Cedar rapids has been down this road. This time supporters of a new casino proposal hope they can sway state regulators that turned out to gaming license three years ago. Tonight i learned that the iowa racing and Gaming Commission started the process today for a new study to determine the impact of the cedar rapids casino. A similar project found a massive gaining center would pull too much money away from away existing facilities. That was majority of state regulators that had to hear when they shut down the request. Wild rose entertainment which already operates casinos and i what hopes is smaller compact gaming facility would cut down on that cannibalization. They are hoping to pitch the new plan to state regulators and gambling finally come to the secondbiggest city in the state. Here is how everything could play out in the weeks and request a casino license for linn county sometime in january. In february the iowa racing and gaming to patient plans to study how the proposal would
To know if you would be willing to pay for what youre currently getting for free. Free. Cbs 2 news anchor matt hammill joins us now to explain. Matt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Once these items are in the trash can or on the curb a lot of people just want them to disappear. Others are very concerned they be recycled but this isnt earth day 1970 and that industry is changing a lot. take pkg joe says its important to note that tax dollars do not support the recycling center. And they hope to keep it free of charge for all but televisions and appliances for as long as possible. Matt hammill cbs cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridors top stories. Stories. The effort to help cedar rapids businesses recover from a lengthy shutdown during flood 2016 is feel. Cbs2 News Reporter dora miller is live in Czech Village tonight to show us what theyre doing. 05 47 14 there was lots of changes because of the flood not stopping like were still doing this. 05 49 51 as a
Right now a massive snow storm is making its way into minnesota its expected to hit later this morning but before making its way toward the twin citiesthe system wreaked havoc in denver. It blocked a major interstate causing traffic to back up on thursday. More than 20 vehicles were involved in this accident on interstate 70. State police were warning drivers to avoid heading in the mountains. Multiple cars slid off the road and one person even died west of denver. Flights into denver were delayed but we checked the flights heading to denver out of cedar rapids the 7 am flight has been cancelled but all other flights are running on flights are but all other flights are running on time. Right now a Louisiana University is on lockdown this morning, cbs two News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is at the breaking news desk, desk,stephanie what happened overnight . Je Critical Condition after being shot at Southern University just hours ago. The campus was immediately puton lockdown and students
Ktvu, channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. Good afternoon, im christina. The Golden Gate Bridge officials approved multimillion dollar to build a suicide barrier on the iconic span. Ktvus tom vacar was there and he joins us now live. Tom . Reporter very big decision. It was a unanimous vote. A unanimous vote after many emotional appeals from those who lost loved ones to the bridge. Perhaps most relieved in the crowd was kevin heinz who survived his own jump from the golden gate to the bridge into the ocean below. Its a sense of hope that when this happened, you realize that if we can do this, we can do anything. And if we can put out suicides in the Golden Gate Bridge, we can fight suicides globally. Reporter because this was a major joint project of the federal government, the state government, the bridge district and all of that stuff, its going to make years to complete because theyll have to be undertaken to actually install the stainless steel net that will be about
Here are five of Thursday’s best area Iowa high school volleyball regional-quarterfinal matches in 5A, 4A and 3A. Cedar Rapids Prairie is surging under Claude Howard; Monticello visits West Delaware in a battle of 3A ranked squads.