Here in parkersburg. They say this afternoons storms brought back flashbacks of the historic 2008 tornado that killed seven people and injured dozens more people. Thankfully, they say that wasnt the case today. The city says at this time theres no reported injuries. Officials say most of the storm damage was limited to northeast part of town, where the tornado lifted a few buildings of their foundations. In one case, the foundation. The city says this home along orchid drive was hit the hardest in the storm. I spoke to the homeowners and they tell me shingles are missing but overall the damage is pretty minimal. Again, there are no injuries in this storm and minor damage. Cleanup is expected to continue tomorrow morning. Live in parkersburg, jordee kalk, lets check in now with meteorologist joe winters. Joe, november tornadoes are rare, but, as we learned today, they do happen. After a mild monday the mercury falls the next several days, bringing more weather reminiscent of december. T
Season for tornadoes as cold air returns to the midwest and we had eight touch down in iowa today and from what weve been able to tell so far that is the largest outbreak for the state of iowa. Weve got some video of the actual storms tonight and here you can see one in Grundy County. This was taken by a friend of mine, storm chaser Kevin Walters and you can see the storm system as it moved county, now youre looking at parkersburg. Theres two funnels there. The one on the left produced a tornado. Most of the activity regarding tornadoes was in butler and grundy counties where there were at least six reports of tornado touch downs there. The rain has moved out of eastern iowa. No more thunderstorms to be concerned about. A front has passed on through here and thatll Start Building colder and colder air as we go through the next several days. Theres a little bit of snow in the slight tip of the state. Tomorrow we dont expect much in the way of weather. Temperatures in the middle 30s, but
The cbs affiliate in wichita reports the shooter 38 yearold cedric ford opened fire at the turf manufacturing plant just before 530 this evening. Officers did shoot and kill ford in a confrontation they arent releasing any other information about him. Right now, authorities are investigating four to five different crime scenes. We will keep following this story and bring you the latest on fox 28 iowa dot com and coming up on cbs 2 news ten at 10. Also tonight a cedar rapids popeyes restaurant is gaining attention on social media. Not for how the food tastes, but for how its handled. Handled. Several fox 28 news viewers shared a video which is a recording of a our Facebook Page pagefox 28 News Reporter dora miller milleris live to tell us what Health Officials and Community Members think about itdora, what are people saying . For the people who eat at the restaurant. Theyre not feeling too good right now. If you see Something Like this happening at a place you like to eat, theres a way
Will be warmer with clearing skies the current winds around our viewing area will be calm our planner features clearing weather today today new this morning, several eastern iowa firefighters firefightersresponded to a fire overnight in rural iowa county. Take a look. Our crew on the scene overnight said an entire barn was burned to the ground. Ground. The fire was on y avenue just south of homestead. On scene and well bring any updates throughout the show and be sure to watch the cbs 2 news at noon for the latest details. Breaking news overnight in South Carolina. Carolina. A female deputy was shot shortly after midnight just north of charleston. Right now the suspect has not been caught. The deputy was shot when a suspect she was trying to arrest began fighting her. She went into surgery earlier this morning and is in stable condition. Cbs 2 will continue to track this story and bring any updates as soon as they are released. Cbs 2 news has the latest on a developing story out of kan
Four critical areas workforce, Economic Development, the simplification of taxes and infrastructure. The biggest challenge for cedar rapids, she says, is workforce. How do we continue to attract more people here, how do we help those that are here that want opportunities, get opportunities and have the skillslsnd thenenow do we work with our schools to make sure that the pipeline of potential workers is in alignment ith what employers need. Baird says there e eds to be more dialogue on immigration to help with the workforce shortage. She wants to make sure the corridor is a welcoming community thats positive about what immigrants can bring to the local, state and national economy. If you just look around our community, weve had a loloof success with people that have come here through various walks of life for Different Reasons and different backgrounds that have actually settled here and grown businesses hhe. On the other r side of the corridor, the icad group, an Economic Development