The state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great. To see the way people come together, neighbors and friends, and the communities that are working to clean up and help neighbors. Communities along the turkey river are feeling optimistic as water levels are starting to receive. Water levels cressida 22 1 2 feet Weather Service predicted that the waters with crest at 27 feet. Although flood levels the officials the fire department, the city officials, the city council all the people making decisions were very very well prepared they knew exactly what they wanted to do. Do. At a press Conference Today the mayor of elkader thanked Community Volunteers for their hard work. He also encouraged people to turn their attention to the city of garber where flood levels . Are evening. Its not just people having to avoid the floodwaters. An estimated 150thousand rainbow and brook trout were evacuated this week. The fish are from the big spring hatchery which sits nea
Himself. Along with Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds he toured some of the worst hit areas including decorah and spillville. Our cbs 2 news crew caught up with the governor in fort atkinson. I wanted to get a first hand view and obviously reassure people that the state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great the way people are coming together, neighbors and friends and the communities really working to clean up and at the same time the Iowa Natural Resources department is evacuating the big spring hatchery in elkader. They are Natural Resources is evacuating the rig spring hatchery trying to save 150,000 rainbow and brook trout. There was concern the river water would go over a protected glove. The fish have been moved to lets check in with chief meteorologist terry swails. The first thing or a were talking about his High School Football. The season really gets going. 71 degrees is a kickoff temperature. There are a few showers around especially in our n
From a public defender to Circuit Court judge e serving in cedar rapids. To have someone who has experience as a public defender, i couldnt tell you the last time someone who was on the court had that kind of experience associate professor of Political Science scott peters she would also diversify the Supreme Court geographically. Scott the current makeup of the court, among those justicves they tilt heavily to people who have lived most of their lives on the east coast, specifically president obama will face a battle in his attempts to appoint a new justice but if jane kelly is nominated, and eventually appointed, theres no doubt shell bring a sense of pride to eastern iowa. Kellys recent appointment to the from a nomination from obama and confirmation by senator Chuck Grassley peters told me tonight this may come as an advantage come decision time for president obama but only timim will tell weve got you covered Olivia Mancino kwwl news. This will bepresident obamas third nomination
Temperatures have arrived and the snow is sticking. Over the weekend. Snow fell near the great lakes. And widespread flurries across the northeast. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Its beginning to look alot like. Winter. Snow falling and plopping the weather is changing on us fast. Just last week near syracuse, new york this is what it looked like. A week later. This. Kennedy lamb mexico new york i woke up this morning and thought it was christmas. It may be the season has already swept from thest into parts of the east. Across upstate new york a blaststf winter bringngg dangerous conditions . More than 50 accidents in syracuse blamed in part on icy roads. Snow. Collecting on this backyard deck. Nine inches so far. And another backyard buried under the snow. Lynnette west resident i have not seen this snow this early in a long time . The snow also falling early in parts of upper michigan. Nats more snow nats . But in grand rapipi. Just plain cold. Natsrace temps in the mid30s didn
At issue is a concrete roadway atop a .7-mile section of the Sauk Rail Trail near Lake View, Iowa. The affected dike allows water to be held in the Blackhawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area.