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 rescue today, but this one was planned. Planned. Firefighters from cedar rapids are conducting training for ice rescue all this week. Last year, the department responded to eight cold water rescues. This training comes just days after a Solon High School senior lost his life after he fell through the ice on coralville lake. This tyty of stuff really lot. Firefighters remind everyone to be extremely cautious when deciding whether ice is thick enough to be on. Warnings have also gone out in spots where the water level has fallen below the sheet of ice. The winter tempatures so far have helped reduce the number of calls to local fire partments about heating fires. Buta the Coralville Fire Department says as temperatures drop, they wont be surprised if they get more calls. When it comes to space heaters, the Department Recommends buying one hat has a ul logo, which means it meets all federal safety standards. They also suggest keeping it away from walls and furniture, and plugging it directly into a wall outlet. The unun itself pulls a lot of power, a lot of juice and so the cord, the extension cord is not designed for that and thats what actually will cah on fire firethe Department Says dont use space heheers while youre sleeping, always have working smoke and Carbon Monoxide you ne warnbusiness owners to be on the lookout for fake money. Money. Recently, one business unknowingly took in three thousand dollars worth of counterfeit 100dollar bills. Authorities say employees need to watch out for a number of key security features used in genuine bills. Officers are now suggesting area businesses train their workers on how to detect fakes. Usually the victim is out of luck its sometimes difficult to capture these individuals unless theres evidence of who did it some survillance video or other things like that or they do i ia number of times. Timemeif you happen to spot a counterfeit bill, police say do not confront the suspect, instead stall and have someone callthe against the new owner of penford products in cedar rapids. The local Union Representing workers at penford say the National LaborRelations Board issued compmpints against complaints allege the company violated the law during recent contract negotiations. The regional director of the National LaborRelations Board tells fox 28 news theyre sending a new settlement plan to ingredion. If that settlement is rejected, the case would go to a judgwho would decide whether ingredion broke labor laws. Now an update to breaking news we first told you about last night. Night. North korea calls its reported detonation of a Nuclear Device a quote hbomb of justice. Justice. But us officials are raising doubts t tt the reclusive nation actually tested a thermoNuclear Device. Fox 28 news senior political rerter stt thuman has more. More. Nats of korean broadcastwith claims of success, north koreas announcement the underground detonation of a Hydrogen Bomb, set off a different type of shockwave, worldwide. We have to worry about what if they try to sell this technology to a rogue north korea is like a wild cat, its very difficult to know what ttyre gonna do. We should accept it on its face but we should also investigate it. The white house, surveying the iomming intel, responded with a hefty dose of skepticisim the e initial aalysis is not consistent with the north korean claims of a successful Hydrogen Bomb testwhile independent confirmation could take weeksnorth koreas advance toward a weapon thousands ofoftimes more powerful than the abombs used to end world war 2, would be a game changer. According to one groups assessment the us, russia, britain, france and china have hydrog weapons; while israel, india, and pakistan are generally believed to use less powerful, nuclear fission. Regardless of north koreas true capabilities, the United NationsSecurity Council quickly gathered wednesday, considering new, tougher sanctions as punishment for this violation. And south korean Us Military Forces are now weighing options to keep north korea in check. Were they to choose to take the united state it would be a very bad outcome for them. This is a crazed dictatorship. Hes gonna try to do everything he can to try to shock the world. Whats also unclear is if north korea now has a warhead small enough to place on a missle that can reach the united states. