Secretary of agriculture bill northey says as of today19 percent of corn and 43 percent of beans have been harvestedbut is behind the fiveyear average and to show you just how big of a deal wet crops are take a look at everything corn is in pop, gum, toothpaste, shampoo, makeup and even diapers eastern iowa continues to recover from last months flooding and help is coming from the state. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says iowa has seen nearly 10 more inches of rain than normal for the 2016 water year. Just in september alone the statewide average was more than six inches. That makes it the wettest september in 30 years. All that rain caused the cedar. Shell rock and wapsie the groundbreaking for a permanent Flood Control levee is today the sinclair levee in cedar rapids will provide protection for the newbo district up to a 40 year
Looks to arrive on sunday and should lead to widespread rain by sunday night at the latest. This could sneak in on sunday afternoon. Have a good day today showers likely, especially in the morning. Wind nw 515. High 43 tonight cloudy. Wind nw 515. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy and cool. Wind w 510. High 40 tom. Night chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Low 31 thanks kaj. During a traffic stop in cedar rapidsearlier this month has the support of his union. The Police Bargaining Union says it fully backs officer lucas jones and feels confident that a grand jury will officer jones pulled over Jerime Mitchell early on november 1st. The stop led to some kind of altercation, where officer jones shot mitchell. Mitchells vehicle eventually crashed in a parking lot on the coe college campus, not far from downtown cedar rapids. His family says mitchell is paralyzed from the incident. In a statement, the cedar rapids Police Bargaining Union said it doesnt have more information t
Contribution to make to the welfare of our nation, and to our nations standing in the world, that is a calling that is important to heed. Meanwhile the question over mr trump separating himself from his business interests became even murkier after an interview with the new york times, in which he said quote the president cant have a conflict of interest. Indicating he may continue to mix his Public Service and business roles nats trump a federal statues, mr. Trump may run afoul of the constitution. Dan abrams that one probably does apply to the president. But as a practical matter the thing that id be most worried about with regard to these conflicts is the possibility that if he stays involved in any way, hes then subject to lawsuits lana zak tag there is also a battle over secretary of state playing out today frmr gen David Patreaus indicating publicly he would take the job mitt romney and Rudy Giuliani also said to be under consideration for the top post. Lana zak abc newwashington.
Accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. This also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. Our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 50 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 tomorrow chance of light snow. Little to no accumulation. Wind w 1525. High 38 tom. Night scattered flurries. Wind w 1015. Low 32 thanks kaj. Raising money all day on kcrgtv9 to help feed seniors. That means every penny raised today goes to the Heritage Area Agency on aging and its senior Meals Program. Last year, with your help, we provides meals delivered to seniors stuck in their home. It also offers meals at several dining sites across the sevencounty region heritage serves. Last year, that totaled more than 320thousand meals for seniors in need. Statewide, about 72,000 seniors dont know when or where they
Will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance storms. Nd lighthigh 82 tonight stor partly cudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Nd ne 515. High 79 tom. Nigh clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 thanks kaj. Will soon get 128yearold building before winter. The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a special meeting today to talk about giving the Company Access to the building. Last month, the council picked a proposal from hobart to turn the building into apartments and office space. Council members liked the idea of immediately stabilizing