The city reopened the third, eighth and 16th avenue bridges this evening. But its warning people to be cautious of any remaining debris that could be on the road. And the city hopes to have all of the bridges and all of the on and off ramps to interstate 380 reopened by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is a big day for Flood Recovery in cedar rapids. People who live and work in the evacuation zone removed sandbags and barriers today in hopes of making things run smoothly when the general public is cedar rapids will also be back to normal tomorrow morning. City buses havent taken passengers for a week. Also, by seven tomorrow morning, two sandbagging sites will be open. One is at ellis park by the Tennis Courts and the other is in the noelridge pool parking lot. Thousands of people in the flood evacuation zones of cedar rapids finally headed home for good today. The citys evacuation area declared before the flood last weekend expired at noon today. The zone could return home. The vast majorit
Police in omaha spent much of the afternoon in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a west omaha home. Its unclear just how many people are in the home, however one person emerged from the residence unharmed. Initially a person in the house called police, saying hed been shot, and his girlfriend was being held hostage. Officers are attempting to negotiate with the suspect. Jenna an Iowa Senate Committee is taking on concussions head on, putting forward a bill on preventing these kinds of injuries and it has a lot of coaches and trainers talking. The bill focuses on preventing concussions and will be hitting the Senate Sub Committee floor monday. The proposed bill would make it mandatory for home teams to provide athletic trainers at every varsity level game for collision sports. Those include wrestling, football and both boys and girls soccer. The biggest hurdle the bill faces is that its not funded. Which means more costs for already struggling schools. Son, i have a se
Those details public yet. Police have said the shooting wasnt a incident. Witnesses who heard the gunfire last night found perkins body in the parking lot and started cpr. Several said the wounded man, who was shot in the leg, limped from behind some buildings as police arrived. Police have not identified him yet for his own safety. Some witnesses also believed they saw a vehicle leaving the scene but police say there are conflicting descriptions. We do know the shooter got into a vehicle. We dont have a confirmed description of that vehicle also the vehicle was occupied by at least two other subjects and possibly even a fourth person involved. Scene of another parking lot shooting incident last september. In that case, as many as 17 shots were fired striking a vehicle and several Cedar Rapids Police say this was the first homicide of 2016. There were six murder or murdersuicide deaths last year. One case remains unsolved. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Out of the f
Lawmakers tuesday to tell her personal story. Cancer Society Statistics show a 59 percent increased risk of melanoma for those who start artificial tanning before age 35. Many salons require parental permission for those under 18. But who will lobby lawmakers say an age ban is better. Its not something im ever going to give up on, its important to me and a lot of iowans that teenagers arent able to tan even with parental consent. We want it to be theyre not allowed to do it. Melanoma rates are increasing astronomically and its a clear correlation streit says some tanning salon owners say minors dont make up a large percentage of the tanning business. So a ban for t tse under age 18 might not be the financial blow some fear. Tanning ban supporters say some schools are tanning pledges for prom to eliminate the health risk. But those under 18 might still feel peer pressure to sport a tan unless it just wasnt an option based on age. Bruce . Were two and a half weeks away from when iowas me
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