Construction will soon begin on permanent flood protection in cedar rapids. Rapids. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson johnsonis live in cedar rapids this morning to explain where the city plans to start the project. Good morning . The city will soon build a levee that will start here at the African Museum and stretch all the way to tenth avenue where the alliant sub station is located. The city broke ground on the 14million dollar project on tuesday. The levee will be thirteen to seventeen feet high. The city wants to build it high enough to protect from flood levels seen in 2008. The project will also include a fouracre catch basin and new pumping stationsos dollars. For now, mayor ron corbett says the sinclair levee will cover just the east side of the river, near newbo. Were starting in the lowest lying area first so this is the lowest area, its the first place to get flooded so the work that is done today will actually have impact tomorrow and then well go to the next lowest ar
Temperatures areawide upper 40s from charles city down to waterloo, iowa city the warm spot at 61, there are wind speeds gusting from 6 to 16 Miles Per Hour out of the north northwest. Mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers moving in this afternoon, we have showers getting in around 9 00 in the morning they will be with us until the early afternoon and then by 4 00 they will exit the area. Cloudy and breezy today scattered showers temperatures in the low to mid 50s, freeze warnings and frost advisories tonight into tomorrow morning, i will let you know how low the temperatures go coming up. Construction will soon begin on permanent flood protection in cedar rapids. Stephanie johnson is live in cedar rapids explaining where the city is going to start. Reporter good morning, the that will start at the African American museum stretching 2 10th avenue. Where the substation is located, yesterday the city broke ground on the 14 million project, the city wants to build it high enough to prote
This week he received a phone call from harris and harris a Debt Collection agency. He says they threatened to attack his credit if he didnt set up payments for his delinquent account. He says the problem lies with the . Wording Collection Agency. He threatened to attack his credit. He said the problem lies with the wording of the citation. They say a person who doesnt 20 25 29 the Attorney Generals Office says that they have a right t these Traffic Violation notices from the city, but they do not have the right to involve any sort of Collection Agency to infer that my credit will be ruined. Ruined. We take your concerns to the city tonight. And well have their response on cbs 2 news ten at ten. Dora miller, cbs 2 news cedar rapids city leaders say a . Mistake prompted thousands of drivers who were ticketed to get warnings about credit downgrades. According to the gazette the letters were sent out on september 29th with the incorrect hundred people. Right now, its not clear how the cha
Year. The defense impressive. You want to play great on special teams, weve got guys on what i on defense that affect the quarterback. We can make those plays gary i hope they keep coming. Allie thank you. Thank you. Verne and it is time for the napa play of the game. Well go back to the First Quarter and this interception from ronnie harrison. Gary it started right up the middle. The screen pass was disrupted. Ronnie it seemed really tough. Verne lets watch it again and listen to the call from eli gold. Snap goes to dobbs. Near side. Intercepted, alabama, touchdown, ronnie harrison, touchdown, ronnie harrison. That is streak of offensive verne 4910. The only team that has really tested the crimson tide this year was ole miss. They go north of 40 one more time. For Gary Danielson and allie laforce, im Verne Lundquist saying so long from knoxville. Alabama wins it in big time fashion with jalen hurts scoring three touchdowns on the ground. The jeep post game show is next. Closed caption
Wins away from home. Home. Our fox 28 sports team was there and pat moroney joins us with a first look at the highlights. Pat . So far this season iowas learned one thing the hard way they cant afford to overlook anybody not even a purdue team thats won just not even a pur due team thats won just three Conference Games in four seasons. The hawks went to West Lafayette and took care of business on saturday. First quarter, 3rd and goal from the 16. They hold on in the second half to win 4935. I thought we came out and played with good balance, good efficiency. The team was business like. Its never easy in the conference. Much more hawkeye football coverage in sports. The hawks on the road today but people still cheered for the black and gold on their and their families filled the Stadium Press Box for a special tailgate. They all got to watch the live broadcast of the iowapurdue game. At halftime, everyone ventured down to hang out on the field. This is the third year for the free vetera