A developing story overnight. A water mmin break causes a sinkhole this morning. And it has one road closed right now. Possibly for the rest of the day. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in aterlooo. Shes been on scene all morning and can tell us ore river road between commercial street and ansborough avenue are closed right now because of the water main break. Waterloo police tell me this they also tell me that the break caused a sinkhole. Which then made a light pole cave in. Officers say no one was hurt and but they did tell me to plan again its street and ansborough avenene that are closed. Weve got you covered. Live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert kwwl news. The Waterloo Street department is working to repair the damage. Weather continuing to cause problems acros the country. In florida surveillance cameras show trees and debris flying everywhere during a possible tornado. The areas been dealii with tornados and high winds for a few days. Storms also causing problems in pennsylvania
We begin today in the us senate. Where the traditional we begin today in the us senate. Where the traditional decorum is breaking down over the vacant at the center of the war of words is iowa senator and Judiciary Committee chair charles grassley. In that role, grassley is the gatekeeper of judicial nominees. Yesterday grassley released a letter stating he will not hold hearings on anyone nominated by president obama to fill the seat left empty by antonin scalias death. That announcement was followed by a report that grassley is ignoring an invitation to come to the white house to discuss the matter with president obama. Senate minority leader harry reid responded to the news in a ten minute speech today on the floor of the senate. Focusing entirely on grassley. According to politico reid said quote senator grassley has surrendered every pretense of independence. This is a sad day for one of the proudest committees in the United States senate. we dont have to go back to 1980 or 1982 t
Reduce flooding, wesee major flooding in the city, we see flash flooding reoccurring on a fairly regular basis and we want to try and reduce that. Homeowners who wont see much of a change say s a smart move for the whole city. City. Hopefully we can win the race b bore it gets too bad, that w w we can mitigate the flooding that happens in cr and affects cr citizens so much. Ultimately, the city says theyre pushing g r improvements. And money is a good incentive to make rain friendly changes to a property. Property. We want to encourage infiltration of that water; we want to encourage people to think about what they can do. The new rates are still being determined. But the change is set to start on july 1. Well keep you updated on what happens between now and then. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Dora Miller Fox 28 news dora thanks. A few flakes falling across parts of iowa tonight. Tonight. What can you expect tomorrow morning . Meteorologisterry swails rry thanks. Another ice r
Notice by 3 00, zero. We stayed pretty much below zero for most of the day today for feels like temperatures. Alyx more big stories this morning, family and friends rallied friday demanding justice for shirley cart more than 100 people gathered to remember the Marion County woman at the knoxville courthouse. Carter was shot to death in her rural lacona home in june. Her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their son , jason carter. People at the rally say they dont understand why an arrest hasnt been made. Its just as if the judicial system had come to a screeching halt. She was just a loving sister. I dont think she had an enemy in the world. She was just a great all around girl. Alyx both the county attorney and Marion County sheriffs citing an ongoing investigation. If youre lucky enough to beat the odds, prepare for everyone to know who you are. For all prizes more than 600, iowa law requires the basic information of lottery winners to be released to the public, including