Cedar rapids, the river levels have not dropped that much. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now to look at just how long it will take for the river to get back to normal. Clouds, gusty winds, and Cool Temperatures its a fall day, no doubt. A few sprinkles are possible with highs barely getting above 60, and some will struggle to even do that. Winds from the north will gust as high as 25 mph again. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the weekend, although more clouds return on saturday. Dry weather should continue until wednesday. To day mostly cloudy, cool, and windy. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind n 1525. High 62 alo 62 dbq 59 iow 63 tonight turning mostly clear. Wind n 510. Low 48 alo 46 dbq 48 iow 48 finished up their latest 10 am news conference, updating us on when they hope to get people back to their homes. Kcrg tv nines Forrest Saunders has been f
Eyewitness news. Hurricane hermine gaining strength and heading for the florida coast. The latest on the path. And when we might begin feeling the impact here in North Carolina. Our state already bracing for impact from hermine. A look at the emergency preparations now underway. And. The issue pitting the Durham Rescue Mission against the city it serves. Eyewitness news starts right now. Hurricane hermine getting stronger. slamming the gulf coast of florida. And heading right for North Carolina. The category one hurricane making landfall laster tonight. And then itll move up toward us. Governor mccrory declaring a state of emergency. And getting briefed by emergency officials. mandatory evacuations are underway for visitors on Steve Daniels and im tisha powell. This hurricane is the first to hit florida in more than a decade. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert raleigh storm center. Chris what are the latest models showing . Hermine is a minimal hurricane with winds of
Sam tonights miller light player of the game. Jordan howard with 15 carries. 98 yards. Two catches, 33 yards. One touchdown, 16yard run. Thats a good nights work. Jim if you have the hot hand, rookie or not, it was proven last year. Jeremy langford got his opportunities and thats the type of opportunity that howard may have ahead of him this season. Sam on the carry, up close to the 40yard bears head back home saturday, cut down date in the nfl. 75 players will be reduced to 53 and then sunday, you can put together your 10man practice squad. But besides that, there will be a lot of movement with all the players out on waivers. Jim and thats, again, chicago will have the opportunity to claim guys off waivers. Any opportunity they feel they can upgrade, theyre going to churn the back end of the roster. Anything that they can do to upgrade to improve their stronger, stronger depth is what they need. Thats really the difference with the Chicago Bears and teams in the division. Chicago does
A Fayette County man convicted of threatening to kill an eastern iowa a Waterloo Police officer will not face formal charges. Charges. Body cam video shows officer Adam Wittmayer yanking on the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. It also shows the officer yelling at the suspect hitting him in the head and pushing him into a squad car. The suspects attorney sent this video to the fbi and cbs 2 news. News. Officials say the suspect is 24yearold Montavis Keller and that he nearly ran over officer wittmayer at the end of a highspeed chase. Keller wants the offi office reviewed the footage and decided not to charge officer wittmayer. The Waterloo Police chief says the officer was punished internally. Keller will stand trial later this month. A Fayette County man convicted of threatening to kill an Eastern Iowa Police chief will now be sent to a halfway house. 33yearold Joshua Sargent was sentenced to two suspended fiveyear prison terms. And also sentenced to two to five years probation that
Midnight but the next couple of hours just a few light showers and the heavier rains are expected later tonight and during the day tomorrow. Well have much more on that in your forecast. Keeping students healthy is important especially at this time of year. Why door or a Health Experts hope to see declining vaccination rates turn around. Reporter going back school can also mean back to gems, vaccination rates across the state have been on a decline and exemptions are on their way up. In the state students are required by law to be vaccinated against 7 common illnesses unless a student has an ex systems. In iowa wedonothavea philisophical exemption so you can not not get immunizations it. We do you a slight increase in those religious exemptions so that is concerning because immunizations are not only to protect the health of the child receiving the immunization but its also to protect all those other people at that child comes into contact with. Coming up we speak with a local school w