Right now on cbs 2 this morning. The family of the iowa man that drowned in south the family of an iowa man who drowned in missouri last year has been awarded millions. Find out what he is next for the trooper facing charges in that death. The suspect in the Des Moines Police officer shootings actually wrote a letter to police days before the christmas. Why that letter is causing confusion among investigators. How local businesses are using a shopping holiday to continue Recovery Efforts after flood 2016. Welcome to morning. Im jenee ryan. Happy pry to you. You made it through the week. Lets start off with the cbs 2 weather first forecast with justin. It is a very nice morning but were getting the cold temperatures. It will bring us from the 60s now to the 40s later this right now a massive snow storm is making its way into minnesota its expected to hit later this morning but before making its way toward the twin citiesthe system wreaked havoc in denver. It blocked a major interstate c
Cedar rapids, the river levels have not dropped that much. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now to look at just how long it will take for the river to get back to normal. Clouds, gusty winds, and Cool Temperatures its a fall day, no doubt. A few sprinkles are possible with highs barely getting above 60, and some will struggle to even do that. Winds from the north will gust as high as 25 mph again. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the weekend, although more clouds return on saturday. Dry weather should continue until wednesday. To day mostly cloudy, cool, and windy. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind n 1525. High 62 alo 62 dbq 59 iow 63 tonight turning mostly clear. Wind n 510. Low 48 alo 46 dbq 48 iow 48 finished up their latest 10 am news conference, updating us on when they hope to get people back to their homes. Kcrg tv nines Forrest Saunders has been f
Important river lels. Joe. That the waterline where its you can see the darker color. That means in independence we have crested and the wapsipinicon has begun to fall. Right now the latest we 19. Twofoot level. 19. 4 was the crest earlier this afternoon. Along the wapsi right at 17. 1. So its coming up quite fast. By tuesday were expecting a 24. Fivefoot crest. Now lets travel down the cedar. The charles city youre falling faster. You will fall within your banks in waterloo the current level sits at 22. 22. 9 was the crest yesterday. Early thursday is when the cedar and waterloo will be back in its banks. Eventual ton awaiting that crest. 21. Five the expected crest monday morning. Still has about another half a foot to go before the crest tomorrow. In cedar rapids the latest forecast 23 feet currently. That will happen on Tuesday Morning. The latest we have is at 13. 1 feet in cedar rapids. The flooding will come to an end with its river in its banks on saturday morning. The next fou
Fire at a cedar rapids landmark that every resource the city had. The next step more than two years after the proposal was denied. The first look after one of the most anticipated nood rekov roy project. Welcome this morning. Taking a live look at a still dark i380 and cold stream avenue. You can see on the roadway that not only are the headlights on, thats a good thing, but the road has some water on it, too. Already seeing rain fall. Be sure to be careful. Your morning commute. Welcome this morning. Lets go on over to rebecca with our weather first forecast. We have some heavy rain moving through parts of eastern iowa and most of the area is going to be seeing that threat for heavy rain as the day goes on. This morning, weve had a Flash Flood Warning in effect for Northern Counties, and it is still raining. This includes the city of walk this continues, once again, until 7 15, and there is still rain that is falling and moving in. This is all associated with a very slowmoving cold fr
A fire has shut down a popular cedar rapids restuarant and damaged a local bar thats just next door. Door. Right now fire officials are trying to figure out what caused flames to destroy the roof at rileys caf. Cafe. The Fire Department sent every truck and firefighter they had to battle the fire in 90degree heat. It happened right ater 330 and closed the busy road during the afternoon commute. Rileys was closed a manager at moose mcduffys was there while firefighters were working on the buildings and talked to both owners. Same spot same location meeting spot and have family gatherings here its quite a loss, such an iconic restaurant restaurant. It was scary seeing the firemen with axes and chainsaws and wondering if that was my roof to their roof. Roof. One firefighter had to be sent to the hospital for hes expected to be okay. The Salvation Army was on scene handing out water and gatorade to firefighters. Investigators say the fire started near a ventilation fan. Remember when you s