There are new details overnight about a car found in Prairie Creek. Creek. We broke they story on the cbs 2 news ten at ten last night. Police tell us no one was inside when they arrived. Arrived. First responders were puzzled they told our crew on scene that they called the owner of the vehicle who apprently didnt know their vehicle had been missing. The owner then reported it stolen. Rescue crews used a raft to pull it out of Prairie Creek near j street and hawkeye in the water. In cedar rapids clean up efforts are well under way while the cedar river starts to slowly recede back to normal levels. Levels. That still could take several days but crews have already removed some hesco barriers near the Linn County Jail and on Second Street downtown. More than 40 thousand feet of those temporary barriers were set up to protect low lying areas along the river. Right now, the biggest question for many impacted by flood 2016 when can people start going back to their homes and businesses . Businesses . Ci narrowed the evacuation zone and of the sixthousand people evacuated about 25hundred are now being allowed to return. You can find a map of the new boundaries on cbs 2 iowa dot com. All bridges that cross the cedar river downtown are still closed this morning. Were told they will reopen when all of those hesco barriers across the city are taken down and the bridges have been inspected. Inspected. Some people are going ahead and removing the thousands of sandbags placed all over the city. Right now asking residents to . Keep the bags at their property. The city and a private contractor will come and pick up the sandbags at no charge. If you dont want to wait for the pick up youre asked to take the bags to the linn county solid waste agency. You . . Will be charged regular disposal fees there. There. Flood debris should be placed in separate piles near your curb. The city will collect these items for free as well. We have specific information on what will be picked up and to how to separate the debris. Just go to our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Now analyzing the success of the citys flood defenses. Defenses. Leaders took cbs 2 news on a tour through parts of town where different Flood Control measures were mobilized. Despite a few leaks, the barriers, sandbags and sewer plugs appear to have done the job. Those in charge of the plan say their biggest fear came from what they . Couldnt . See. I think we were feeling pretty good about the above ground protection but really where our nerves were, did we coming underneath the railroad tracks, did we get every outlet to the river where were the storm sewer weaknesses. Weaknesses. Had any of the defenses failed, davis tells cbs 2 news the system was set up in grids. That way if one section failed it would not have inundated everyone on one side of the river. The states Top Executive looked at flood damage in eastern iowa. Iowa. On wednesday Governor Terry branstad visited vinton palo and cedar rapids with the Lieutenant Governor members of the Iowa National guard. The governor says he has seen how much iowans learned from 2008 and said he was impressed by the way everyone has pulled together. Governor Terry Branstad it makes me proud to be an iowan. It makes me proud of cedar rapids and the way people here have responded. Lt. Governor kim reynolds first of all, again, i saw how resillient iowans are and how the coordination, the collaboration, the ability to take Lessons Learned from 2008 and actually execute the plan planif damage estimates are dollars the governor could request a president ial declaration. That could make fema money available for recovery efforts. Friends to the south in iowa city sent supplies north to cedar rapids to help fight flood 2016. The city sent shipping containers filled with hesco barriers and three thousand sandbags were sent to help protect the city from the cedar river. Crews were dispatched to Butler County to help with floodimpacted communities there. Meanwhile life is now slowly starting to return to normal in Benton County countya n now reopening. As you can see here, they include the 22nd avenue trail and highway 150 bridges in vinton. Also open, 32nd avenue south in urbana, the bentonbuchanan road and the brandon bridge. A number of street . Closures are still in effect you can find complete list on cbs 2 iowa dot com. The Salvation Army will also be in vinton to help with the clean up efforts there. Tomorrow clean up kits will be available near the south side of the Benton County court house. Clean up efforts there. The army will have clean up kits available near the south side of the Benton County courthouse. Cedar Rapids Police now say a shooting that claimed the life of a 13yearold girl this week was 100percent pre. Preventable. Ireshia parks was killed tuesday and now another 13yearold is been charged with involuntary mansla. Manslaughter. Two other suspects were taken into custody a 15yearold and 18yearold dquon morrow were both with the shooter and ran away from responding police chief wayne jerman says the shooting was an accident and that there was no dispute before it. He says theres no reason for kids to have handguns in the first place and urges gunowners to secure them responsibly. In just a little more than one years time we have seen three of our young people three of our children of our community die as the result