Gh alo 48 dbq 51 iow 52 nh ear. Areas of frostlikely. W3 alo 32 dbq 33 iow 5is midday, to get sandbags removed after last months flooding. Crews started picking up sandbags around 7 30 this morning. The city says workers were out on the northwe way south to collect all of the sandbags over the next 3 weeks. People should put sandbags in the public rightofway along the front curb, on the street on lightlytraveled streets, or on any portion of a driveway. Pickup was supposed to start on monday, but the contractor hired to do the work needed until today to prepare a contract for the job. Several Small Businesses that recover after losing a week of sales. This morning, city leaders laid out a plan to give those businesses a boost. Kcrgtv9s brea love was at this mornings announcement. Brea, what does the city plan to do to help . Chris the city created a fund to help out those businesses. Its called the jobs and Small Business recovery fund. This is a partnership between the city, the Great
Its really Serious Business to get the Community Back on its feet after a flood, not just like 2008 but a near disaster like we had in 2016. The city is also asking for the publics help with contributions to the fund. The information on that and the application process is currently on the citys website, you can also find it on the economic alliances website. In downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. Some bu the process of opening from the flood. Coming up tonight at 6 well look at one business who will apply toward the fund. Turning now to the forecast and meteorologis t joe winters. We have a chance of seeing some frost tonight . The Iowa Attorney Generals Office closed its investigation into a cedar rapids officer involved shooting, deeming it justified. Calling the actions of officers ashley steil and Jeremiah White reasonable 12th, they responded to a domestic disturbance at 1735 edgewood drive northwest. When officers arrived, police say Markell Bivins was stabbing a
We are looking for nominations for the kcrg tv9 student of the month for november. Just go to kcrg dot com slash student of the month and click on the nominate button. Well announce 3 finalists on the first tuesday of every month during the tv9 morning show. The university of iowa wants to renovate part of kinnick stadium. At a cost of nearly 90 million dollars. The university has submitted a plan to the state regents those stands are about 30 years old. And the university did not update them during the 2006 kinnick renovation project. This is a look at renderings for the project. The proposed renovation would replace the existing general admission seating with upper and lower general admission seating bowls. Plus two general admission concourses. And a premium club level. The regents will discuss the plan at their next meeting. If they approve it, the meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, we could see frost overnight . As the sky clears and wind di
Reporter the state auditor and now the dci want to know why 35,000 did not go where it was supposed to go. As a jail administrator wilkinson was responsible for daily operations and that included finding and financing and accounting. According to a report done by the state auditor Daron Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates staying at the jail. A concerned raise of the interim jail administrator showed thousands of dollars missing. Along with the room and board fears auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Our report identifies 26,000 of on deposited collections as well as 7000 of unbilled fees and over 915 of other payouts. They cannot track where the money went because most of it goes beyond the jail walls. People whether they are elected or appointed or hired they have a responsibility regarding Public Resources and tax dollars and assets. They have to do their job appropriately to take care of the taxpayers money. State auditors recommend the Sheriff
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