Against the casting choice. Cbs 2 news has been following this for more than a week when we broke the story. The plate features a lead character who is deaf. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the theater released a Statement Today admitting they could have done more. They are now working with deaf citizens and hope to reschedule the plate. We enjoyed a sweet whether. The temperatures in the range of 7277. The official high in cedar rapids at 77. Were now watching clouds develop. As we go to our predictor you will see that the clouds are thin as we go to midnight. By tomorrow morning there starting to increase especially in the western and southern counties. During the day tomorrow there will be a mix of sun and clouds showers and storms are expected to come back into the area. As far as mars whether it should be another nice day. Will start at 57 and get to 77 under partlys partly cloudy skies. Are now two peoples are charged near the cedars public library. Several peop
Cbs 2 news joe huisinga is live in cedar rapids where the road will make connections. Joe . Reporter yet, scott. Once this road opens it will mean a shorter commute for a lot of drivers. We looked at some of the challenges in building it and some of the methods used to give you a smoother ride. Four miles of pavement that will extend highway 100 to covington road has been a lot of work. 115,000 tons constructed in one season. Reporr terrain near the cedar river. From bedrock down to sand and gravel. Silt and very bad material you have to work with. So we have to do a lot of changes. Reporter the road is paved with asphalt. Rather than concrete. It is saving a lot of money. This project was estimated at 20 million. The asphalt bid came in at 15 million. Reporter also trying to make the project as sustainable reporter crews are using gps mapping to track paths to ensure even compaction and a smoother ride. A smoother surface means less noise for nearby homes. Also using a method called p
Looking at 74 degrees at lunchtime and 78 degrees this afternoon. The full forecast including the we can outlet for football and for tober best and anything outdoors is coming up. In cedar rapids is postponing the protection of the play tribes. This comes after members of the Deaf Community spoke out after the casting choice. It has been a controversy week now. They have chosen a person who can hear to play the part of a deaf person. The theater said he should have done more and now they are trying to reschedule the play. We still do not know the future of in iowa city home designed to look like a stadium. The city postponed a decision on the home until next week. The 7500 square home has brick in july neighbors filed an appeal complaining about the home size and said its a tailgating venue. The discussion about the home continues next went a. Protesters against the pipeline have called president obama to stop construction. Opponents say the Dakota Access pipeline is threatening to eff
Calls for change at theatre cedar rapids the production is on hold. The delay comes after the terms of Deaf Community spoke out against the casting choice. Fox28 first broke the story last week. The play call tribes features a lead character who is deaf. Leaders at pcr assay to death actor cannot be found they turn to an actor can hear. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the put theater released a Statement Today done more. Then out working with deaf citizens to get more involved. They hope to schedule the plan later date. The weather is putting on a pleasant show across eastern gruesome images of the crime scene were shown to jurors today in day two of testimony in the david miller murder trial besides the bloody pictures the jury also heard the first interview investigators conducted with miller. Miller. Miller is accused of stabbing and strangling Sabrina Hustad janish in october. Her body was found lead investigator walked jurors through the crime scene as it looked
Theater cedar rapids is postponing its production of the play tribes. Spoke out against a casting cho. Choice. Cbs 2 news has been following the controversy for more than a week now. The play features a lead character who is deaf. Leaders at tcr chose a person who can hear to play the part when they say no deaf actors auditioned. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the theatre said they could have done more and now theyre trying to reschedule the play. Developing right now we still dont know about the future of an iowa city home designed to look like kinnick stadium. Last night city leaders postponed a decision on the home until next week. The plans for the 75hundred square foot home have brick siding and a replica of the stadiums press box. In july neighbors filed an appeal complaining about the homes size saying it is a tailgating venue. Discussion about the home will continue next wednesday. Iowans against the Bakken Pipeline are now calling on president obama to stop