To the north and really help preserve those neighborhoods, but then allow the new development. Helping to anchor all the growth this soon to the old Wastewater Treatment plant hit hard in the 2008 flood. Its been fun to see, a lot of down around the corner here, the new midwestone building and seems to make a lot of sense. Ryan baker owns world of bikes, a shop in the middle of the now riverfront crossings district along gilbert street. Baker says hes happy to see the growth bringing new life to the area. And he has high hopes for whats next. If we could get nice coffee shop down here, a few more good lunch places, a brewery, who knows . And there are more plans in the including two 15 story towers. One a hotel, another apartments. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, were building up to a beautiful weekend High Pressure builds into the area keeping us with a brighter outlook toward the weekend. We sti
I think theyre selling themselves short, i think they have the talent and skills to raise that full 500,000 without city support. I would encourage the city council to vote yes on supporting arts and culture and attraction to this community so the businesses and the individuals that have continued to support the arts will move here, will raise their families here. If the Council Votes yes the lens could be in place sometime next year. If they vote no the Downtown District will have to decide if they want to raise the money for the project without a professional fundraiser. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Turning now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, some very mild weather today. When you think of february weather normally snow, wind and cold come to mind. While we will have strong winds the next couple of days features no snowfall and mild temperatures. Highs should be able to rise into the 50s through 60s a definite possibility. Our milder than normal conditions contin
And 2015. The Department Says this is primarily because of lower average prices. The average National Soybean price dropped 1. 30 per bushel. The average National Corn price is down about 10 cents a bushel. Tomorrow is the last day people can enjoy a meal at the crust Italian Kitchen and bar in downtown dubuque. The restaurant is closing. Its known for its pizza, and its been open since november 2010. Crusts owner, Sarah Kluesner , says she is closing it because she took a job in chicago. Crust employs 30 people, mostly part time. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us from downtown cedar rapids. Justin, no complaints about today. And even fewer tomorrow . A fantastic weekend is ahead of us, especially saturday skies clear out tonight as lows fall to the upper 20s. Tomorrows looking sunny and mild with a gentle southwest breeze, boosting our highs well into the 50s. More sunday, but itll still be mild with highs staying in the 50s. Monday looks to be a cocotinuation of the quiet weather
House and in Dubuque County. Dubuque county auditor denise dolan says even with this many candidates, the appointment process is stl much cheaperhan estimates that payers about 50 thousand dollars. She says interviewing all 26 candidates is doing due diligence. The committee will select just one candidate after they deliberate on monday. Will we come to a consensus fairly quickly . I dont know. I think it will depend on the interviews. Auditor dolan says the last time a supervisor died while in office was, llyod hayes in 1987. That time, the Committee Also appointed a replacement usg the same interview method. And just five people e plied for the position. That process took just one day. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. If the Committee Appoints someone who Dubuque County people arent happy with, they can petition for a special election. Th this story on kcrg dot com. Ainsworth voters have about two hoururleft to cast their ballots in a special election for a new city cou
They do so after the budget is already approved in the spring. The city wants to hear those opinions before they make financial decisions. Each february, the Dubuque City Council listens to hours and hours of budget input from the head of each city department. The public is welcome to weigh in, but the city says very few people show up to speak. Each november the city manager hosts a public budget input session, still very few people attend those meetings. The city says they really want to know whats important to people prior to setting the budget. There may be things were not aware of that we could do differently or maybe some things we are funding that arent as needed as other things that come from the input we do receive. Larson says some people complain about the citys debt. Others complain if the city raises service fees. She says recently shes heard from people who want to city to spend more money on bikehike trails and public safety. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news