Winds s 1020 alo 72 dbq 70 iow 72tomorrow night partly cloudy low 5157 winds sw 510 alo 57 dbq 55 iow 56 Monticello Police say an anonymous tip texting system helped them learn about a potential school threat. But they say it also revealed a downside to the procedure. The Monticello School district says Police Received a text message indicating a student might bring a gun to the high school yesterday. As a precaution, police were at the school, and students were not allowed in hallways during classes. Parents, if they wanted to, could take their kids out of school for the day. Early yesterday morning, Monticello Police chief britt smith got a message on his phone. It was a notification that someone had sent an anonymous tip about the gun threat to the jones county text to tell system. Once the tipster sends the text, officers can respond asking for more information. But the tipster can end all communication at any time, by simply typing stop. With this program granting that anonymity w
Candidate. Got a brandnew book out this morning called crippled america. Were going to get to him in just a moment. A lot of Campaign News out there. Were going to get the latest on that right now. Two new polls out this morning as president obama taunts the republican candidates. Abcs tom llamas starts us off. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning. Lets get right to those numbers. The big headline this morning, dr. Ben carson surging seven points since the last time this poll was conducted. Everybody else pretty much the same. Jeb bush still in single digits. But the other big headline, take a look at this now. When voters were asked their first or second choice ben carson, 50 , donald trump, 35 , outsiders. Voters, 8 in 10 of them, want an outsider more than somebody from washington. So many people now paying attention to the race, even president obama. Have you noticed that every one of these keys say, you know, obamas weak. You know, putins kicking sand in his face. When
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. While we enjoy a mild start out there today, plan on clouds to increase as the day goes on. Our next area of low pressure is out to our west this morning and will bring a cold front across our area this evening. The best chance of rain will be between 5pm and 11pm, and a rumble of thunder is not out of the question either. Rainfall amounts of a quarter to half inch are likely this evening. In the wake of this front, itll be a simple reality check with highs of 5055 on friday and only lower 50s for highs on saturday. These numbers are more typical for november. The weekend continues to look dry and seasonal. Have a good day today inc. Clouds, rain late high 6369 winds s 1525 alo 65 dbq 66 iow 67tonight showers likely low 4046 winds nw 1020 alo 42 dbq 44 iow 45tomorrow mostly sunny, cooler high 5056 winds nw 1525 alo 53 dbq 52 iow 54tomorrow night mostly clear low 3339 winds nw 510 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 36 this morning, a gr
Today is election day, and across eastern iowa voters will choose City Council Members and make other local decisions. One choice for voters. Is if the Cedar Rapids Public Library see additional funds. The library wants voters to approve a levy of 27 cents for one thousand dollars of the assessed taxable valuation of a home. That would cost the owner of a cedar rapids home valued at 150 thousand dollars an extra 23 dollars a year. This levy would raise an estimated onepointsix Million Dollars each year for the library. Board members say if they dont get the funding, the library could close one day a week. Also on the ballot in cedar rapids are those vying for the atlarge and district candidates for city council. Voting officials in Johnson County will be extra watchful during todays city elections. They want to make sure poll watchers are following state law. Johnson county auditor Travis Weipert says hes heard some candidates in University Heights and iowa city will have poll watchers
The best chance of rain will be between 5pm and 11pm, and a rumble of thunder is not out of the question either. Rainfall amounts of a quarter to half inch are likely this evening. In the wake of this front, itll be a simple reality check with highs of 5055 on friday and only lower 50s for highs on saturday. These numbers are more typical for november. The weekend continues to look dry and seasonal. Have a good day today inc. Clouds, rain late high 6369 winds s 1525 alo 65 dbq 66 iow 67tonight showers likely low 4046 winds nw 1020 alo 42 dbq 44 iow 45tomorrow mostly sunny, coor high 5056 winds nw 1525 alo 53 dbq 52 iow 54tomorrowitstly clear low 3339 nds nw 510 alo 35 dbq 36w 36 thanks kaj. Is morning, a group of meless people is still on the steps of city hall in cedar rapids. They are protesting because the city told them they couldnt live where they were staying anymore. Tv9s Forrest Saunders is live at city hall this morning. Forrest, theyve been out there since yesterday . The pro