Taken on massive flooding. Approximately 45 members and 20 vehicles will leave from cedar rapids, and be in high ridge, missouri by tomorrow thats about 30 miles southwest of st. Louis. Theyll provide Water Purification and transportation services. Missouri asked for help from iowa after extensive flooding contaminated one of high ridges Water Treatment plants. More than 10 inches of rain fell just this week, causing rivers and streams in the region to swell to levels not seen since the epic 1993 flood. But the missouri, meramec and mississippi rivers are starting to crest. In johnson county, emergency crews rescued a man who fell through ice this morning while hunting in the hawkeye wildlife area. The countys joint emergency communication s center says around 10 30 this morning, 25 year old Jared Bushell of hills got stuck in the ice and was water suits pulled him from the water. He was cold and wet, but uninjured. The allegiant passengers on a diverted flight are in thats after a pla
The Salvation Army just got word about the Fundraising Campaign a couple of days ago. 8 34 15 i was surprised it even happened. 8 41 27 the Salvation Army says any money hassan raises could help with programs throughout the year like this christmas meal 8 36 11 doesnt matter what faith it is we reach out to our fellow human being when we see a need we want to address that need. So being able to Work Together is exciting hassan wants to help his neighbors and help reduce the tension felt against muslims. And if it takes 30thousand dollars thats what hell work toward. 8 10 05 i know its a lot of money, but i am a big dreamers so i like to dream big dreams. In cedar rapids, jill kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Well put a link to the gofundme page with this story on our website at kcrg dot com, after the show. The Salvation Army says it has raised 58percent of its fundraising goal. It still needs about 330 our sky has cleared off for the time being, which will continue into the night. Our lows wil
This week is over, but more than 18 million americans are now dealing with historic flooding. At least thirteen states are affected, including missouri. This is video of a cabin floating down the river in bourbon, missouri. The mayor of the saint louis suburb of valley park ordered mandatory evacuations. Missouris governor activated the States National guard. Forecasters are monitoring 19 levees on the Rising Mississippi River and its tributaries. The Funeral Service took place today for a dubuque native who died last week in afghanistan. 45 year old joseph lemm was born in dubuque. And about 50 of his family members from Dubuque County were at his funeral today at st. Patricks cathedral in new york. Lemm was a 15year veteran of the new york police department, and he also served in the air national guard. Service members on december 21st in afghanistan. Surviving lemm are his wife and two children. Bill cosby has been arraigned on a sex assault charge in pennsylvania. He posted his one
Seniors, upperclassmen, lower classmen, they all know each other, they all get along, and we just wanted them to be surrounded by other kids and care for them. Those grief consolers will be on hand all week at the school. Officials are urging students to come to school to be with their need. In johnson county, mark carlson, kcrg tv 9 news. There will be a candle light vigil for tanner wymer in front of Solon High School at 7 30 this evening. Additional support will be available at the Solon United Methodist Church from seven to ten this evening. And st. Marys Catholic Church will have support available on an ongoing basis. This week, the state medical Examiners Office will perform an autopsy on a le grand, iowa, man who died in a snowmobile accident. The Marshall County Sheriffs Office says 25 year old travis snowmobile when it rolled over onto him, killing him. Searchers found him last friday evening in a field northeast of le grand. A gun shot injured a two year old dubuque boy sunda
Body of the 18yearold student who disappeared while riding his bike from home october 22nd. Friends, classmates and teachers passed out flyers and organized search parties in the following weeks to find some clue. They knew sed liked to fish and spend time in the greenbelt areas around the river. Dozens of people looked. One search organizer believes the extensive effort was a comfort to seds family. It means so muchcho the family to have the support of everyone in waterloo and outside waterloo as well authorities had searched the river before but found no sign of the missing teen. Investigators will have to wait for lab reports before knowing more becausese right now theres no way to tell if the death was an accident or something else. There were no visible signs of trauma but again the cause of death will be determined after the autopsy report is complete police also say they havent determined where sed entered the river. Sighting of him upstream four or five miles from where the bod