Meteorologist kaj omara joins us live at green square in downtow cedar rapids. Plan on a cloudy thursday. While there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later today, itll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. Tomorrow, however, is a different story. A strong warm front is still on track to move increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. While records are safe at the moment, well continue to watch this going forward. The weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. By halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid 70s for all areas. Itll be windy again as well today cloudy in the morning. Gradual clearing in the afternoon. Wind w 510 high 54 tonight mostly clear. Wind se 510. Low 46 tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind sw 1525 high 74 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 55 dozens of people in northeast cedar rapids
The crime and then become victimized. That was the relationship that i was making. Miller made that comparison after trying to get a former political rival, joe stutler, arrested for alleged election misconduct. In the post, the auditor calls out the county attorney who declined to pursue charges and a local columnist for a negative opinion of t to do a duty. Instead of being backed up i was ridiculed. This all started late last month. Stutler was voting early at the auditors office. He grabbed a ballot, then left the polling place. You can see him in this security footage walking away with it then filling it out by the mens room. At some point he even takes a picture with the ballot. Miller says it was a violation of iowa code. You cant tolerate that. We have to account for every vote, every ballot. Miller is citing this state office the registered voter shall immediately mark the ballot. Then return it. The county attorney, jerry vander sanden, disagrees with millers interpretation o
New this Morning Police around the country are now grieiving the death of one Stephanie Johnson is at the breaking news desk with what happened overnight. Stephanie . Doraofficers are paying their respects to a fallen officer who was shot multiple times while on duty overnight in Tacoma Washington the suspect who killed the officer is still on the loose take a look at videoscene is active suspect has barricaded himself inside of his homeauthorities believe the suspect is armed and dangerous the neighborhood is on lockdown the officer on the police dept. For seventeen years. The officer died around 9 pm at a tacoma hospitalthats the latest from the breaking news deskill continue to monitor this story as it developsdora back to you. With deaths among Law Enforcement on the rise lawmakers in the us senate have approved a new bill co authored by Chuck Grassley. The Public Safety officers benefits improvement act hopes to reduce the backlog of familes awaiting survivor benefits. The Program
Will see some downpours again, while others will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens thre, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s fromdne saturday. Today chance of storms. Artly sunny. Wind light. High 82 tonightstorms early, then rt oy. Wind 510. Low 62 tomorrow stly snand less humid. Wind ne 51 high 79 tom. Night clear and comfortab. Wind ne 1 ate lawmakers are movingforward providers comments state lawmakers are moving forward today with patients and providers comments about whats working and what isnt with privatized medicaid. The Health Policy Oversight Committee in april, iowa handed control of its multibillion dollar Medicaid Program to 3 private
Will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance storms. Nd lighthigh 82 tonight stor partly cudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Nd ne 515. High 79 tom. Nigh clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 thanks kaj. Will soon get 128yearold building before winter. The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a special meeting today to talk about giving the Company Access to the building. Last month, the council picked a proposal from hobart to turn the building into apartments and office space. Council members liked the idea of immediately stabilizing