Flurries with them, too. They will be off and on through the day, but shouldnt add up to much, if anything. We have seen our highs. Temps will continue to drop today. It will be bitterly cold this weekend with dangerous wind chills returning to the forecast. Which ill have in a few minutes. May have a few snow showers or flurries with them, too. They will be off and on through the day, but shouldnt add up to much, if anything. We have seen our highs. Temps will continue to drop today. It will be bitterly cold this weekend with dangerous wind chills returning to the few minutes. We begin with the countdown to the iowa caucuses. The alliances are gone and so is the happy talk. There were several heated exchanges at last nights gop president ial debate in south the 7 candidates left on the main stage at the fox business debate obama this guy is a petulant child. And Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton would be a National Security disaster. But at times, they turned on each other. Donald trump
Today. T tmperatures are mainly in the mid 20s with wind chills in the Single Digits and teens due to west and northwest winds at 10 25 mph. We will keep the breezy wiwids, mainly from the northwest, today and that will keep our temps should dry out tonight and stay were less than a week away. Its the homestretch before the iowa caucuses. Last night, the democrats took the stage together for the final time before the caucuses. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley took questions from the audience during a forum at drake niversity in des moines. Clinton focused on her wide experience on domestic and foreign sues something sanders went after. Voted against the war in iraq. War in iraq. I have a much longer history than one vote, which i have said was a mistake because of the wayy clinton and sanders offered different vosions for addressing the countrys problems, omalley asked his supporters to hold night. So in des moines, iowa senator joni ernst joined fellow reblican andnd
The bottom of your screen. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loo is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Roads are slowly improving in the area, but there will still cameras show that traffic is moving pretty wfll, although maybe in only one lane this temperatures are mainly in the 25 mph. We ill keep the breezy teens due to west and northwest winds at 10 25 mph. We will keep the breezy winds, manly from thee northwest, today and that will keep our temps from climbing much. We will keep clouds and flurries, too, but should dry out tonight and stay dry for a few days. Ill have that frecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. One company moved out. But left something behind at their old concerned. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. Amanda, you questioned the epa about Hazardous Waste in waterloo. M at 300 ansborough ave in waterloo and people are just starting to show up to work. Now the epa says the hope to start a new project later this year t
You in a few minutes. Me people in aterloo are concerned after they learned that Hazardous Waste may soon be released into the air near where they are living. They received a letter in the mail from the Environmental Protection agency explaining why this is happening. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. Waterloo industries used to be located here at 300 ansborough ave. Theres still some Hazardous Waste left over in the ground from when they were working here. Thats why many waterloo recieved this letter in the mail. Epas concern that this waste will continue seaping into the building. Accumulate inside. And harm those who now work here. They plan to prevent this from happening by releasing the waste from out of the ground and into the air. An anology would be one reason why you dont run a car in enclosed garages is that the building. Whee the car is outisde it cant build up and accumulate in concentration. Its difused out within the concept. The epa sayyth
With blizzard warnings and Winter Weather advisories in our northern counties, including waterloo, waverly, oelwein and decorah. We had a few showers show up on radar earlier and now it looks like we may have some sunshine for a bit before the next round tracks in. The winds will be the problem with this system. We are already at 1015 mph, gusting to 20 in some areas from the west and temperatures have already started to drop this morning. We will have snow showers track bbck in later todd, although i wouldnt be surprised to have a few pop up earlier. Today will be the set up with a few snow showers, especially late. Mainly falling temperaturesesand west winds at 1020 mph gusting higher. We will have blowing, drifting and visibility problems tonight and tomorrow. Ill have more detail on that in a few minutes. Rapids Fire Department is investigating a house fire. It happened last night in the 7 hundred block of 7th street the fire came from a 2nd floor bathroom. 3 adults and 2 children