Yes, Bruce A Coralville based group of volunteers is actually heading down next week. The group is called Community Health initiative haiti. The Nonprofit Organization has been going to haiti for years to setup week long free Medical Clinics. This trip was already planned, but the group of 28 volunteers is each planning to take an extra suitcase of supplies to help with recovery efforts. Where they hold their Medical Clinic was not hit as hard as some areas. But they have staff who live down there who were in the town of lagon. There was a lot of flooding in the downtown area, which is similar to newbo, and we dont what thats like in iowa, so it was pretty devastating for a lot of people there. If you want to help the group, weve posted more information on live in iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Kcrgtv9s phil reed spoke to a local travel agency. He joins us from destinations unlimited. Phil, the hurricane is causing some inconvenience. Its causing headaches for people wanti
Was a nobrainer. 16 41 18;03 its a fantastic idea he says it doesnt cost his company too much, and its a way to help people in the community. 16 41 18;03 i think theres a lot of people that fall through the cracks just because they dont know what resources are out there. Cedar rapids does a pretty good job of offering help to the homeless and those in need, but if youre not connected to social media or listen to the news or read the paper how do you know its out there. Each card has information about homeless shelters, free it includes addresses, phone numbers and hours. Cedar Rapids Police officers are carrying these cards around with them, and handing them out to people who may need them. 07 02 44;07 if we find someone thats in need whether theyre panhandling or they tell us theyre homeless we will hand out the cards. Its a very comprehensive list of Different Things that they can use and would be of good use to them. But not everyone who gets the cards, actually uses people apprecia
Yesterday. While some spots are starting off in the 60s, it wont last, and readings will settle back into the 5055 range for much of the day. While moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. Tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. Patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern sections of the state. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s thursday afternoon, with a big weekend. Today light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. Slowly falling temperatures. Wind nw 1020. High 55 tonight mostly clear. Patchy frost possible late. Wind nw 510. Low 35 tomorrow early patchy frost. Sunny. Wind sw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind se 510. Low 41 will be in iowa today for early voting rallies. Today hell be in indianola at the Kent Campus Center black box theatre. Doors open at 11 30. Fr
Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. While some spots are starting off in the 60s, it wont last, and readings will settle back into the 5055 range for much of the day. While moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. Tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. Patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern the state. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s thursday afternoon, with a big rebound in temperature likely for the weekend. Today light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. Slowly falling temperatures. Wind nw 1020. High 55 tonight mostly clear. Patchy frost possible late. Wind nw 510. Low 35 tomorrow early patchy frost. Sunny. Wind sw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind se 510
Had some equipment problems today. But the dot says the final touches, like adding some paint to the road, should be finished sometime tomorrow morning. Drivers i spoke with today say theyre anxious to get on this new roadway. 6 00, thats a memorial to a lot of families whole lot of inured people, prematurely injured people and dead people. Black hawk county sheriff Tony Thompson has lobbied for the Interchange Office responded to 73 Service Calls at this intersection. 2 55, almost always when we were called to that area we would put air med on standby just because of the speeds of the collisions that occurred up there 14 37 bryan driver probably once a week we would notice a First Responders over there someone had a fender bender or accident. Som e drivers say this interchange is long overdue. Eric driver 15 34, sometimes it would get a little sketchy just trying to stop and turn and just watch the and under construction for about 2 years. 14 30, bryan its been a slow process for it t