Need in the appropriate shelters. And if need be, they will open an overflow shelter at an offsite location. The shelters say the first goal is to keep people safe, and the second is to provide some longterm help. As many as 2,000 people in cedar rapids are in and out of homelessness each year. For many, its unexpected. This is the case for ja far khenti 3 and half weeks ago. Khenti says a friend recommended he try willis dady. He says he felt welcomed immediately. 12 32 they give you a lot of resources. And you go out there and try to find some resources. Plus they help us try to get an apartment of our own. As cooler temps roll through, willis dady says balancing safety and outreach can be a challenge. Trepp 8 42, we struggle with the balance of providing a true term solutions, which we know is housing. Thats why the Community Overflow Weather Shelter system was formed just last year. Organizers pushed for more funding, so they can open once temperatures are freezing. Trepp 4 48, the
Looks to arrive on sunday and should lead to widespread rain by sunday night at the latest. This could sneak in on sunday afternoon. Have a good day today showers likely, especially in the morning. Wind nw 515. High 43 tonight cloudy. Wind nw 515. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy and cool. Wind w 510. High 40 tom. Night chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Low 31 thanks kaj. During a traffic stop in cedar rapidsearlier this month has the support of his union. The Police Bargaining Union says it fully backs officer lucas jones and feels confident that a grand jury will officer jones pulled over Jerime Mitchell early on november 1st. The stop led to some kind of altercation, where officer jones shot mitchell. Mitchells vehicle eventually crashed in a parking lot on the coe college campus, not far from downtown cedar rapids. His family says mitchell is paralyzed from the incident. In a statement, the cedar rapids Police Bargaining Union said it doesnt have more information t
Construction workers was near that area at the time. The Cedar Rapids School district responded to the findings by saying the district is not aware of anyone who has tested positive for asbestos as a result of their presence on the job site. Today, we reached out to abatement specialties, the company the investigation named, and we tried to contact others who had been workingt the site. They failed to return our call declined to comment. Kcrg tv nines Jill Kasparie joins us with more of the story tonight. Jill, you talked with another Asbestos Removal company thals unreled to this investigation. Whatatid they sayaybout the process . We spoke to a Company Based in waterloo. Advanced Environmental Testing and Abatement Incorporated mostly does asbestos rereval. They say taking the proper precautions when removing asbestos is vital. Michael poe says his company gets calls just about every day to do Asbestos Removal. W have been going since 1989 and we are busy every day its a big job that
Years as a detective. He also served in the air national guard, and this was his third deployment to the middle east. His second to afghanistan. Today two of his relatives in Dubuque County talked about their memories of him. I describe him best as a guy thats built like a grizzly bear with the heart of teddy bear, cause he liked peoe, and thats why he was so good at what he did. He was dedicad to his family, to his city, to his country, and thats something youll never get from somebody else like him. The 45 year old lemm is survived by his wife and two children. Mondays Taliban Attack in afghanistan was the deadliest assault on International Forces since august. Turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, more rain on the way . The second storm system of the state drawing plenty of moisture with it. Unfortunately the moisture that falls will be in the form of rain and not snow. The showers begin to break out late tonight through the Morning Hours of our wednesday. Rain
Good weesday morning its 5 oclock on december 23rd. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some ttnderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for christmas ee and christmas day. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 back in septembe