7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team areas of high clouds over us this morning will stick around most of the day. Temperatures are holding mostly in the low to mid 40s and the winds are turning to the west and will eventually turn to the northwest and run mainly 1015 mph. We keep the variably cloudy skies and keep our highs in the mid to upper 50s with those northwesterly winds mainly dry this week, but there is a change as we head toward the weekend. Ill have those details in a few minutes. We begin with the white house transition. President elect donald trump takes over in 67 days. Tracie potts has the latest on shes following up on a few of his Campaign Promises. The Trump Transition Team has announced Republican Party chair Reince Priebus will serve as chief of staff and conservative news executive steve bannon who headed the Trump Campaign will become chief strategist.
Good morning. Eileen on camera information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team are holding mostly in the low to mid 40s and the winds are turning to the west mph. We keep the variably cloudy skies and keep our highs in the mid to upper 50s with those northwesterly winds at 515 mph. We stay mild and mainly dry this week, but there is a change as we head toward the weekend. Ill have those details in a few minut new this morning. Changes in waterloo after a child is hit by a car. At waterloos city council meeting. They may approve kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. At Tonights City Council meeting. Its expected theyll aprove adding a speed bump out in front of highland elementary. Voiced their concerns when an eight year old was hit while hour. But many drivers are going 33 Miles Per Hour in the area. Theyre hoping the speed bump will slow down traffic. Parents petitioned for more flashing School Zone Signs. But t
Accompany the front with gusts around 40 mph possible. This weekend, plan on cold temperatures to be in the area with highs only around 40 and lows in the lower 20s. The wind will make it feel colder. In terms of the next good rain chance, thats still on track to move in around tuesday wednesday of next week. Have a good weekend today windy with isolated showers and falling temperatures. Wind w 2040. High 62 tonight a few sprinkles flur ries are possible, staying windy. Wind nw 2040. Low 29 tomorrow mostly sunny, windy and much cooler. Wind nw 1530. High 40 tom. Night clear and cold. Wind nw 510. Low 20 thanks kaj. President elect donald trump is spending a lot of time in highpowered meetings as he prepares to take over the white house. The latest visitors to trump tower in new york are new contenders for toplevel positions. Heres abcs janai norman. From foes. To friends. President elect trump is making peace with former rival mitt romney. A republican who had some of the harshest crit
Cedar Rapids Police say half of targeted homes and cars arent even locked. In addition to that, police saieves arent just looking for cash and electronics anymore. The cases of counterfeit and forged checks have doubled in the last year. Investigators say some checks are washed or erased and then copied or forged for huge amounts. Banks encourage customers to use checks with high quality paper and even ink thats hard to erase. They say also helps to have a bank that knows you. Were always looking for anything that might be out of the norm for ou say theres a big gap in checking sequence for example or a large amount thats been written on an account that our customer typically wouldnt do. Thats a red flag for us and we want to investigate that and take extra precautions. Police are also warning its not a good idea to mail checks from an unlocked mailbox. They say the red flag telling the letter carrier theres mail to take, can also tip off thieves who steal and duplicate the checks. Pol
Are quite a bit. Bringing him back to good health is costly. A gofundme was created after the incident at the beginning of the month. Its since raised nearly 8thousand dollars. Again, supervisor stacy walker is going to be speaking later tonight. Well have his comments tonight at 10 live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg tv nine news. For protesting the Bakken Oil Pipeline at the iowa utilities board offices in des moines. Jessica reznicek faces a trespassing charge after the protest. Police say she refused their orders to leave the building this morning. Reznicek and others who call themselves water protectors want the iowa utilities board to rescind construction permits for the Dakota Access pipeline. They are drinking water. But the board says it isnt addressing protestors. The board issued its final decision in march. Thats being litigated so we cant comment on litigation. The pipeline is already in the ground in much of iowa. Lets turn now to the weather and meteorologis t j