Few minutes today and we saw plenty of people judging dodging traffic outside the crosswalks. Any time that you are crossing the street, use crosswalks, obey the signals and pay if youre in an area that doesnt have a sidewalk and the only place for you to walk is the street and we want you walking against traffic so facing traffic. 7 traffic. 7also if you are out walking at night you should have something reflective so drivers can dark. Even if you think you have the right of way to walk be careful because you are going to take a lot more damage than the car. Covering the corridor joe huisinga cbs 2 news live at 5 Funeral Services are now set for the man killed by a train in alburnett over the weekend. 44yearold Scott Blackford was in his pickup sunday at a train crossing when he was hit. Neighbors tell cbs 2 news he was a family man who always tried to do what was best for Funeral Service will be held on friday. A Memorial Fund is set up for his daughters education. Across the country
In the area are facing challenges. Mellaney moore is live to tell us how the district is changing. Reporter Business Owners down here are still in the process of cleaning everything up and moving everything back in. This area will look different than it did before. White lion treasures is possibly imagine. As bell puts the store back together again piece by piece, some of isnt coming back. . 17 35 47 we have a couple of dealors that have decided not to return after the flood. I think some of its just the stress of the quick moving out. Theyre older, they just dont want to go through this again. Jennifer stewart, Czech Village Association President 17 54 39 Czech Village antiques, white lion treasures and my little makers mall here, i think weve all lost a there is czech treasures and others. Vendors. Reporter some are not coming back for reasons other than those related to the flood. Both owners are exploring new ways to keep their businesses going. We will miss them, they were importa
And im also tracking thderstor in eastern iowa. I will have the latest on matthew Hurrican Matthew. Also tonight no flood damage but a big Financial Financial to overcome in the corridor this area may be ideal for shoppers but not necessarily for drivers. We will tell you what we are doing about the traffic issue. Four legged cheerleader thats creating a lot of smiles. This is a dose of happiness. This is fox 28 news at 9. We will take you like to florida for an update on Hurrican Matthew in just a moment. First im in the weather with meteorologist Rebecca Kopelman in for terry. There is severe threatening parts of eastern iowa. We do have strong storms that will be possible as we head through the night tonight. They are starting to move in. Moving. Now what im keeping my eye on is further down to the south. There south of i80 we start t have this line o storms and move on in. We could have storms that pop little bit of a punch. They do have a lot of lightning and so where starting to
Westwind four hours ago. There is a cold front approaching from the west. There are also showers that will arrive toward morning and could be around in the Early Morning hours tomorrow. The cold air piles into eastern iowa. By tomorrow evening at this time, temperatures will be in the upper 40s and winds will be grant gusting at 25 miles per hour. That will bring the cold air recover from the flood. Flood. Sanborn joins us with what we know right now, scott . Scott . Karen theres a new initiative called the jobs and Small Business recovery program. Its a plan to help businesses financially impacted by the and Small Business recovery program. It is a plan to help as this is financially impacted by the flood to belmont to bounce back. It was the evacuation and because they had to close, they also lost revenue and workers lost out on their paycheck. Tomorrow morning there will be a partnership between the city and the greater city rat one business affected wont be coming back at all. Even
Asking for money to work on collins road. Lets look at traffic on collins in c avenue. According to the gazette, the city is asking the state for 1. 2 million to reduce traffic headaches on the busy road. Right now, more than 40,000 vehicles drive on collins every day and those numbers are expected to go up. The city is looking to spend up to eight in half Million Dollars to address congestion as well as biking and pedestrian amenities. Earlier this year, plans were scrapped to widen collins and created under past near lindell mall. There is no word on when they will make a decision, but we will let you know. Just weeks after major flood, the city of cedar rapids broke ground on a 14 Million Dollar stretch for permanent flood protection. Nouveau district. Reporter we are talking about a half mile earthen levee that will run from the front of where this truck is parked downriver for a few blocks and then stretch all the way up this bank to the African American museum at 12 avenue. A sho