Cedar rapids not only has a thriving Muslim Community it has history too. This building on the Northwest Side called the mther mosquees the first structure built specifically as a mosque, or muslim place of worship, in all of north america. Members of that local Community Say trumps comments are racist and wrong. My y itial thought was s re we go again, donalds in rare form hes an equal opportunity hater, he was picking on mexicans, immigrants picked on a disabled guy i really believevhe doesnt care about the consequences of it. He says it to elicit positive or negative several local l slims noted trumps words have already had consequences. Someone tossed a severed pigs head against the door of a mosque in philadelphia. The fbi has started an investigation into a possible hate crime. Trumps of both graffiti and vandalism at the main cedar pids mosque. No hate crime connection was ever made but the worry is in a world rattled by recent terror attacks, it might not take much to encourage
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Ouds will continue to move todaa, sealing out the sun thats been so nice over the past few days. Itll be warmer though, with widespread 4550 degree readings. Within these clouds, a few showers may occur, but anything that falls today would be very light and measure well under a tenth of an inch. Readings overnighthtwill hold steady or slslwly clclmb as the bull of the rainfall is still set to move into our area on thanksgiving. This will mainly be rain across the area with a half inch to one inch of rain area wide. There is a chance that a few locations will exceed one inch of rain. On the backside of the system, there is a brief window of mixed precipitation possible, inly along nd northwest of a ma terloodecohi. Any snow cumulationu be minor, if any, due to theoakedound after the rainfall. Byfriday, itll be cooler th clouds holding tough. Have great day and if you a headed out for the la, avel safely today cloudy, is
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your firststalert forecast, kajj. Plan on another wet day, though the rain will not be as steady and may be more of a drizzle than anything today. Our temperatures will slowly fall through the day with readings settling into the 4549 range for the afternoon. Gusty southwest wind is likely to 30mph at times. Plan on a dry and windy thursday with highs into the 40s. We are still watching friday afternoon and especially friday night carefully for snowfall potential in the area. The temperatures will be cool enough for snow to occur, but the bigger uncertainty remains how much moisture there is to work with. There y be several inches of snow on the ground by saturday morning in then only re enforce the colder air for the weekend. Stay tuned to kcrgtv9 for updates on fridays system as we get closer and the overall confidence insnowfall amounts increases. The Variety Compassion Fund nefits critically ill children their familii by providing comfort, care su
Plan on another wet day, though the rain will not be as steady and may be more of a drizzle than anything today. Our temperatures will slowly fall through the day with readings settling into the 4549 range for the afternoon. Gusty southwest wind is likely to 30mph at times. Plan on a dry and windy thursday with highs into the 40s. We are still watching friday afternoon and especially friday night carefully foj snowfall potential in the area. The temperatures will be cool enough for snow to occur, but the bigger uncertainty remains how much moisture there is to work with. There may be several inches of snow on the ground by saturday morning in some communities, which will then only re enforce the colder air for thee weekendnd stay tuned to kcrgtv9 for updates on fridays system as we get closer and the overall confidence in snowfall amounts increases. The Variety Compassion Fund childrrn their families by providing comfort, care and fulfilling immediate needs a gas card for frequent trav
Security if youre traveling for thanksgiving. Yoyore watching kcrgtv9. Now, from yourur24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. Two people went to the hospital after a latenight fire in central city. Several Fire Departments responded to the 22 hundred block of central city road around 815 last nighh kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us live this midday from the scene of last nights fire. Dave, what do we know so far today . Firefighters tell us there were actually two fires here last night. The fire started in the camper you e behihi us and then spread to thee house. Both are a total loss. Dwayne and kathy kinley were home at the time. They managed to escape without injury. Donovan mmidebahr and ccristine lutze were staying in the camper. Lutze got out ok, but maide bahr was taken to u of i hospitals with possible smoke inhalation. Two firefighters also suffered injuries fighting e fire. One was taken to the hospital for a lower leg injury and the other suffered a dog bite. Fri