Temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the winds will be gust to 30 mph or higher and stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind advisory is posted for the almost half of our counties for gusts to 50 mph. We may have a few showers track through today, but it will be mainly windy and weve gotten the most out of the mild weather and our run is over. Later today its going to storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us more about what its like outside right now. Its not to bad right now. But this is actually the warmest its expected to be today. The weather will likely keep droppinng throughout the day. So. Heres five things you cars ready for the colder temperatures. Make sure to check your tires. With a guage if you can. Check your battery. Get y
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The state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great. To see the way people come together, neighbors and friends, and the communities that are working to clean up and help neighbors. Communities along the turkey river are feeling optimistic as water levels are starting to receive. Water levels cressida 22 1 2 feet Weather Service predicted that the waters with crest at 27 feet. Although flood levels the officials the fire department, the city officials, the city council all the people making decisions were very very well prepared they knew exactly what they wanted to do. Do. At a press Conference Today the mayor of elkader thanked Community Volunteers for their hard work. He also encouraged people to turn their attention to the city of garber where flood levels . Are evening. Its not just people having to avoid the floodwaters. An estimated 150thousand rainbow and brook trout were evacuated this week. The fish are from the big spring hatchery which sits nea
Himself. Along with Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds he toured some of the worst hit areas including decorah and spillville. Our cbs 2 news crew caught up with the governor in fort atkinson. I wanted to get a first hand view and obviously reassure people that the state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great the way people are coming together, neighbors and friends and the communities really working to clean up and at the same time the Iowa Natural Resources department is evacuating the big spring hatchery in elkader. They are Natural Resources is evacuating the rig spring hatchery trying to save 150,000 rainbow and brook trout. There was concern the river water would go over a protected glove. The fish have been moved to lets check in with chief meteorologist terry swails. The first thing or a were talking about his High School Football. The season really gets going. 71 degrees is a kickoff temperature. There are a few showers around especially in our n
Took to manage a patients care. Kevin techau is the us attorney spearheading the Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative we know that last year, across the United States, the number of opioids that were prescribed was enough for one pill bottle for every adult in the United States. The United States use of opioids is off the charts compared to the rest of the world. Jeremey even got clean before another injury got him hooked again. While he was battling again jeremy took his own life. In the Law Enforcement community we know we cant arrest our way out of this problem. It really needs a 360 degree multifaceted approach techau says the solution involves doctors who are more aware of who they prescribe medication to putting fewer powerful pills into the community eventually pushing abusers to heroin when the prescriptions run out. But it also means a Law Enforcement community committed to help and people like janet pushing through the painful memories to share a painful warning. I feel like maybe