Theater cedar rapids is postponing its production of the play tribes. Spoke out against a casting cho. Choice. Cbs 2 news has been following the controversy for more than a week now. The play features a lead character who is deaf. Leaders at tcr chose a person who can hear to play the part when they say no deaf actors auditioned. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the theatre said they could have done more and now theyre trying to reschedule the play. Developing right now we still dont know about the future of an iowa city home designed to look like kinnick stadium. Last night city leaders postponed a decision on the home until next week. The plans for the 75hundred square foot home have brick siding and a replica of the stadiums press box. In july neighbors filed an appeal complaining about the homes size saying it is a tailgating venue. Discussion about the home will continue next wednesday. Iowans against the Bakken Pipeline are now calling on president obama to stop
Allegedly setting off the Sprinkler System at covenant hospital today affecting 40 patients. This man 42 year old douglas hala is accused of tampering with the system around 5 30 this morning. Covenant Officials Say the system was on the Mental Health floor. Kwwls Olivia Mancino reports. 5 30 am sunday. The Sprinkler System goes off at covenant medical displacing multiple patients in the intensive care and Mental Health units. This man is accused of setting off the Sprinkler System 42 year old douglas hala. Our staff came in, we were in room change covenant clinics Vice President says the Sprinkler System was set off on the Mental Health floor. About fourty patients had to move to new rooms while staff time so we can get patients back in their rooms according to police, the sprinklers caused nearly ten grand in damanges which halverson says theyre still working to assess. As of sunday, rooms in the Mental Health unit and icu are on diversion while they work to clean up the rooms and br
And especially going into next week. Today chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tonight clear and cool low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 15 dbq 18 iow 22tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3440 winds s 510 alo 35 dbq 32 iow 37tomorrow night chance of snow low 2632 winds se 515 alo 28 dbq 26 iow 30 thanks kaj. Now well get a check on our Road Conditions in our mobile weather lab. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts is out there now. Justin, what do the roads well, chris and nicole the roads right now are pretty slick. I am. Here we got a mix of rain and snow which made for the wet roads. But more snow is sticking. We are heading toward independence where we one person is in the hospital after an Early Morning fire. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department responded to 702 9th street sw just before 2 am. Fire crews said they got the flames under control as of 2 30 but were looking for hotspots. Officials are uncertain what the cause is yet but have called out an investigator. We do not know t
Would win 55 to 43 . Clinton would win 52 to 44 . One of the more unusual states caucusing today is colorado. Republicans in that state will caucus, but delegates wont pledge their support to any candidate until the convention in july. Kcrgtv9s kellie meyer has more from the democratic race in colorado. This was the spot where just 8 years ago Hillary Clinton gave full support to president obama at the denver Democratic National convention. Shes hoping the race will be much different this time around. But clinton is facing a tough battle here today against the current colorado favorite Bernie Sanders. Take nat pop bernie headquarters bernie supporters are making a last minute push, canvasing and making calls to show why they think their candidate is the one for the job. Across town, hillary supports were doing just the same. Bringing in reinforcemen ts and hoping to build on momentum from this weekends win in south carolina. Kellie tag it will be interesting to see if history repeats i
For most of the day in many areas. Watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. Tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. Tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. Snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. A warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week. Today chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tonight clear and cool low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 15 dbq 18 iow 22tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3440 winds s 510 alo 35 dbq 32 iow 37tomorrow night chance of snow low 2632 winds se 515 alo 28 dbq 26 iow 30 thanks kaj. Now well get a check on our Road Conditions in our mobile gehrts is out there now. Justin, what do the roads look like now . Well, chris and nicole the roads right now are p