Demand at the holidays. Obviously were anticipating more growth this year and thats why we have the need for all the additional folks. Three years ago, during christmas 2013, ups guessed wrong about the surge in Online Shopping and disappointed some buyers with after christmas deliveries. One driversupervisor remembers that year and says the Company Learned a valuable lesson. Get the holiday help in early. It created significant challenges for us. We worked to see a surge again. The u. S. Postal service is also on a hiring spree for holiday help now with hundreds showing up at job fairs in september in cedar rapids and des moines. The iowa usps district also needs 600 more people to get through the holidays and its not for cards and letters. Theres pressure for all the Delivery Companies obviously but postal workers are good about chipping in and making sure were successful. Have a good shipping experience. Extra help hired for the holidays might mean working only 4. Or. 6. Or maybe ei
Its not the first time jennifer cadys home as flooded, and she says it probably wont be the last living so close to water. 13 54 23;22 we actually lived here in 2008 and we got about i would say 3 ft. On the first floor in 08 so we were pretty, pretty nervous about this one. The water pushed in the walls of her basement, making the home uninhabitable. But she made sure to get the water out. 13 56 18;23 it takes a little bit of time to get things cleaned up get any mold and bacteria thats out but for the most part it was just groundwater so it shouldnt have been too, too bad as far as bacterias and stuff Linn County Public Health supervisor ruby perin says mold from flood waters can affect peoples health. 13 44 26;18 mold can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, it can trigger asthma attacks, because its linked to a variety of respiratory illnesses and diseases. Some people dont react at all to mold. The best way to find mold is streaking of water and you visually see some
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
A light wind and clear sky will lead to a cool night in the 30s with patches of frost. Tomorrow will be another seasonably cool and sunshiney day with highs returning to the middle to upper 50s. The weekend looks great with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs in the 60s. Shower chances come back to our area by tuesday and last into thursday, and a few rumbles of thunder may be in the mix on wednesday as well. Tonight mostly clear with areas of frost. Wind nw 510. Low 33 alo 32 dbq 32 iow 35 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind w 510. High 55 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 57 Kinnick Stadium is getting a big upgrade soon. Approved renovations to the seating areas in the stadiums north end zone. Kcrg tv nines Josh Christensen joins us with the story. Josh, what can fans expect . The project will overhaul the north endzone stands, starting after this season. Here are some renderings for the project. The renovation will replace the existing general admission seating with upper and lower general admission sea
Tv 9 news. Deputy warden greg ort told tv nine hes comfortable with the Staffing Levels because he has to be. Ort said ten new Correctional Officers are in training and plans call for hiring ten more officers in the near future. Two organizations are coming together to better provide Mental Health services to thousands of iowans. Abbehealth will now be an affiliate of Unitypoint Health cedar rapids, which includes saint lukes meet the mental and physical health needs of patients who have multiple chronic medical issues abbehealth is a non profit that serves more than 17 thousand people with a wide variety of Behavioral Health needs. It serves in nine counties across eastern iowa and has been forming more of these affiliate relationships. This affiliation becomes official january 1st. The Cedar Rapids Police chief calls one prank thats been popping up as take a look at this. Its just one of a nuer of vehicles that someone has peppered with paintballs. In the last couple weeks, homes hav