Temperatures areawide upper 40s from charles city down to waterloo, iowa city the warm spot at 61, there are wind speeds gusting from 6 to 16 Miles Per Hour out of the north northwest. Mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers moving in this afternoon, we have showers getting in around 9 00 in the morning they will be with us until the early afternoon and then by 4 00 they will exit the area. Cloudy and breezy today scattered showers temperatures in the low to mid 50s, freeze warnings and frost advisories tonight into tomorrow morning, i will let you know how low the temperatures go coming up. Construction will soon begin on permanent flood protection in cedar rapids. Stephanie johnson is live in cedar rapids explaining where the city is going to start. Reporter good morning, the that will start at the African American museum stretching 2 10th avenue. Where the substation is located, yesterday the city broke ground on the 14 million project, the city wants to build it high enough to prote
Violent. Its a new trend but clowns have clowns have been a major scare factor at the heart of darkness for years. But unlike the recent neighborhood sightings people are asking for these scares. Even more than usual the haunted attractions seeing an increase in numbers this year. But ask owner Kevin Schultz if the clown empedimic has helped business . Ive heard about it, so what we did is started sending people stand outside their windows at 3 a. M. ; just stare in. It seems weekend. Clearly a joke no it isnt a clever marketing scheme. But as a veteran haunter schultz has a few theories on why something that is totally different than being human, but you are trying to look over happy, it starts messing with your emotional level and starts making you feel uneasy. Like it could also be threatening. The clowns in this haunt getting the best of me a time or two nat but they certainly arent the only scares in this place. From zombies to bloody mary chasing after you or scarecrows that come
Spread over them so the heat of the pumpkins and the heat of the earth. We will get through a cold night. To make sure of that crews are bringing in pumpkins from the fields. Thatll do damage if you leave them out here. Living in iowa, its something hes been through before with Mother Nature weather is an issue if you are out in ag. And she is not a pleasant partener. And its a cold one out there people are bundled up like it was winter. Hot chocolate but before you know it Mother Natures mind will change temp the wind. Be patient it weekend has myers and the rest of heartland farms pretty excited. Hallelujah we like sunny warm weekends. Tell the weather man he is doing well. Kyle hes pretty happy with you tonight and im sure a lot of people are feeling the same way. Youll be this weekend. Weve got you covered, Lauren Moss Kwwl news. That freeze warning goes into effect from one until nine tomorrow morning. Most of eastern iowa dry after the 2016 flooding but a lot of clean up work sti
Temperatures are crashing the Iowa Attorney Generals Office now says a deadly shooting by Cedar Rapids Police officers . Was . Justified. During a domestic call at an apartment on edgewood drive. Investigators say officers ashleigh steil and Jeremiah White saw 25yearold Markell Bivins fighting with his ex girlfriend. When the two officers tried to pull bivins away, he reportedly stabbed the victim and the officers opened fire. The incident was not captured by any body cameras. Body cameras . Are . Soon coming to dozens of linn county sheriffs depu. Deputies. County supervisors are expected to decide next week whether to spend 65body cameras. Before approving the cost, leaders tell fox 28 news they want to make sure that it will do what its intended to do improve transparency between the department and the public. The public needs to know how these are going to be utilized and how it will benefit them and how it will overall improve the trust if there is a lack of trust with the police
Flowers that you want around tomorrow morning it would be a good idea to cover them up or bring them inside as frost is expected to be widespread around eastern iowa. The good news is after a cold start we will have plenty of sunshine. Should be a nice day. Temperatures will be at 55 degrees. A bit warm up comes this weekend and we have more on that coming up. New developments tonight another new video from Donald Trumps past is coming back to haunt him. Entertainment tonight on video in 1992 talking off camera to a group of ,10. The republican nominee can be heard saying he would be dating one of them in 10 years. The video was shot in the lobby of trump tower in new york for a christmas story. So far there have been no official response from the trump according to the new york times. Two women now claim they were sexually assaulted. The alleged attacks occurred in the late 70s and 2005. Sexually aggressive actions toward women were just talk. The times spoke directly to donald trump