Any pictures you may have taken. The united way says so many people came out to help, that they couldnt keep track of everybody at the beginning, it was all hands on deck, everyone was just out because of the urgency of sandbagging, so everyone put their efforts forward Michael Goldberg from linn county Emergency Management says you have to make sure you register your hours with the city you worked them in. He says they would go granted. For example, cedar rapids would get money to help pay for protecting the city from flood. Hesco barriers, the cost of the contractors, labor cost from employees can be used. The equipment that was used. All of that can be calculated as emergency protective to be better prepared to log peoples hours in future disasters. I asked them if they feel people will be honest on their applications. Ill have their answer at six. Live in cedar rapids phil reed, kcrg tv9 news governor branstad also announced today the creation of a Flood Recovery task force. Compri
Stressful. You want to be prapred for the best thanksgiving meal. And you want to make sure your car is ready all of it done. Dont worry you are not alone. Oil changes, tire changes. All last minute preparations that has boubin automotives schedule booked up. You know the emergency stuff no one worries about until they have to go to their inlaws for the weekend. As iowans prepare for year. Its the holidays for us so the last jampacked day before the and once your car is ready to go. You cant forget to fill up. Nats. Like aven helgerson who has about a 2 hour trip ahead of him just a lot of traveling this bit of everything. And like many. Hes taking advantage of the gas prices. I remember back when it was 3 dollars a galloon so now it is exceedingly nice. I like the cheaper gas prices but at the state. I am out here doing it myself, going in here to get the sales and deals racking up in here and get out before it gets too crowded. Many are out stocking up on last minute thanksgiving dea
How a local tshirt designer is working to keep her product in stock. Business fire. A des moines business wont be having a merry christmas, after a fire broke out and quickly engulfed the building. What investigators are saying. Holiday travel. Why iowans are keeping to ground travel this year. And what that has troopers asking of drivers now. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 if you are hoping for a last minute ticket to see the hawkeyes play in the rose bowl for christmas. It will put a dent in your budget. According to stub hub, tickets were going for 500 dollars a piece as of a few hours ago. But this evening. At last check. You can get a ticket on stub hub for about 140 bucks. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. Its a holiday item that hawkeyes fans 25 years. Rose bowl tshirts are selling out in Stores Across the state but one local company is keeping up with the demand. Justin surrency explains how
Hitting the roads and flying the friendly skies. Jannay towne caught up with some Holiday Travelers. She joins us with more. Today marks the official start to the Holiday Travel season. For the first time ever, more than a Million People are expected to journey Holiday Travel season. For the first time ever, more than a Million People are expected to journey away from home. On a high traffic day, during a recordbreaking Holiday Travel season. Lorena 23 53 37 it hasnt been that bad, i dont think. Jessica 02 05 it was busy in denver, but no problem at all. Nearly one in three americans will travel this christmas. And all are wishing for a problem free trip. Roger 23 51 44 its a little foggy, but rain is better than snow 48 but the weather isnt the biggest factor driving the record end of year travel. Ludwig 23 47 42 gas is at a 1. 89 a gallon which is unheard in what its been the last few years. Were just prepared to have more troopers and more Law Enforcement on the road to adapt to iow
The Black Hawk County Highway Department expects the storm will close gravel roads and some black top roads by tomorrow morning. This is s ucus night here in iowa, the night voters get together to decide who they want to win their partys president iti nommations. Caucuses start at seven tonight across the state. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us live from whats beingalled the super site at Capital Square in des moines. Forrest, how are things shaping up in the state capital . Its basically caucus hq for journalists across the globe. Look at this place. The big American Networks are here, but many others too. Bbc, al jazeria, telemundo. Too many to mention. Here are the stats from microsoft. Broadcasting outlets. 112 print organizations. 18 d dferent countries. Heres the big one; more than 16hundred credentialed press. Thats about a fourth of my hometown of spirit lake, iowa. We caught up with a journalist from czech tv news out of the Czech Republic to see what he thought of the caucu