The time today was spent making sure haglin understood what she was giving up by allowing the judge along to make a decision. Both sides agreed the judge would decide haglins guilty or innocence only using the minutes of testimony. Thats information the public will never see and typically is only used by prosecutors to justify bringing charges. In this case, the minutes include an interview with the victim by Child Protective Services and a Police Interview with haglin. The judge explained what the defendant was opening statements, closing arguments if you agree to a stipulated trial then that means my decision will be based on information that the parties agree i should use to determine if you are guilty or innocent. Do you understand that . Because the judge will make the decision on information filed by prosecutors, nothing haglin decision. So the charge against her will be the original aggravated misdemeanor instead of the felony count filed later. Thats important for haglin becaus
High, but most will be back in their banks this weekend. We should be dry today although the pesky system to our east will return a bit for tomorrow. Today, though, we will be mainly sunny and breezy with north winds at 10 20 mph. Highs will be in the mid 60s to low 70s. We do have some rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Eileen loan. Good morning. Area river levels remain very high, should be dry today although the pesky system to our east will return a bit for tomorrow. Today, though, we will be mainly sunny and breezy with north winds at 10 20 mph. Highs will be in the mid 60s to low 70s. We do have some that for you in a few minutes. Today fema will be in clarksville to get a better look at the damage also warning people all over eastern iowa to be careful when they go back to check on their home. Fema wants people to keep an eye on possible health hazards. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a concern. So is the threat of being electrocuted from stepping in wate
There we go if it continues moving east like it is right now you can see carville, national and plainfield would be the path of the storm. It appears to be tracking a little bit to the south of charles city, we should be moving east in those communities and eventually maybe nora new hampton will be under the gun as the storm moves on to the east from there. Lets take a look also if we could i would like to get in just a little bit closer on that it does look a little more nazi and you can see it has tightened up a little bit since we last saw it, wouldnt you say . We are starting to see a little bit more circulation and some stronger winds with those brighter green showing up. If there was a tornado being produced it is likely to the east of daughtry and south of southwest of marble rock. If green you just want to be in your safe place. Stay inside away from the windows. Regardless if there is a tornado being produced there could be wind damage or hail that could knock out some windows
Try to save those. And they were not alone. There was a massive effort to save the areas. Here is a look at the flood defenses constructed over the weekend and how they are holding up so far. We have been showing you the air view all day long. Well show you some of the incredible images captured by the fox 28 drone from high communities, including palo, imosa. First, well get the latest on where the flood river stands right now. Lets turn to chief meteorologist terry swails. Lets get to some numbers here and show you where we are. And the cedar river at vin ton that means that crest has passed there. It is between cedar rapids and vinton and so that is probably close to palo. We are looking at seens like this. We did have residential areas flooded by the water. This home pretty much an island. Its definitely a problem in parts of palo as the river continues to rise there, but it should be very close to cresting in that, it moves down stream towards cedar rapids. We still think that cre
Im Kim Hutcherson reporting. Well be following this story throughout the day online. Watch for updates at kwwl a dry start to the day which is very good news for communities swamped by rain in the last week. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan n the day. More clouds track in for tomorrow but for today, we rain showers in the forecast. Sunshine. A few clouds here and there, but mostly sunny for with highs mainly in the mid 60s to low 70s. We will have a few minutes. Sunshine. A few clouds here and there, but mostly sunny for with highs mainly in the mid 60s to low 70s. We will have a few continuing our flood coverage. A Big Development this morning out of cedar rapids. The city plans to welcome back homeowners and businesses tomorrow. About six thousand were asked to leave by sunday night before the cedar river crested. The city said people can start moving back tomorrow at noon. The entireat reopen to the public on saturday morning. To all the businesses i want to say welcome b