Verdict. She says kimberly can finally rest in peace. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. A former iowa legislative clerk is going to prison for putting white powder into an envelope, and claiming it was deadly. Today, a judge sentenced Michael Mcrae to 18 months in prison. Mcrae pleaded guilty in december to writing a letter threatening to kill himself an state representative Ako Abdul Samad in 2012. Mcra the white powered came in contact with mcrae and the representativ e he threatened to kill, abdulsamad. Mcrae made people think the powder was some kind of biological weapon. Iowas Unemployment Rate is creeping up. 4 point 2 percent of iowans didnt have jobs in august. That translates to more than 72thousand people in the state without employment. In july, it was 4 point 1 percent. Iowas rising unemployment could impact the vote come election day. Typically, rising Unemployment Rates are not a good sign for the incumbent party in a president ial election. Other swing state
Waking up with temperatures into the 50s once again, but this time around we might see a peek of sunshine mostly cloudy skies today will turn partly cloudy at times and this will allow for our high temperatures to be slightly warmer than what they were yesterday. Expect highs to reach near 70 degrees. Partly cloudy skies will be our weather for the evening, but now the winds will be out of the southeast instead of the north. This will change things up significantly in the way of temperatures. Monday highs will warm into the middle 70s and tuesday even warmer, topping out in the upper 70s. It wont be until wednesday things are definitely starting to get back to normal after last weeks ghost town. Last night not so much. This is what 2nd avenue looked like just outside of the kcrg studios around 1 00 this morning. As you can see, plenty of cars lining the streets. A lot of people heading back to bars and restaurants. More businesses plan to open back up sometime tomorrow. We talked on fr
Track out. It will be a warmer day today, with highs near 70. That is near average for early fall into the upper 40s and low 50s with partly cloudy skies. Light winds tonight will bring the possibility for fog to eastern iowa. Again. Monday will be partly cloudy and mild. Things dont start to change until tuesday, when winds pick up ahead of an approaching cold front. We could part of thursday. Behind the front, there will be a large drop in temperatures low 70s mid week bit cool. Our top story this morning a barn burns near postville over night. Youre looking at pictures sent to us from a viewer. You can see the massive flames here. We reached out to the Fire Department this morning and no new as the cause remains under investigation. The body of a missing decorah hunter is found in montana. Mark rollins was last seen septemember 20th by a group of hunters in the crazy mountains. His body was found wednesday. Police say it appears that he fell off a cliff. Friends and family are in sh
Other areas. The tornado was on the lower end of the intensity scale, but for some homeowners in concord, the storm caused an epic amount of damage. The National Weather service says the tornado formed somewhere near cambridge turnpike, then headed northnortheast. At about 3 17 a. M. This morning, we received a report of a tree down. The reporter many more calls would come in, but all from within a tight corridor. The tornados path, 400 yards wide and half a meant some got lucky. Your house is fine. The reporter yeah, it was scary, because its so close to my house, but yeah, so far away. The reporter and some did not. Thats the one tree we left when we moved in. Now we have zero. In fact, just outside the swath of heavy damage, houses and trees untouched. That distinct path a strong marker for a tornado. You have one area where trees are down all over the place and the next house over has nothing. The reporter dozens of utility and tree workers flooded after the storm, the cleanup was
From the basement but also fixtures like a water heater and the furnace. It wasnt necessary but after the lessons of 2008 they didnt want to take any chances at all. At todays final briefing on the flood situation, city Officials Say inspectors have visited a number of homes in the evacuation areas. So far, the number sustaining any water damage at all is considered a small number. Dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. Today, people started dropping off wet and dry their homes and businesses in cedar rapids. The city set up a collection site this morning at noelridge pool. A second collection site will open tomorrow in ellis park at 7 am. The city plans to start picking up sandbags from peoples front curbs a week from monday, october 10th. So if you cat haul sandbags to a collection site, put them out in front of your home. Lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Hes live in mount vernon where the mustangs are night lights game. Joe, as we wait for the water to recede, our dry weather will