One person died in a crash on northbound highway 218 in coralville. Law enforcement says it happened sometime before 9 15 last night. One person also died when a pickup truck and train collided in northern linn county on sunday afternoon. Garbage and recycling starts back up today in cedar rapids for anyone who evacuated due to last weeks flooding. Sandbag drop off sites in cedar rapids are still open at ellis park near the Tennis Courts and at the noelridge Swimming Pool parking lot. Category 4 storm, is threatening jamaica, haiti and cuba. This is the strongest atlantic hurricane since felix in 2007. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a few areas of fog in eastern iowa this morning. As is usually the do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track w
This year shows it had 426 full time employees. They say this will not affect the launch of its new pancreatic Cancer Therapy drug. Theres a deal to combine Outdoor Companies bass pro and cabelas. Bass pro would pay cabelas shareholders 65 and a half dollars in a 4 point 4 billion dollar deal. But this deal creates uncertainty about jobs, and its not clear how many jobs might be lost. This week the American Red Cross is opening people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. A center in vinton at Benton County Emergency Management is open from 11 am to 8 pm today. Workers there have cleanup kits. They include shovels, rakes, bleach, mops and more. Officials are also on hand to help with paperwork needed for flood recovery. The red cross will open two more centers. Tuesday and wednesday theyll be in cedar falls, and thursday rains any time soon. But can we expect any rain at all this week justin . Low clouds near the eastern fringes of iowa will break up, while the rest of the area enjoys
Case, the River Valleys will probably go first, but all areas do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track with two different rounds of rain. The first round should move into eastern iowa on wednesday morning, with another batch of rain set to arrive on thursday. The timing of these rounds still are not fully set as the impacts of Hurricane Matthew could still shift these slightly. As long as matthew doesnt stall, typical october temperatures should invade the area by fri weekend. Toda y Early Morning fog, then partly cloudy, high around 73. Tonight partly cloudy, lows in the midupper 50s. Tomorrow partly cloudy, highs in the upper 70s. Following a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in cedar falls. Police arrested michael kelly, of blue grass, on a charge of operating while intoxicated. It would be his first
Continues to be on track with two different rounds of rain. The first round should move into eastern iowa on wednesday morning, with another batch of rain set to arrive on thursday. The timing of these rounds still are not fully set as the impacts of Hurricane Matthew could still shift these slightly. As long as matthew doesnt stall, typical october temperatures should invade the area by friday and into the upcoming weekend. Toda y Early Morning fog, then partly cloudy, high around 73. Tonight partly cloudy, lows in the midupper 50s. Tomorrow partly cloudy, highs in the upper 70s. Thanks kaj. The iowa state patrol this morning is investigating a crash in Johnson County that killed a pedestrian. The Johnson County Sheriffs Office says it responded to a crash on highway 218 north, just south of interstate 80 a little before nine last night. Authorities tell tv9 a passenger found dead at the scene. Investigators have not released the name of the person killed in the crash. Law enforcement