Milwaukee river slowly start to freeze over tonight, with colder temperatures on the way. With a bitter chill and gusty winds, people are quickly adjusting to our first cold snap, and preparing for whats to come. A little cool, but its going to get worse next week. Reporter warner says hes Still Holding off on wearing a hat. I would rather have two weeks ago when it was 50 degrees. Next week ill put a hat her neighbors dog through a long walk through lake park. This one, i didnt have to bundle up. Reporter red elephant in the third ward will whip up their signature hot chocolate. Made from 100 percent ground dark chocolate. Reporter this just your season . You like when it gets cold. This is wonderful, when it comes to the hot drinks. Reporter if you have any downtown, they need mens gloves especially, for people who dont have a warm place to go. This week, its been heavy because of the bitter cold. Reporter if you have anything that you would like to donate to st. Bens, they accept do
Caught up with some people moving back into their homes. What did they return to . Bruce, for the most part they came back to a house that sustained little or in most cases no water damage at all. Still, i didnt hear any regrets about heeding the call to evacuate or the time and effort required to moving take a lot longer than picking up and moving out. One owner figured it took less than a day to remove belongings from a basement including the water heater and even the furnace. She thought it might take two weeks to gradually move everything back. Part of that was theres no pressure to hurry now. And theres no regrets about all the work and expense that proved to be unnecessary. If we didnt remove everything have gotten a foot in our upstairs so. And now my house is super clean most homeowners got no water inside at all. One exception was the handful of homes on ellis blvd on the wet side of the citys temporary flood barriers. But even here, the crest of 22 feet stopped well short of
Terry thanks. Right now, an investigation is underway at a cedar rapids school. School. District leaders tell fox 28 news a Police Officer was involved in what theyre calling a discipline incident with a student. But the mother of that student has a different take. Take. Reporter steffi lee has more in this fox 28 news exclusive. Exclusive. Z im like they called the police on my daughter . Mother Lakeisha Hayes says she immediately panicked after a phone call from a Police Officer at her daughters school. He was like yeah she wouldnt move out of her seat so i grabbed her and had to force her into the office. That prompted her to drop everything and check on her daughter. When she comes her hair and tears crying so im like taliya what happened to you . Her daughter taliya says she was attacked after a misunderstanding over lunchtime seating in the cafeteria of the johnson steam academy. I wouldnt move so he picked me up by my ponytail and he pushed me against the wall and he was talking
depeees nd Brandon Tinta tentuh saying orths actions put them in danger. In december orth pleaded guilty and will now face 180 days in jail for owi and two counts of eluding. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news. The judge allowed orth to break up his time in the Linn County Jail and is allowed work release. Orth also faces a five yeaeasuspended sentence and three years probation for a felony charge of interference with official acts. New tonight at six, six,there is yet another call for a Top University of iowa official to be dismissed. Dismissed. D. Iowans defending our universities is calling on university of iowa president Bruce Harreld to dismiss peter matthes. He is vicepresident of external relations and responsible for awarding 321thousand dollars worth of contracts that should have been bid out. The contracts went to companies owned by party consultant. Strawn served as gop chairman from between 2009 and 2012, portion of that time atthes also served in the statehouse. The group says matthes
It looks like there is snow on the radar, but it is not hitting the ground. It is evaporating before it hits the surface. No problems outside this morning. Breezy conditions at the moment. Temperatures in the midand upper 20 s. We have had clouds in place all night long. Sunshine towards lunchtime, 38. About 44 this afternoon. Clouds rolling back in into the evening. We are expecting showers after dark tonight. Start, very light. Nothing out of the ordinary. We start out in Butler County, rolling right along. Here is 74 toward the 75 interchange at elmore. Really light in both directions and kellogg. Maybe towards 471, you are clear as well. Things look great for us. We will keep you updated. Lisa an Investigation Underway this morning after a metro bus hits two people, killing one. Mark wlwt news 5 s dan griffin leading the way with new details we ve gathered overnight. Good morning. Dan good morning. This is a nightmare for anybody just out and about. It was a fatherdaughter day and