Losing my son. Sot i have children. I am a mom. I couldnt even imagine the feel of losing your child. cries today was a special day for both of them. They organized several events over the past weeks but the silent auction at st. Michael church was their biggest. Over 40 items were on display. With a value far over 1000 dollars going to the torres family. A gesture both think. Set the community apart. Sot i am so blessed to have the people in the Community Come out. It has been absolutely amazing i am in shock and aw everyday. Sot it just pulls at your able to check off their thanksgiving grocery list. And help families in need. Shoppers were asked to donate food at local hyvee on saturday volunteers from the wener restoration in bettendorf organized the event. With a goal of feeding 100 families this thanksgiving. The group raised more than a thousand pounds of food. And surpassed their goal of feeding a hundred families all thanks to the generosity of shoppers who donated everything
There is a specific unit on the Organization Charts of isis for external attacks the French Air Force quickly responding dropping more than 20 bombs on the defacto isis capital of raqqa in Northern Syria . As Police Continue to look for others with links to the attacks the heartbreak still pierces from paris to california. Tim mraz, nohemi gonzalezs boyfriend shell always be in my heart, and i think shell gonna be in everyone elses heart, too. Jessica rae here in the us, flags are now flying at half staff. In our nations capitol. The new speaker of the house, paul ryan, ordered what he called respect and solidarity. Flags will continue to fly at half staff until further notice. Jessica rae france is the United States oldest ally. And a groundswell of support for the victims is coming from all walks of life. Saturday night live skipped their usual opening sketch instead to pay tribute to the victims of paris. With a heartfelt message. Cecily Strong snl cast member paris is the city of l
Out. Today showers likely high 5157 winds s 1020 alo 54 dbq 53 iow 54 about 40 cedar rapids men and women are in texas this morning for their final training before they are sent to afghanistan. The Army National guard unit shipped out of cedar rapids yesterday orning. Memmrs of the 649th Regional Support group said goodbye to their friends and families. About 40 troops deployed from the Armed Forces Reserve center n cedar rapids, near the eastern iowa airport. Theyll provide base Operations Support and security in afghanistan. Sot 16 31 41 weve been for it for quite some time now. Its kind of like gettingngup in the morning. Just get your clothes on, and lets do this. The group will serve a 9month tour overseas. Frances Prime Minister says overnight, police carried out about 150 raids throughout the country. And the hunt is on for a man suspected in the french terror attacks that killed 129 people and wounded hundreds more. Belgium anddfrench investigators want to find Salah Abdeslam.
Waterloo police have a person in custody this morning after a standoff that lasted several hours. It happenenear ridgeway avenue and sheridan road around 6 oclock last night. Thats a residential area just south of byrnes park. The person inside was threatening to hurt himself. Shortly after midnight, the lice departments swat team went in and arrested him. Officials took him to the hospital. No officers were hurt during the standoff. Fire investigators believe a fire that destroyed a home in rural dubuqucounty was acacdental. The Sheriffs Office and several area Fire Departments responded to 18505 south mound road around 3 15 saturday afternoon thats between rickardsville and ddrango. No one was hurt. But the home is a total loss. A global manhunt is underway for a man connected to the paris attacks. 129 people died hundreds more are huhut. French officials believe he is one of three brothers accused of carrying out this is the man Authorities Say helped in the attacks outside a stadiu
Afternoon. Over the next two days we will probably see rain totals ranging from 13 depending on where the scattered showers fall between the heaviest rains this morning and tomorrow morning. Wednesday also shows another rain chance likely heaviest in the morning again, but any rain wednesday should be a lot more isolated and accumulations look lower. Big cold will come wednesday night and when it does, we will likely see a late rain snow mix with a few snow showers possible but little to no accumulation. Temps will fall into the 40s by the end of the week and should last well into next weekend. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina paris in mourning and on edge since fridyas attacks that have left 129 people dead and more than 300 wounded. A state of emergency remains in effect with 15hundred troops deployed to secure particularly a worldwide manhunt is underway for belgianborn French National Salah Abdeslam, who is suspected of being involved in the attacks. Elias i