Than marissasawhile we wont have a White Christmas here in the corridor, you dont have to go far to find it. A light to moderate snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa today, just in time foror christmas. But it did produce some difficult driving conditions, especially north of des moines. Some storm cleanup was quired today in parts of cedar rapids. Yesterdays thundersrsrms brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town. Nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof the corridor dodged the winter tornado outbreak last nightht others were not so lucky. Lucky. The National Weather Service Confirms two tornadoes touched down near the quad cities last night. One of the tornadoes was rated an efone with winds of about 100 miles per hour. No one was hurt, but some small buildings were damaged. More that 100 homes were destroyed further south in mississippi and tennessee in a deadly outbreak of severe weather. The storms are now blamed f
CEDAR RAPIDS - Despite the pandemic and because of the derecho, the timing was perfect for Brucemore to not only meet, but exceed, a fundraising goal for the historic estate s first capital campaign.