Demand at the holidays. Obviously were anticipating more growth this year and thats why we have the need for all the additional folks. Three years ago, during christmas 2013, ups guessed wrong about the surge in Online Shopping and disappointed some buyers with after christmas deliveries. One driversupervisor remembers that year and says the Company Learned a valuable lesson. Get the holiday help in early. It created significant challenges for us. We worked to see a surge again. The u. S. Postal service is also on a hiring spree for holiday help now with hundreds showing up at job fairs in september in cedar rapids and des moines. The iowa usps district also needs 600 more people to get through the holidays and its not for cards and letters. Theres pressure for all the Delivery Companies obviously but postal workers are good about chipping in and making sure were successful. Have a good shipping experience. Extra help hired for the holidays might mean working only 4. Or. 6. Or maybe ei
Its not the first time jennifer cadys home as flooded, and she says it probably wont be the last living so close to water. 13 54 23;22 we actually lived here in 2008 and we got about i would say 3 ft. On the first floor in 08 so we were pretty, pretty nervous about this one. The water pushed in the walls of her basement, making the home uninhabitable. But she made sure to get the water out. 13 56 18;23 it takes a little bit of time to get things cleaned up get any mold and bacteria thats out but for the most part it was just groundwater so it shouldnt have been too, too bad as far as bacterias and stuff Linn County Public Health supervisor ruby perin says mold from flood waters can affect peoples health. 13 44 26;18 mold can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, it can trigger asthma attacks, because its linked to a variety of respiratory illnesses and diseases. Some people dont react at all to mold. The best way to find mold is streaking of water and you visually see some
Hear music. Marissa villhauer and her mother cindy moved into this apartment more than ten years ago. And ever since theyve heard music. But theres no radio on, and the music definitely isnt coming from them. They tracked it to this door, which leads to a back apartment. But the door is sealed shut. 38 37i would hear radios at night and stuff, so i told the landlord, i said, theres radios going on back there. Hes like nah nah, and i said no really. So, they checked it out. No one was back there, theres not even electricity in that room. So, they checked it out. No one was back there, theres not even electricity in that room. The music, lamps falling over, and unexplained knocking. All drove villhauer to reach out to Scott Johnston and cedar rapids paranormal. The Team Investigates hauntings all across eastern iowa. Searching for proof of the paranormal. Investigations arent out to prove they exist. 54 24were not here to actucally hunt for spirits, were here to get answers and validatio
Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a decent halloween highs will generally be into the middle to upper 60s, with a few lower 70s also possible farther south. The extent of clouds will be critical to exactly how warm things get today, but we should see our most pleasant temperatures in the early evening hours. This coincides well with trick or treating across the area and both kids and parents need not worry about coats over the costumes this year. Tomorrow looks warmer with widespread 70s likely. By wednesday, our next system rolls in from the west and should generate some showers and storms over the area. Thursday and friday will be dry and quiet with highs remaining above seasonal erage. Today mostly cloudy. Breezy and ld. Wind sse 1525 high showers late in the night. Nd ne 510. Low 59anks kaj. Is morning, police are waiting y results to release more information about a double homicide near des moines. It happened saturday in perry. Police took one person into custody for qu
Jenna rehnstrom. Tim has the night off. A quiet sioux city neighborhood is known as a place to go for a cheap thrill. The problem is. The steep hill at 25th and dupont is not only a nusiance for people who live nearby. It can be downright dangerous. Thats why neighbors met for a meeting with city leaders tonight. Abc 9s bria bell tells us what they had to say. Jenna, thrill hill, known for the adrennaline ru drivers get as they speed down it. Those who live on theyre tired of want the city to them and anyone who is travelling down that road. All i hear is the ooohweee if you know what im saying, said juron. Kevin juron is refferring to the sound he hears cars make as they speed past his home on 25th street. Its garnered the nickname thrill hill. And you can probably guess why. But what could be a it has. Back in november. 2 people died in a car crash after speeding over the steep hill at 25th and dupont on the northside. I would like for it to be closed because theres a lot of speeding