To lease and buy properties also, its been an exceptionally dry fall, so, weeve been able to do a lot of ground work. And prepare for projects for next spring, and potentially laying some sod here in the next couple of days. Moore says hes ahead of schedule on his townhomes here on ravenwood circle which means theyll be available to rent or lease sooner than expected. Construction on townhomes here taking nearly three months to live in waterloo Macleod Hageman news seven kwwl. Moore says hes seeing younger adults and retirees renting now more than ever. A longtime Elementary School principal caught falsifying standardized tests. Jesup Elementary School principal brian bottebaum was cited by the iowa board of education in august. The iowa board of education receiving gave some students photocopied test booklets, letting them fill out the answers in the copies. Then having teachers use those answers to fill out student sheets. The board of education gave pottebaum a written reprimand and
Photocopied test booklets and later teachers used the answers in the test booklets to fill out the students answer sheets. Pottebaum waived his right to a hearing agreeing with the board on a settlement. Given a written reprimand and told to complete 15 hours ethics course. Standup ive reached out to principal pottebaum multiple times, but he refused to speak with us on camera. Instead sending us this statement which reads in part it was my interpretation that this was an appropriate accommodatn was not. Even though the resulted in the identified violation. The intention was to make sure these students could complete the required assessments without undue stress related to the mechanics of holding a pencil and filling in small ovals. Now based on the 2015 state report card of jesup elementary the school was labeled as a school in need of assistance in both the math proficiency and reading proficiency standardized test we reached out to the board of education for the original complaint
Temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the winds will be gust to 30 mph or higher and stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind advisory is posted for the almost half of our counties for gusts to 50 mph. We may have a few showers track through today, but it will be mainly windy and weve gotten the most out of the mild weather and our run is over. Later today its going to storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us more about what its like outside right now. Its not to bad right now. But this is actually the warmest its expected to be today. The weather will likely keep droppinng throughout the day. So. Heres five things you cars ready for the colder temperatures. Make sure to check your tires. With a guage if you can. Check your battery. Get y
Lots of people had to bring out the shovels to clear the snow. As for back at home, the main all over the place. Lets check in with Rachael Peart, still pretty windy out there. I could hear it against my window last night. Lets go right to storm track seven meteorologist rachael le seven meteorologist Rachael Peart for a check of our forecast. Rachael. A wind advisory is in effect off with the strongest of winds, blustery. The strong winds will not help a few low 40s south of i80. It farther away from eastern iowa. High pressure settles in for the to go tonight since well be much colder today. Overnight, temperatures wont be too different. The biggest change tomorrow. Away from eastern iowa. High pressure settles in for the weekend so it will be calm. The cold continues into tonight. Lows will fall into the teens tomorrow. New this morning. One local business is hoping to find the man they saw on their take a look this is video from j and r rental in east dubuque, illinoishere you can
Remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. Due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. Next week, a warming trend continues to be on track with widespread temperatures into the 70s. As of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an eventual hurricane could delay this rain potential into thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. Have a great day today sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 heres a live look at the cedar river from up above. Were checking out mays island skycam. The cedar river continues to pull back in cedar rapids this morning, following the second highest crest ever in the city. Now, some who had to get out can at last return home. Of the nearly 6,000 homes and buin for people to come back. The city thinned out the evacuation zone