tonight when they opened the doors, were there many shoppers? no it wasn t too bad actually! there were lines only at a few stores right when the mall opened at 6. the national retail federation predicts 1.6 million more people will hit the stores this year over the thanksgiving weekend compared to the same time last year. and many of the shoppers i spoke with at the lindale mall said it was their first time ever participating. eager shoppers tonight despite some malls like mall of america opting to stay closed on thanksgiving. 19:15:14;00 our corporate office decided the best opportunity for lindale was to be open tonight to provide shoppers with another opportunity to get the best sales, deals and doorbusters. i think it lessens the craziness that we see on black friday so it just starts a little earlier on thanksgiving night. some stores like francesca s and some jewelry stores chose not to open, which surprised some shoppers. 19:21:04;25 we were going to go to we went
heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads should be just fine across eastern iowa. any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. high pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. this will giving us a southerly wind and on top of that we ll get more sunshine. this will allow for our temperatures to warm into the low 50s for some, others into the upper 40s. sunday will bring some sun to start, but and continue into monday. today: a flurry possible early, otherwise mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-15. high: 41 alo: 40 dbq: 40 iow: 42 38 to 44 tonight: skies clearing. wind: w 5-10 low: 29 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 29 26 to 32 thanks britley. after enjoying the thanksgiving turkey, many americans hit the stores for thanksgiving evening deals. as a-b-c s janai norman reports,
this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads eastern iowa. any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. high pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. this will giving us a southerly wind and on top of that we ll get more sunshine. this will allow for our temperatures to warm into the low 50s for some, others into the upper 40s. sunday will bring some sun to start, but rain chances will move in late and continue into monday. today: a flurry possible early, otherwise mostly 38 to 44 tonight: skies clearing. wind: w 5-10 low: 29 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 29 26 to 32 stores inside lindale mall in cedar rapids are officially open for black friday. kcrg-tv9 s forrest saunders is at the mall this morning. forrest, have you seen many
first look at some of the weekend s biggest bargains, only on gma . and this morning, the loss of a legend. brady bunch star florence henderson known as america s favorite mom has died at age 82. friends and fans mourning the 70s star who never stopped bringing us laughter. ? i wanna be loved by you alone. boop boopee doo ? our tribute right here to a an icon indeed she was. dan and i want to thank you for joining us on this friday after thanksgiving and we are talking about florence henderson. such sad news for fans of the actress. long before she moved into the television role that made her a star, florence henderson was an accomplished broadway sensation. childhood when she moved on to the brady bunch. she never stopped working even after that show went off the air. her career spanned six decades and she was still in the spotlight, in fact, just days before her death on dancing with the stars. we re going to have much more on this bona fide tv icon throughout
get jack s ashes. live in the newsroom, brea love, kcrg-tv 9 news. a crash in fairfield around noon today killed one person and injured another. the state patrol says the person who died was 49 year old terri skalsky of walford. her vehicle crossed the center line on highway 151 near prairie drive in fairfax and hit another vehicle head-on. then a truck smashed into the passenger side of skalsky s vehicle. 22 year old hannah looney of shellsburg was injured. she was in the second vehicle. the wreckage blocked the highway for hours. the benton county sheriff s office says a grain bin accident this afternoon killed one person and injured another. sheriff randy forsyth says a 56 year old keystone man was vacuuming grain into a semi at the benton grain company. that s in keystone. the sheriff says a wall of corn surrounding him collapsed, and covered him. authorities have not released one of the men arrested as part of project safe neighborhoods in waterloo learned his fate tod