Plan on a really nice thursday highs will be into the 70s for all areas with a nice mix of sunshine and clouds. Our slow moving front is making progress eastward today and should bring a rain chance to the area late tonight into tomorrow morning. Once we get past about here as High Pressure builds back in for the rest of the day. By tomorrow night and especially thursday, the front buckles back into the area in response to Hurricane Matthew lifting north out of the caribbean. This should allow for plentiful moisture to run up and down this front, and rain totals over 1 look likely on thursday alone. Due to recent dry weather, flooding should not be a problem. Get the jackets out for friday and saturday as temperatures dip primarily into the 50s today partly cloudy and mild. Wind se 1020 high 76 tonight chance of rain late. Wind se 1015 low 61 tomorrow showers possible early, then clearing. Wind sw 515. High 75 tom. Night chance of showers and storms late. Low 60 rmer arizona democratic
Have a good night. Tonight chance of storms. Isolated heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of damage. The Butler County emergency manager says that includes the town of greene. There, trees are down falling on homes and power lines. Again in floyd county, nearly every road across the southwestern portion is under water. There are also trees down near marble rock. As damage reports continue to trickle in remember to call us on newsline nine. Send us your pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Were following a developing story out of charlotte, north carolina. A man is in life support after he was shot during protests over a Police Shooting there. This is a live look at those protests. Right now, officers are in riot gear, and are using tear gas to control the protests that have gotten violent. Pop these demonstratio ns are a second night in a row. They broke out after an officer shot and killed 43 yearold keith scott. Police say the officer approached scott,
Rain will be capable of another 14 over northern areas, before dropping southward towards cedar rapids and iowa city later this morning. More rain is possible tonight with drying conditions from midday friday into all of saturday. Another round of rain is also possible sunday into monday. Please stay tuned for further flooding updates. Today storms likely. Isolated very heavy rain totals possible. Wind s 515. High 79 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 64 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind s 510. High 83 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind se 510. Low 64 the Butler County emergency manager says that includes the town of greene. There, trees are down, falling on homes and power lines. In floyd county, nearly every road across the southwestern portion of the county is under water. Sandbagging efforts are also starting today in charles city as people there prepare for the cedar river to rise. We spoke with the floyd county Sherrifs Office this morning and they said sandbags will be available to
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,