At a better time. Donell rivers was at this waterloo church, thursday, to learn. What youre looking at is area law enforcements most recent attempt to mend a strained relationship between people and police in the town of 62thousand. Nat event its here, cops and residents role play scenarios, like a traffic stop, to learn from each other. Donell brought his daughter. She needs to see her dad involved in prosocial activities with the police so she knows what theyre here for and why their roles are. The event comes as Tensions Mount following multiple incidents between white officers and black residents, this year. In one case, the city paid more than twomillion to settle a wrongful death lawsuit after an officer shot and killed Derrick Ambrose jr in 2012. The city also paid this black teen thousands to stay quiet after officers were also caught pushing him to the ground, face first. Nat another officer was disciplined after yanking the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. That has long go
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a warm and windy day highs will range from 70 degrees over northeast iowa to around 76 from iowa city and points southwest. The wind will be strong today with gusts as high as 30 mph at times out of the southwest. This mild air should roll right into the weekend with highs into the upper 60s and lower 70s going into saturday. Saturday night, a weak cold front arrives from the northwest, and if it does produce a shower, itd be during the overnight hours. Sunday will be cooler into the upper 50s to lower 60s. We are still on track for a warm halloween as well with 70s and gusty wind returning. Have a great weekend toda y partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind sw 152 gh 74 night partly cloudy. Win7 morrow partly cld wind 515. Go stly cloudy with fewrinkles pos both major Party President ial nominees will be making Campaign Stops in cedar rapids today. Hillary clinton will speak at the newbo city market courtyard t
Many areas. Over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 45 are also possible. Should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. Thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. This weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. Kickoff for iowa iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. Thanks kaj. Love water, not oil love officers have pulled back from Dakota Access pipeline protesters in north dakota. Thats because they say it wasnt safe for Police Officers. This after a federal judge has temporarily stopped work on some, but not all, of a portion of the Dakota Access pipeline the pipeline set to go through iowa. The Standing Rock sioux tribe is pushing a Pipeline Company because they say construction could destroy sacred sites. The judge says hell make decision by friday on the tribes challenge of construct
With some of the storms. After a break on thursday, more active weather returns friday, ahead of a cold front, ushering in beautiful fall weather for the upcoming weekend. Have a great night. Tonight storms become likely. Heavy rain is possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 tomorrow occasional rain and thunderstorm s. Heavy rain is possible. Wind firefighters say the rileys restaurant near downtown cedar rapids will need a lot of work before its up and running again. A fire this afternoon extensively damaged the popular spot for breakfast and lunch. The restaurants at 836 first 3 30 this afternoon. It took them a little more than an hour to get the fire under control. The fire itself didnt injure anyone, but one firefighter went to the hospital with a heatrelated illness. Kcrg tv nines jordee kalk is live outside rileys tonight with the latest. A good majority of the roof here, at rileys, is gone. The exact amount of damage inside the restaurant is unknown at this point. The owner of rileys tel