Noticeable difference when it came to clearing snow and ice off the highways. There werent as many drivers out on the roaoa for the morning traffic to the snow faster. Another factor was the temperature. During the early hours of the storm and that meant ice melting materials worked better. With the temperatures Holding Around that 30 degree mark. As soso as this precipitation lets up itll let that material work that much quicker and itll take us a lot less rounds to get it cleaned up. Its about five weeks since many eastern iowans had to fire up the snowblowers or push the shovels. And warmerthanusual temperatures mighgh have left some wondering where winter went. But several out shoveling today told us they werent fooled, they knew the snow and ice would be back a number of eastern iowa communities also declared d snow emergencies today through midday tomorrow. That means staying off the marked snow routes so the plows can work. Meteorologist chris havely has been driving around linn
Now that its d dk, driving will be even more difficult. Bruce and beth . The iowa dot says the timing of this storm has helped snow plowrews out on the roads. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman is out live in downtown the iowa dot says the timing of this storm has helped snow plow crews out on the roads. Live in downtown cedar rapids. Dave, some plow drivers are saying the calendar helped them clear the roads . Beth, stranan as it sounds, you could have worse mondays for snow and sleet. Since were between christmas and new years all the schools are already clcled. A loloof people also take vacation or holidays this week. And dot plow drivers working on the highways and interstates noticed the difrence. T nat mitch wood, a supervisor at the dot garage in cedar rapids, says it was something plow drivers noticed right away this morning. They even chatted about it on the truck radios. Plows werent sharing the road with quite as many vehicles on the morning commute. Some of it might simply be the weath
The home stretch here in iowa, with the caucuses now less than 24 hours away. Today, they made a flurry of stops across the state, encouraging people to get out to the night. Republican frontrunner donald trump spoke with supporters in sioux city. He was joined by his wife and daughter. Trump attacked texas senator ted cruz, who is polling in second place, caucusgoers. Trump told people it was time to take back the white house. 1 07 yoyohavent had a winnerer in iowa in 16 years. Were going to have a winner. You Better Believe it. Were going to have a winner. Thats a bad spell. 16 years thats a lot of years. Trump will make two more appearances in eastern iowa before the caucuses begin. Hell meet with supporters in waterloo at the ramaa hotel and Convention Center around 11 am. He then has a Campaign Stop hilton hotel in cedar rapids. That gets underway at 1 30. Despite trumps lead, ted cruz remains optimistic heading into tomorrow night. Today, he met with supporters in iowa city and t
Midnight, our the southwest. This is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up then a transition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6. Strong the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632 iow 31tomorrow 3137 winds ene 2535 alo 33 dbq 34 iow 37tomorrow night snow likely low 2026 iow 26 thanks kaj. Is almost over. Tonight people all over the state will choose their favorite president ial candidate. Both parties in Johnson County arerereparing to take on a lot of people at each location. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joins us live in the newsroom this morning. Brea, the parties want to remind caucus goers arrive . Thats right chris and nicole. The first being to plan out your ride. Wi
Of the biggest concerns is the expected snow during the morning commute in the cedar rapids area. The citys streets superintendent says his plan is to use a lotf salt on the roadways to prevenany snow from bonding and icing on the pavement. 7 56 06 timing on an event like this where most of the snow comes throughout the day hours, it makes it a little easier on our crews. We have more people here on dayshifts and we dont have to hold people over as much. The downside is we are dealing with a lot of traffic and people traveling. The city says, so far, this years crews have responded to 16 events some smaller and only two allplow events. The streets superintenden t also says the city has used less than half of the amount of salt they use in a typical winter. The city is also warning people that roads could become more slippery outside of city limits. Winds are expected to blow that snow over the pavement, which might cause some live in cedar rapids, jill kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Black haw