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
Woodley. Cnns Sara Berlinger takes us to yesterdays protests and arrests. Cant drink oil. Keep it in the soil. More than one hundred demonstrators chanted and danced at a Dakota Access construction site early monday morning. Animosity towards the Police Presence protecting the construction site was elevated today. It appears at this time to be a pretty volatile situation where the protesters are agitated, you know, as i was driving through the area i was flipped off by a protesters just simply driving through, so its obviously not a n. People are going to be escalating their actions to stop this pipeline in its tracks. This is treaty territory. Indigenous sovereignty applies here. Black snake killer black snake killer27 people were arrested for criminal trespass. If theyre trespassing on private land in areas that they shouldnt be, they need to be held accountable. One of those arrested was hollywood actress shailene woodley. The protest shut down highway 6 for Authorities Say they wil
Citys south and west sides, saving drivers time. Theyll be able to get from highway 20 to 15161 in a matter of minutes. Versus 20 minutes taking the alternative route. But getting tp this point of the project hasnt come without growing pains. The city purchased 92 properties in order to pave way for the project. Some which required the city use eminent domain. Its really about our kids and and their kids, building a safe road network thats very much needed. Two lanes of the southwest arterial are expected to be complete in 2019. The other two lanes will be graded and ready to be paved. But right now there isnt money set aside to complete those lanes. Theyre optimistic theyll come up with that money within the next couple years. Live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, kcrg tv nine news. Expect this evening . Republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence campaigned in newton controversy over Donald Trumps vulgar comments against women. Pence has said he never thought about leaving trumps
Was a nobrainer. 16 41 18;03 its a fantastic idea he says it doesnt cost his company too much, and its a way to help people in the community. 16 41 18;03 i think theres a lot of people that fall through the cracks just because they dont know what resources are out there. Cedar rapids does a pretty good job of offering help to the homeless and those in need, but if youre not connected to social media or listen to the news or read the paper how do you know its out there. Each card has information about homeless shelters, free it includes addresses, phone numbers and hours. Cedar Rapids Police officers are carrying these cards around with them, and handing them out to people who may need them. 07 02 44;07 if we find someone thats in need whether theyre panhandling or they tell us theyre homeless we will hand out the cards. Its a very comprehensive list of Different Things that they can use and would be of good use to them. But not everyone who gets the cards, actually uses people apprecia
Yesterday. While some spots are starting off in the 60s, it wont last, and readings will settle back into the 5055 range for much of the day. While moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. Tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. Patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern sections of the state. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s thursday afternoon, with a big weekend. Today light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. Slowly falling temperatures. Wind nw 1020. High 55 tonight mostly clear. Patchy frost possible late. Wind nw 510. Low 35 tomorrow early patchy frost. Sunny. Wind sw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind se 510. Low 41 will be in iowa today for early voting rallies. Today hell be in indianola at the Kent Campus Center black box theatre. Doors open at 11 30. Fr