of firearm violence. Right now the gun used the was found. Police say if you happen to find a handgun call police immediately and do not touch it so it. A School Shooting suspect in South Carolina is now behind bars Police Believe he shot and killed his father and then went to an Elementary School and shot three other people. People. Two 6yearold boys and a female teacher were injured two have been released from the hospital but one student remains in the hospital in Critical Condition this morning. The shooting happened at yesterday afternoon in townville. Classes at the school have been canceled for the rest of the week. At the Capitol Congress has passed a bill billkeeping the government open through december 9th while handing over more than a billion dollars in funding to battle the zika virus. Virus. The votes came after congressional leaders broke through a disagreement on how to help flint, michigan deal with its water crisis. They plan to get the city funding later this year. Also at the capitol for the first time in his Presidency Congress has voted to override one of president obamas vetoes. To sue saudi arabia. Some say the saudi government provided assistance and funding for the terrorists behind the attacks in 2001. The president says the bill would allow foreign governments to sue the us for counterterrorism efforts. Saudi arabia is threatening to pull billions of dollars from the us economy. Days after a heated debate the democratic nominee for president will be returning to the state of iowa. Iowa. Today Hillary Clinton will speak in Downtown Des Moines at the cowles Common Center near the des moines open at 1030. It is free but you need to rsvp through the clinton webiste. Weve placed that information on cbs 2 iowa dot com. Local leaders briefed Hillary Clinton by phone on wednesday about flood 2016. Linn county supervisor ben rogers says he would advocate for changes in how the federal Government Funds flood defenses. Rogers says if clinton wins the election he wants her to submit a budget that would rapids. Republican nominee donald trump stopped in western iowa last night in council bluffs. Hes made several trips to the state since he secured his partys nomination. This event was one of the first since his debate on monday with Hillary Clinton. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. Just ahead. The latest updates to the evacuation zone in cedar rapids letting some people back into their homes. Homes. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. Main weather your planner shows whats ahead for the next hoursa now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama a bit of fog in the area this morninga temperatures around the areaa taking a look at regional temperatures we see highs are mild all around iowa the regional satellite radar is keeping conditions quiet lets move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we see mainly quiet conditions todays forecast features clear skies cooler temperatures tonights forecast has us looking for mainly clear chilly conditions the next three days show more dry and cool weather our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather a follow up story now a maryland bus driver was honored again for saving the lives of the 20 students on her bus. Bus. Just more than two weeks ago the bus she was driving burst in to flames this is dash cam viceo from a police ca. Car. Amy aubert was at the special assembly that was held in assembly that special was at the amy aubert amy aubert was at the special assembly that was held in the drivers h. Glenarden woods Elementary School in lanham on wednesday. She never imagined. Shed walk into . This . nats, drums, trumpet, cheering the Prince Georges County bus driver. Being called a hero. . Dave zahren, television specialist . Even though she says, im not a hero. Im not a hero. I was just doing my job. she said, i was really just being a mom. when the school bus caught on fire. She saved the 20 kids on board. . Jordan richard, 5th grader . The tragic thing was, the thing was in flames and it couldve exploded. To make doubley sure she had gotten each and every one of them, renita went back into that burning bus. Imagine that. Those 20 students. 20 smiles. Saying thank you to their hero. . Lai tung, parent . I was in tears when i saw him come back, i was like, my god my baby youre home . Amy aubert, lanham, md . Each of the more than 300 kids held up a thank you driver. A celebration honoring a bus driver who goes above and beyond. . Renita smith, bus driver . I promise i didnt do it for this. I did it because thats what i am supposed to do. Im a mommy. And mommys look out for her babies. A mom. That day. She says. To 20 more. Its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. The biggest challenge for iowa after losing one of their biggest wide recievers. Recievers. Cha doin . What the . . . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. So i guess i can just check my credit score then . Oooh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Sorry about that. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. A person whos flat chested is very hard to be a 10. