Cedar Rapids Police are cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to police are cedar cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to worry about an increase in crime that could lead to guns ending up in the wrong hands. Hands. This year there have been 18 firearms stolen from cars many left unlocked. Two of the weapons ak 47s. Police chief wayne jerman says between 2014 and 2015 and with the year not yet over we are quickly approaching that number now. It certainly goes against responsible gun ownership that we are trying to advocate for. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen police ask you to always lock your doors and never leave valuables in the car. Also as cold temperatures approach even though its nice to already have the car warmed up police say if youre not careful someone else could be driving off in it. A vinton woman will spend nearly four years behind bars for forher ro
Act. Welcome to cbs 2 this morning. I am jenee ryan. Thank you for waking up with us. We will start off with checking in on your weather, would Justin Roberts that if youre with us a few minutes ago, we were talking about the shaved ice . There is an Ice Cream Truck with a dog. That there is a truck that does through my neighborhood. He is not lying. Listen. You can barely see it. It will come through. Just wait there it is. Baroness. I was not lying. You were not lying. Youre a trust worthy neighborhood that day. People think they can turn around my house in front of my house. Look at what is happening weatherwise. We have the 40s this morning as we start the day. As we look live downtown, we have clouds, and 44 degrees. We have a beautiful skyline shot this point. It is 44 in waterloo and 37 purchasing. Southeast as we head through the afternoon, in an it is going back to the east overnight. The satellite radar is featuring cloud cover this morning. It is 52 degrees at noon and 55 an
Hike. Gunderson health plans will see a 20 jump. Medica plans to raise rates 19 and avera will rise 5 . All those hikes are for individual plans. About 55,000 people enrolled for plans on iowas exchange this year. Also, at this hour, the red cross is trying to bump up the blood supply calling the level of donations critically low from the summer months when many regular donors are often away. At the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, now that school is back in, red cross leaders are looking to get back to a normal level. The American Red Cross warns blood supplies in iowa and across the nation are critically low in summer months. Thats because many people are on vacation and dont take the time to donate. It is holding a blood drive today at the cedar rapids marriott until 1 00 pm. You can also donate anytime by contacting your local American Red Cross on sunday afternoon, concerns over a office. On sunday afternoon, concerns in the tv9 viewing area. Conditions were just right last night to p
Spent the better part of an hour going over the details of a draft ordinance up for a vote on wednesday. We did this very thoughtfully, purposefully. We didnt rush this. We gave businesses and minimum wage earners plenty of time to review the increases and when it would take effect. While all supervisors spoke in favor of an minimum wage hike some questioned parts of the plan. One had concerns about tying futures increases to consumer prices. But the biggest fight may invo supervisors didnt do. They didnt add a lower minimum wage youth wage for those ages 1417. Im concerned this may end up driving more employers not to hire our young kids, and we really need to have these entry level jobs. Corbett, though, thinks Cedar Rapids Council members wont object to the first one dollar an hour increase proposed by the county. Members might have concerns about future increases and, if so. Could several small town mayors say they havent heard much organized opposition yet either. But at this poin
At his initial appearance he was , asked to stay away from the minor he struck. No contact with c. S, a minor child. You cannot call them, text them, write them, email them, cant drive by their house, no third part communications, do you understand that . Yes, maam . Emmy we received this from a witness. We are told that if you canyearold special needs student threw an object at scarbrough. Police say scarbrough walked to the back of the bus, grabbed the student and struck him in the face. You can hear students screaming in the background. The kids fled off the bus and notified authorities. This was scarbroughs first year as a bus driver for johnston schools. The driver remains on administrative leave pending the investigation. His preliminary hearing will be on december 2 if he is still in custody or on december 11 if he not in custody. Live in studio, emmy victor, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Mollie thank you. As you might expect, this story is getting a lot of attention at our fa