dozens of people still unaccounted for this hour. our mola lenghi is in the flood zone, and rob marciano times out the rain and the new heat wave threatening the east coast. the growing monkeypox outbreak. new york city joins san francisco in declaring a state of emergency. the city s health commissioner calls new york the epicenter of the virus as the city awaits more vaccine doses. the war in ukraine. one of the country s richest men, a top grain tycoon, killed in a russian strike as dozens of ships remain docked at the country s ports, those vessels packed with agricultural products. and vladimir putin s new warning to the west. the nation mourns the loss of two trailblazers tonight, nba bill russell, a pioneer on and off the court, a hall of famer with 11 nba championships, two as the league s first black coach. after growing up in the segregated south, russell marched for civil rights and paved the way for generations of nba players who followed. and we mark the
Hill road, just outside of decorah. The medical examiner the body was nordenhaug. Decorah police are now handling the investigation. Officers tell tv9 theyre working to determine exactly how norderhaug died. Nat norderhaug was 21 years old, and was from eden prairie, minnesota. He was studying Computer Science at Luther College. In a statement, Luther College president Paula Carlson said the school is devastated by norderhaugs death. She said quote we ask that the Community Come together time. And on sunday night, the College Community gathered for a Prayer Service to remember norderhaug. In winneshiek county, jordee kalk, kcrgtv9. This comes about a week after authorities found a uni student dead in the iowa river in iowa city. First responders pulled the body of 20 yearold nathan twedt of marion from the river on september 10th. Police are still investigating the circumstances that led to his brought you earlier tonight. Sheriffs deputies in Jo Daviess County have identified the vict
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
Seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 thanks kaj. Rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to get back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the Flood Recovery. As a safety measure, police will step up their patrols. And businesses, many will be anxious to get rid of their sandbags. But the city wants to do it properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of
And milder end to the weekend. Have a great night tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 back to you. With the river falling, cedar rapids will open the flood evacuation zone tomorrow for people who have homes and businesses there. And it will open the area to everyone saturday. And roads and bridges are also starting to open. The cedar river. The city says downtown bridges should be open to traffic saturday. So should all i380 ramps leading into the downtown area. Bus service will also resume saturday. And as people return to their homes and businesses, cleanup efforts are getting underway. That means removing tens of thousand of sandbags in the coming days. The city has two locations for homeowners to drop off wet and dry sandbags. The noelridge pool site opens at site opens at seven am saturday. Anyone who cant drop off the sandbags should leave them at their curb. The city will start picking them up on monday, october 10th. Busin