Alliance is announcing plans for a mega Industrial Park that will be a game changer for the court or economy. The Big Cedar Industrial Center will be located near the airport. Reporter scott, this will be the largest Industrial Park anywhere in iowa and actually the one of the largest in the midwest. Take a look. Right now it is cornfield an distance from hi and interstate 380. There is a rail line right next to it and easy access to the airport just one mile away. It also brings opportunity to attract the kinds of Mega Industries the corridor could never accommodate before. It really puts us in a Competitive Position as companies are looking to maybe expand their footprint around the United States or it could ted for cedar rapids and the region is a growing vibrant tax base. People may wonder why Alliant Energy is leading the charge on this Industrial Park and whether it could have any impact on our utility bills at home. The answer is yes well explain that tonight at ten. Matt hammil
Season for tornadoes as cold air returns to the midwest and we had eight touch down in iowa today and from what weve been able to tell so far that is the largest outbreak for the state of iowa. Weve got some video of the actual storms tonight and here you can see one in Grundy County. This was taken by a friend of mine, storm chaser Kevin Walters and you can see the storm system as it moved county, now youre looking at parkersburg. Theres two funnels there. The one on the left produced a tornado. Most of the activity regarding tornadoes was in butler and grundy counties where there were at least six reports of tornado touch downs there. The rain has moved out of eastern iowa. No more thunderstorms to be concerned about. A front has passed on through here and thatll Start Building colder and colder air as we go through the next several days. Theres a little bit of snow in the slight tip of the state. Tomorrow we dont expect much in the way of weather. Temperatures in the middle 30s, but
Were most often looking for cash. Thats changed and now they dont even have to break in pkg nat locked doornat open doornat locked doornat open door in this parking lot we found about three out of every ten cars werent even locked. Cedar Rapids Police say in nearly half of all home burglaries crooks just walked in. Greg 5 22 35 weve seen almost a doubling of the counterfeit and forgery cases. Greg beulow its all connected in addition to jewelry and electronics thieves are now looking for check books. Greg beulow crpd spokesman 5 23 39 then taking those checks, forging them, writing names, writing amounts and having them able to steal cash so really its almost like a double whammy. Police also warn not to put checks in outgoing mail those red flags tell thieves they can grab and copy them. Elaina 5 42 09 we encourage our customers to use quality special safety paper. At fairfax state savings [no audio] used or copied. She says its also good protection to have a bank that knows you. Elai
Reporter they will get here sunday and stay for three days as they talk with members of the department and members of the community. The Accreditation Process helps the department provide better service. Agency representatives will ride a long ago through practices to give an evaluation allows us access to the current, best policing policies across the nation to keep is up to date with the Current Trends in law enforcementcommunity members who are interested in being a part of this can share their thoughts in person or on the phone. We have those details on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the iowa city, Mellaney Moore cbs 2 news live at five. Governor branstad is sparking debate over the future of the iowa Public Employees retirement system. Some conversvative groups suggest replacing the systemknown as ipers with a defined Contribution Program similar to a 401k. Many wonder whether such a change would meet workers needs. I am open to considering changes, but i want to assure
Showers end this evening. A few 30s. A few flurries linger friday cloud with high rain snow saturday night into early sunday morning. High temperatures this weekend are in the upper 30s and low 40s. Morning. We continue to track the potential for a large winter storm to impact iowa where across iowa or the the place from update to update. In tennessee, the death toll from after more bodies were recovered today in the great smoky mountains. Dan scheneman has the latest tonight. This weeks fires forced some 14thousand people to flee to safety. In the aftermath of the chaos. Evacuees now must search for loved ones. Michael reed hopes to hear from his family. Looking for my wife constaenccr. Esiuh and my daughter lilly whos nine. And my other daughter chloe whos least seven lives and that figure could rise as search and rescue missions continue. Some families who did not lose loved ones. Lost their homes. Jeri morgans house was destroyed. Along with priceless mementoes from her late mother