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and when we can expect warmer temperatures coming up and the four weather first forecast in just a bit. the city of cedar rapids recently had their final press conference for the 2016 blood. connor morgan joins us live to explain the city s focus going forward. reporter: the city of cedar rapids is officially in cleanup mode. as far as sandbags are concerned, residents have three options. they can keep them which is encouraged for future tickets at them outside on the curb and wait for the city to pick them up or they can drop them off at one of these sites. noelridge park open this morning at 7 am for drop-off and ellis park will open starting tomorrow at 7 am. what about those who can t take your sandbags to either site? the city will collect those for free starting october 10. weeks. city officials recommend using your driveway if possible, giving of street between the curb and sandbags to allow storm runoff. as far as the press conference was concerned, everyone ....
close on monday. what began as an inform tiff facebook page is helping to feed thousands impacted by the flood. we see the operation now. reporter: the burtram brown bag economy is a wonderful testament to how beautiful our community is. in less than a week this unplanned operation has fed 14,000 tonight. they have gotten lunches and dinners from volunteers. take a look at this. so much food here and so many volunteers helping out with these lunches and dinners. all these meals are given to people displaced by the flood. people that live there are going to hotels and what s really impressive is all of this food isn t only donated but not necessarily sought manpower. they have had people come down from minnesota to help and they got an anonymous prime delivery. just when we need something for some reason it appears. we ran out of bread the other day and within 15 minutes somebody pulled up with a palate. actually 15 palates of bread. . i wanted to show you what s ....
showers/storms. a shower or two may linger into early thursday morning. cooler weather behind the front thursday and friday with highs falling back into the 60s. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather charges in the death of her own daughter. 31-year-old kristi buss is charged with child endangerment resulting in death. her four-year-old daughter gracie was found unresponsive in their waterloo home last year. the autopsy shows she died of severe head trauma. kwwl s elizabeth amanieh is live in the newsroom with more. elizabeth amanda-after more than a year of searching for answers-police believe they re now a step closer in justice for gracie. alledgedly failed to stop physical abuse that lead to her daughter s death. the criminal complaint claims kristi s fiance - chad little had been living with with kristi and her two children gracie and her brother. the boy allegedly told ....
a teenager is dead after an early morning stabbing in cedar rapids. rapids.right now, the circumstances around this deadly act remain a mystery. mystery.police were called to the 67-hundred block of around this deadly act remain a mystery. police were called to the just after 2:00 this morning. they found allege 18-year-old with a stab wound to the chest and rushed him to the hospital. an hour later the unidentified dora has been looking into this case for us and after so many hours we know so little about this case. and it is unfortunate because so many of his friends say he was loved around the area. students living there say they don t feel safe any more. that s because there are rumors of a robbery. right now police won t confirm any details and say they are suspicious death. authorities have questioned a number of people but no suspects have been named. those who say they knew the victim declined to go on camera today but we also reached out to they tell us b ....
o donnell says the reports of infected pregnant women in brazil having babies who have small heads, is worrying exexctant moms here at home. patients are definitely calling. it s all over the news. it s all over the newspaper and magazines. so a lot of our patients are calling with concerns. doctor o donnell recommends her patients follow the current cdc guidelines. women who are pregnant or who are thinking of becoming pregnant, should not travel to those infected countries. and while doctors say the current risk here in iowa is extremely low, both medical providers say pregnant women need to be mindful of the risks. i think the cdc is right in heightening the awareness. if you re a pregnant mom, you want to know your risk. if you re going to these areas that are zika infested. as for murphy, she ll stay close to home and worry about other things. that they baby continues to have a strong heartbeat, that i am measuring ok. right now there are no reported ca ....