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call it a clear provocation and say north korea must face some sort of punishment. On capitol hill, scott thuman. Extreme and ongoing flooding in Southern Illinois and missouri has claimed the lives of more an two dozen people during thehepast week. Week. Thats after more than a foot of rainup to 14 inches in some spots fell across the region causing rivers and creeks to breach their banks. Conditions are slowly improving, wever and latete this afternoon a convoy with about 45 members of the Iowa National guard returned from their mission to help victims in missouri. They helped residents get purified water r after flooding contaminated a Treatment Plant near st. Get out of bed get dressed find your truck and get in and start rolling. We didnt really s sp for a w wle lot, we got a mission to do, need to be accomplished, people need water. Dont got time to chit chat really so keep it rolling as much as possible. Possible. A major sign of progress for the region is that roads are reopening. About 50 still remain closed. At the height of the flooding, more than 200 were shut down. In less than an hour, someone could win a half b blion dollar jackpot. Jackpot. Thats how high tonights Powerball Jackpot s reached. That makes it the fourth highest Powerball Prize in history. Well bring you tonights winning numbers on our sister station, kgan cbs 2. Still to come tonight on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. American idol begins its swan song. As the finalal some of the local contestants who earned a ticket to hollywood. Hollywood. And later, . Why hit ice . How some in the corridor are reaching their health goals, by scoring some too. phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. Hey candidates, answer the call already. Marco rubio thinks its unfair to criticize him for missing votes. But i am going to miss votes, im running for president. But hes been missing votes for a long time. One third of all of his missss votes in 2015 were missed before he announced he was running for president. Over the last three years, marco ruo has missed me votes. Than any other senator. Doesnt show up for work, but wants a promotion . Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. As many of you just saw here on fox , American Idol kicked off its 15th and final season with a big two hour special and a lot of great memories. Memories. The show has turned singers from all over the coununy into successful stars incuding Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudso as fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill show us tonight, even some peoe from right here have hit the high notes. Notes. Https www. Youtube. Com wat ch . V ky4y4a teby jesus take the wheel in 15 years of American Idol there have been hits hits https www. Yo she bangs. She bangs. And misses. Nat alisabeth https www. Youtube. Com wat ch . V ht7qu4ucphw shame on me r tting my talent from right here in the corridor. Nat https www. Yo utube. Com watch . V c08d1kox9lo i believe im the next American Idol because i am something different. Alisabeth von presley changes like a cameleonand has enjoyed incredible success with her band four star fate. But she still remembers the scared kidid discoveved on the idol bus tour singing before her idol mariah carey in season 12. 12. Haaa i was in shock definitely. To hear her compliment me was. I lost words. I didnt have anything to say. Nikki minage commented on my barbie tattoo. Randy jackson complimented my voice tonend my elvis tattoo. That was pretty sweet. Httpsps www. Yo utube. Com watch . V v jy5kygjfy im from marion iowa. Gabe browns band helforstout got their shot on idol three years ago. He told us it was all about having a dream. I went to do idol basically for the band. I wanted to get that train as far as i can go, as for von presley she says even now she owes some of her success to that amazing trip to hollywood you know i got to perform on a stage in front of some of my idols and it was definitelylya confidence booster and though i didnt make it to the top whatever, i still learned alot. It was awesome. Ma hammill fox 28 new news6 alisabeth tells us when she saw the long line for the American Idol audition in iowa city she went home. But her grandmother insisted she drive back. She was s e of the final singers to audition and one of only five to get that golden ticket. And theres even more musical news to talk about tonight. Tonight. The Legendary Group boys to men announcecetoday theyre joining the cast of grease live, airing on fox 28 later this month. The group will cameo in the production as teen angel and sing Beauty School dropout. you can watch the Live Performance 28, sunday, january 31st at 6 on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. When the temperature drops, dedend goes sky high for a life saving service. Coming up on the fox 28 news at nine, how one group is adjusting their offerings to make sure everyone hasasa warm place to stay. Stay. But first, . Want to make your Health Resolutions stick this year . Why not grab a hockey stick. Well show you one group doing just that the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the platat no fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is workingngn there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. Welcome to delicious hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getetng data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15igofd, because it works in the middle ofnywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. If youre looking for a way to lose some weight this new year, why not try something a little less traditional. Fox 28 News Reporter joy howe shares one way to gear up this new year. Year. Ininonights to your health report. Report. At the end of a long day most of us, go home