Mayor. And in cedar falls, businessman jim brown receivedverwhelming support for the mayoral seat. He got about 75 percent ofof e support, with about 35hundred votes. Received 143 votes. And David Halterman had writein candidate. Vote for brown in todays runoff. Thats from the position at the end of on the runoff ballot today. Mayoyocrews has served ceded falls for 30 of the last 44 years. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now with your first forecast. Justin, will we still some overnight . Our scattered snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. Some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. Watch out for a northwest wind building to middle 30s. A warming trend continues to look promising later this week. As the sunshine becomes more apparent, high temperatures rise into the middle to upper 40s starting friday, lasting through the weekend. Low 2531 scattered flurries high 3339 winds nw 1020 back to you. Cedar Rapids Po
Reports in cedar rapids this month monthand pushes the citys total so far this year to 95. This time last year there were 96 reports of shots fired. That comparesto only 56 in 2013. The police depepment says the term shots fired doesnt necessarily mean there is a shooting victim. But it usually includes discovery of shell casings or property damage. People across the country and ththcorridor corridortomorrow will be walking to honor victims of gun violence. Socalled orange walks will mark the 3rd anniversary of the Sandy Hook School massacre that left 20 Elementary Students and 6 Staff Members dead. Here in the corridor theres a walk in iowa city starting at 10 am at the iowa city public library. A walk in cedar rapids will start at noon outside first lutheran churur. Cclapping . Clapping . Right now, the Cedar Rapids Police department has of the rapids rrional Police Academy y aduated today at Veterans Memorial coliseum. The recruits started their 17weeks of training back in august. T
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Watch for some scattered snow showers out there, primarily during the morning hours. While most main roads will remain wet, lesser travelled roads, residential areas, as well as bridges will be slick in spots this morning. Be cautious of changing Road Conditions during the morning. This afternoon, the snow is off to the east, but chilly mid30s remains, along with plenty of clouds. Clouds should also hold most of the night. Tomorrow, clearing sky is likely from northwest to southeast, leading us to highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. A nice warmup is likely friday and saturday with temperatures Still Holding well above average all of next week. Today cloudy, am snow high 3339 winds nw 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 37tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 515 alo 24 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow gradual clearing high 3844 winds w 515 alo 40 dbq 39 iow 41tomorrow night mostly clear low 2127 winds w 510 alo 24 dbq 25 university of iowa
Veterans in cedar rapids say theres new hope tonight, and it comes in the form of a new home thats being built just for them. Today, Patriot Place s introduced to the community. Mayor nats for all of our veterans that are here today and those that arent, welcome home 18. 21. 24. 17inside the Veterans Memorial building, a small group gathered to hearar about a big opportunity for cedar rapids veterans. Nat pop of kelly at podium Kelly Ridenour founded the nonprofit healing our heroes and says she quickly realized one of t t wounds needed immediate attention. Once i got started on the work that i was doing, the housing need in the community was brought to my attention 18. 37. 02. 21 because of the veterans i was working with, so incidentally the very first veteran i ever worked with, wawaliving in his truck at the time 18. 37. 09. 9. The wife, veterans says, her dream is finally being realized, in Patriot Place. nat pop clapping . the 9million dollar facility is specifically for veterans
Entering the bakery. And like i said, no donthat was the end of a nearly two year long process for john to pull that day all together. Johnin june of 94 i went the Czech Republican and slovakia and met with president havel and kovach independently in their offices. That was really cool. And asked them when they could be here for a dedication. We werent going to dedicate it without them. United nations natladies and gentlemen. President clintonjohn says just days before, the White House Advance Team moved the event outside into a cold october morning. Wjcladies and gentlemen, if we have not demonstrated anything about the czech and Slovak Heritage of iowa we have certainly shown these two president s that we are a hardy people. But with the Czech Republic splitting up just years before john says the timing,was right for cedar rapids to give the two new nations common ground. Wjci am proud to stand here with these two president s each leading his nation through an epic transformatio n. E