First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on more clouds to roll in from the north today. In many areas, temperatures will struggle with readings only in the 45 49 range for highs. Factor in the wind, and youve got a pretty chilly day in some of the thickest clouds, areas of drizzle will be possible. Plan on a quiet friday, though clouds may still linger over portions of the area. Another system is set to arrive on saturday with clearing sky on sunday. At this time, it appears the bulk of the rain will be out by trick or treat time on saturday evening. Well see some warmer weather going into next week with highs well into the 60s for monday and tuesday. Have a great day today cloudy, patchy drizzle high 4450 winds nw 1525 alo 46 dbq 46 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 3036 winds nw 510 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 35tomorrow iow54tomorrow night rnrrives late low 4winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 43w 45 anks kaj. Workers in tiffin will get a raise next week, as the City Council
Month. Kcrg tv nines Sarah Mccarthy joins us in the studio with more. Sarah, why is tiffin reviewing the issue just now . Beth, city Officials Say they havent heard any concerns from residents. Ununl recently. Opposition from a few people has pushed the council to consider its own action. But now, its too late for the city to take that action before the first wage increase happens. 21 40 06 just because the date has passed of november first, doesnt lock us into the first step. A first step that happens sunday when minimum wages here will go up. That deadline isnt pushing the Tiffin City Council to make any fast decisions. But it could mean a wage decrease for workers in the near future. 22 02 30 people will be paid the new minimum wage for a given time, and then right around christmas time, if theres enough votes and enthusiasm for this ploy, we would approach employees and say were going to take that back. Taking back the wage increase is one option tiffin is considering. County super
A popular eastern iowa golf clubhouse is no longer standing, after a fire early friday morning. Flames engulfed the amana colonies golf club, around 3 45 am friday. The fire was so hot crews couldnt approach the building at first. The smoke and flames were visible for miles, and it took firefighters about two hours to put the fire out. The building is a complete loss, but no one was injured. Firefighters remained at the scene most of the day. The fire also destroyed dozens of golf carts and other equipment. One former employee at the golf course said she had to come and see the damage for herself. I dont think its hit us yet, affiliation with it, other than going over to golf, no its really sad. The state Fire Marshals Office says it could take weeks to find the cause of the fire. Health officials are preparing to give university of iowa students the mumps vaccine, free of charge. Thats after a rise in mumps cases. Doctors have already seen more than 100 sick people, mostly students. C
Trepppsays theyrr not telling people the location of that new overflow site, to avoid confusion and keep people going to the existing shelters they know. 43 30 44 were trying to really make sure that the people who need shelter get into shelter, and that theyre directed to an existing shelter where they can access case management, and get all the services that are available, before we send them to a temporary overnight locationon there were several Homeless People there at the meeting, and they voiced their ongoing frustration over the city kicking them out of a camp near osborn park, after a report of a bonfire earlier last week. One man asked organizers, where are the people who were displaced now . Trepp admitted that is something area agencies that serve theeomeless are still working to address. She says right now, they want to focus on getting people off the streets when the weather is at its worst this winter. Live in cedar rapids, brady iowa city is still looking for a location
Nearly like yesterday with speeds of 1525mph likely. Highs will generally be in the 4549 range. Plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. Next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. This one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. Plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend today sunny, still windy high 4551 winds nw 1525 alo 48 dbq 46 iow 49tonight ear cool low 2329 winds w 510 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 28tomorrow sunny and spectacular high 560 nds sw 515 alo 57 dbq 55 w 59tomorrow night clear low 3440 nds sw 510 alo 38 dbq 36 iow 39 anks kaj. Some parents are concernedtheir children are not getting a good enough education because classrooms are more packed. The number of kids in classrooms in some eastern iowa Elementary Schools is higher than the state average. Last year, enrollment dropped a bit in the