One person died in a crash on northbound highway 218 in coralville. Law enforcement says it happened sometime before 9 15 last night. One person also died when a pickup truck and train collided in northern linn county on sunday afternoon. Garbage and recycling starts back up today in cedar rapids for anyone who evacuated due to last weeks flooding. Sandbag drop off sites in cedar rapids are still open at ellis park near the Tennis Courts and at the noelridge Swimming Pool parking lot. Category 4 storm, is threatening jamaica, haiti and cuba. This is the strongest atlantic hurricane since felix in 2007. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a few areas of fog in eastern iowa this morning. As is usually the do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track w
This year shows it had 426 full time employees. They say this will not affect the launch of its new pancreatic Cancer Therapy drug. Theres a deal to combine Outdoor Companies bass pro and cabelas. Bass pro would pay cabelas shareholders 65 and a half dollars in a 4 point 4 billion dollar deal. But this deal creates uncertainty about jobs, and its not clear how many jobs might be lost. This week the American Red Cross is opening people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. A center in vinton at Benton County Emergency Management is open from 11 am to 8 pm today. Workers there have cleanup kits. They include shovels, rakes, bleach, mops and more. Officials are also on hand to help with paperwork needed for flood recovery. The red cross will open two more centers. Tuesday and wednesday theyll be in cedar falls, and thursday rains any time soon. But can we expect any rain at all this week justin . Low clouds near the eastern fringes of iowa will break up, while the rest of the area enjoys
Canadian National Railway tonight the company says its working with the Linn County Sheriffs Office on this investigation. And no crew members were hurt in this crash. Live in linn county, jordee kalk, kcrgtv9. Police in keokuk are looking into a shooting that killed a woman overnight. Officers found carissa rivers unresponsive, in a keokuk alley near 10th street and north 5th hospital, where she died. She was 29. Police have not identified a suspect in the shooting. But say the public is not in danger. Call on newsline nine the next time you see news. The number is 3193659999. Send us some pictures and video too. The email address newsroom at kcrg dot com. Turning now to weather and see mild temperatures heading into the work week . Skies will continue to gradually clear tonight, setting us up for some potential patchy fog on monday morning. This looks to occur mostly likely in river valleys. Monday afternoon, sunshine and a wind shift to the southeast will bring us mild and pleasant
Case, the River Valleys will probably go first, but all areas do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track with two different rounds of rain. The first round should move into eastern iowa on wednesday morning, with another batch of rain set to arrive on thursday. The timing of these rounds still are not fully set as the impacts of Hurricane Matthew could still shift these slightly. As long as matthew doesnt stall, typical october temperatures should invade the area by fri weekend. Toda y Early Morning fog, then partly cloudy, high around 73. Tonight partly cloudy, lows in the midupper 50s. Tomorrow partly cloudy, highs in the upper 70s. Following a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in cedar falls. Police arrested michael kelly, of blue grass, on a charge of operating while intoxicated. It would be his first