Be some clouds that roll in, primarily after the lunch hour. These clouds should only have a small impact on temperatures. Tonight, plan on mostly cloudy conditions for football with overnight lows only dropping to the 50s. The wind really kicks in on saturday with gusts to 30mph possible. Highs this weekend will be into the 70s, and there remains a small storm chance centered primarily on saturday night. Sunday and monday will be remarkably warm for midoctober. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny in the morning with clouds increasing from this west later today. Wind s 515. High 66 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind s 515. Low 57 tomorrow windy with more clouds than sunshine. Few storms are possible late. Wind s 1525. G a few thunderstorm s possible. N s 1020. W6anks kaj. Police chn the suspects are still not in custody. Cedar Rapids Police say it started on i380 at Wright Brothers boulevard yesterday when officers tried to pull over a speeding vehicle. Both the Johnson County Sheriffs Of
Victim told police he found a man in his garage around 10 00 last night. The suspect hit the man in the head with a hard object and ran away. The victim suffered minor injuries. Police say the suspect is of average height and weight possibly wearing dark clothing and a red hat. If you have any information call Crime Stoppers at 358tips. Waterloo police say someone robbed a Family Dollar store last night. Around 9, Police Responded to the store at the citys east side, near downtown. Investigators say they arent releasing any information on injuries, arrests or cash taken. One person is dead after their car crashed into a tree and caught on fire in waterloo. Police say it happened in the 500 block of newell street around midnight. The fire didnt spread to anything else. Police wont say if anyone else was in the car and are continuing to investigate. An offduty Black Hawk County sheriffs deputy was taken into custody this morning, accused of being intoxicated say 34yearold Erick Mcferran
Candace Krebs
Special to Ag Journal
Being chief wheat breeder in a wheat state is a high profile position, one Scott Haley is retiring from after 22 years.
“It’s all-consuming. It’s like living in a fishbowl,” he said from his office in Fort Collins via Zoom. “I really noticed this in the last year since I decided to retire. Wow, talk about pressure.”
He recalls a conversation with a wheat grower who had planted a section of ground with a CSU variety that all died during a severe cold snap. He made a point to let Haley know.
“I’m not going to miss that one bit,” Haley said with a grin.