Lets check on your weather now eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team the heaviest rains have tracked out showers tracking through off and on today. It is still mild. Temps are in the 40s this morning and the winds are still pretty breezy. 15 to 20 mph from the south. Where they will likely stay most of the day, gusting higher. We will also keep some showers in the forecast. They will be fairly scattered. We could have some clearing by late afternoon, but we have more may not last long. We may not warm up much, but we will be mild today with breezy south winds helping get temps hard to get rid of. Ill have more coming up in a few minutes. Happening today. We expect the trial to begin for a former substitute teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. After having a relationship with a student at Washington High School in cedar rapids. While she admitted to having the relationship s
Some clearing by late afternoon, may not last long. We may not warm up much, but we will be ill have more coming up in a few minutes. Today we expect the trial to begin accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Mary beth haglin faces charges after having a relationship with a student at Washington High School in cedar rapids. While she admitted to having the relationship shes pleaded not guilty in the case. There will be no jury in the it happened in benton county. Vintons fire chief says the barns feed shed caught fire and it spread when it started. No people and no animals got hurt hurt but the chief tells us the building has extensive damage. One person is hurt in a weekend crash between us 63 and 218 in waterloo. This is a picture from the iowa dot. The crash blocked the roadway for some time early sunday morning gone without a chance to say a cedar rapids family grieving after their daughter and her friend died in a crash on 380 over the weekend, kwwls Taylor Bailey
Iowa unveiled new state flood maps today, eight flooding that hit cedar rapids and other parts of eastern iowa in 2008. Those floods devastated areas that people didnt people who experienced flooding then know if theyre still in the path of danger. The sixyear effort to create and update maps. Started in 2010. The Program Costs 15 Million Dollars. And the Us Department of housing and urban development funded most of it. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us from along the cedar river in cedar rapids. Dave, just how extensive is the flood mapping that is finally wrapped up . Beth, the mapping doesnt just cover major the Iowa Flood Center studied every single stream that drains more than one square mile of territory and mapped out the flooding potential. The Iowa Flood Center may consider the mapping officially complete now. But the city of cedar rapids used the data this fall to fight off the second highest crest ever on the cedar rapids. The information compiled by the flood center pred
Accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. This also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. Our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 50 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 tomorrow chance of light snow. Little to no accumulation. Wind w 1525. High 38 tom. Night scattered flurries. Wind w 1015. Low 32 thanks kaj. Raising money all day on kcrgtv9 to help feed seniors. That means every penny raised today goes to the Heritage Area Agency on aging and its senior Meals Program. Last year, with your help, we provides meals delivered to seniors stuck in their home. It also offers meals at several dining sites across the sevencounty region heritage serves. Last year, that totaled more than 320thousand meals for seniors in need. Statewide, about 72,000 seniors dont know when or where they
From your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Day. We will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. Beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. These snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. This also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. Our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind seniors. That means every penny raised today goes to the Heritage Area Agency on aging and its senior meals program. Last year, with your help, we raised 115 thousand dollars. The Program Provides meals delivered to seniors stu