to a warm meal. Sit on a couch, and unwind. But, not these guys. This group of hockey players, heads to the cedar rapids ice arena. You just get to blow off steam, a`d get out and get some exercise. Sean starr, was in the National Guard and spenentime overseas. Now, during the day, hes a mailman. At night, he delivers incredible saves, and in comradery. Amy sindler. So im a cardiovascular physiologist is a ui researcher, but you dont have to bebe scientist, to see what getether blood pumping. Ive made so many friends doing this my life is kind of before hockey and after hockey because its changed so much then theres andrew wood. I just got back into it 3 months a a he played for years took a long break but came back. I dont know, i just missed playing it once he started again, he lost 30 pounds. Thats kind of our running thats kind of o running joke in the locker ro. oh man, i thought i was in good enough shape for hockey but, nothing g ts you in shape for playing hockey, except for hockey. no matter what you do, no matter how old you are. From age 3 to, i thinour olst person is 72 who plays there is no discrimination once you hit the ice. And a sport thats obviously good for any body, becomes good for the soul, too. You take that first stride on the icic and yyre st so happy. I dont know, its almost a feeling that you lot of screwing around and before the game and after the camel and i think thats part of like being on a team were all, kind of like a family now already i donnknow anybody whos tried it who hasnt stayed no matter what happens, they got your back, sometimes, the scoreboard says they won. Other times, they didnt do so well. Most of the time, itdoesnt matter. We dont really care if we win or lose, we just want to have fun because here, after their day jobs are done theyre anybody they want tbe. Yo get to put on shoulder pads that make you feel like y y cacatake on ththworld a a honestly, thats really the feeling that you get when you skate. You can be a different person on the ice 01. 24. 35. 07 they admit, it takes effort sometimes to get here. But once you do, its worth it. Honestly its fun. Soso of like having an edge on the reststf the world. D. Good game covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joy howe, fox 28 news at 9. They have both youth and adult leagues and if youre thinking of joining, this sunday theyre having a gear garage sale and say you could get outfitted for as little as 50 bucks. Just ahead on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Like t football team, the iowa mens basketball into the conversatatn of a conference title. Hear from the team about their unexpected success. Success. But first, an unexpected success on the campaign trail is targeting a new competitor. At donald trump said about texas senator ted cruz when the fox 28 news at nine continues. Someone just got a free 6 subway sandwich. Ju t to sign up for weekly text offers. And youll get a free 6inch sub cordes most nurses are tough. Theyre problemsolvers. They like making things better. People dont have access to healthcare because they just cant afford it. Bernie sanders u uerstands how pharmaceutical companies and Major Medical companies are ripping us off. Bernie tells the truth, and hes been consistent. He understands that the system is rigged, im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. Some winter precip has brought out the plow trucks in parts of iowa. This is a live look at the dots plow tracker site. You can see the circled arrows showing where the states plows are working right now. Fortunately were not looking at any major snow cumulations in the near future. Future. But we will soon welcome winters chill at full force. Force. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with yo weather first forecast, terry thanks. As the weather turns even colder, local groups are trying to make sure everyone has a warm place to spend the night. Night. One of those oups is the Johnson CountySalvation Army. Army. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore is in iowa city. City. Starting january 11th the Johnson Countysalvation Army Community and wawath with a winter day shelter. Shelter. Between the hours of 9 a. M. And 11 30 a. M. Anyone is welcome tocome and have coffee and breakfasta light breakfast, warm up. Just to have a place to o during the really cold weather. Lehmann says the Salvation Army has done this before, but it was based on temperature. Temperature. This year were trying somethihg a little different to provide consistency, so it will l monday through friday on allll the days that the Salvation Army is open. That way it will be every time and you wont have to know and wonder what the temperature is in oer to come. The Salvation Army already has the space, but approached the local homeless coordinating board for ideas of how to have two Staff Members at a daytime shelter. The Shelter House is sending one of their sta memberu to help on fridays. Fridays. I think that there will be a lot of people that are going to use this. There are a lot of people that during the day, they dont have anywhere to go.