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. After 11 years of fostering diversity and inclusion initiatives in the corridor the nonprofit diversity focus is shutting down. The board of directors accepted president chad simmons resignation earlier this week. Nothing to do with the flood. They tell cbs 2 news the type of work diversity focus took on is critical for corridor businesses to succeed. A burglay took advantage of the recent flooding of the cedar river in waterloo. The cedar fallswaterloo courier reports that someone stole equipment from riverfrint stadium sometime between last friday and when employees discovered the breakin on tuesday miorning. A tv, a radar gun, camera and ipad were all taken from the stadiu on capitol hill an amendment trying to speed up efforts to get cedar rapids . Permanent . Flood defenses moved forward. The measure was submitted by First District congressman rod blum. If its signed into law the republicans amendment would order the army corps of engineers to make the cedar rapids flood project a top priority. The corps is still researching the plan to protect the east side of the river. Right now state funds over the next 20 years will pay for protection on the west side. Mattt vandeberg went down with a foot injury the hawks offense has been sputtering fortunately for them the same can be said for northwestern. The cats have weapons in allconference studs . Justin jackson and austin carr but theyve also coughed the ball up six times through four games and like iowa, theyve been tagged for their fair share of penalties. So theyre both sputtering and theyre both going to have to rely on the run. Run. Wildcat, theyre gonna run some pistol. But theyre gonna wanna feature jackson. No different than what iowa wants to do. Of course i think it will be more leshun this week because akrum will be needed in the passcatching game. Hawks havent really turned the ball over, but northwestern has. Plus dumb penalties the hawkeyes had i think four false starts last saturday. That cant happen in the big tenand dont forget to catch i on the hawks this and every thursday at 6 30 on on saturday, mark farley and the panthers open conference play against Southern Illinois now the salukis have put up at least thirty points in each of their three games vegas odds favor the twelfth ranked panthers. But uni has struggled in the Fourth Quarter of late and this is . The Missouri Valley confernece. But what happened in the conference thats most noticeable right now is theres four bcs wins in our league. You wanna compete its a tweleve month a yea deal to compete in this league. That Fourth Quarter is ultimately the key to the game in any mvc game. You want your best at the last and thus you have to have the tank if you will to go into the Fourth Quarter and be better than you were in the first. Hyvee classic times finalized today iowa and uni tip off at 3 30 on e spn three with drake and iowa state to follow at six all the action will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in des moines on december 17th. Year project started with a bang as the iowa Volleyball Team went tenandtwo in nonconference play. Followed by two losses on the road to start big ten play. But back at the friendly confines of Carver Hawkeye arena tonight. Opening point, jess janota reminding the terps that this is her house hawks on the board. Still first set, up 53 Ashley Mariani smokes one 10 kills for the senior tonight hawks sweep for their first conference of the season. Cbs2 news connects with the corridor. Call us with your story tips at 1800222kganor email us at news at cbs2iowa. Comor connect with us need to pass a kidney stone . Ride a roller coaster. Coaster. A new study published in the journal of the American Osteopathic Association says the bump and jolt of a roller coaster may knock small kidney stones right through your system. A surgeon behind the research tested the idea after a patient said she passed three kidney stones while riding an orlando, florida, coaster. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in written about cedar rapids that you can download right now. Now. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the right now on cbs 2 this morning. The changes to cedar rapids evacuation zone thats letting some people back into their homes. The latest Sexual Assault at the university of iowa right after rolling out a new plan to keep students safe. The brand new song inspired by cedar rapids rising above the flood. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Check of our cbs 2 weather the long road back to normal has taken a big step forward. Forward. Right now thousands of people in cedar rapids are returning home after an major flood. Flood. But after days of hard work and planning, most parts of the city stayed dry. It is a relief to the thousands told to leave for fear that the water could breach temporary flood defenses. And those who did evacuate are very happy to return to their homes. Homes. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson is live right now in the area thats now back open to residents. Residents. Thats right guys many people in this neighborhood left last weekend their homes but this morning some are waking up in thier own beds. Beds. Cbs 2 news caught up with some of those residents who were out of their homes for days not knowing what to expect when they came back. Some people who also experienced flooding in the time check neighborhood in 2008 are just excited to be home. They told us all that preparation seemed to work in their favor. We didnt get the flood but hey, thats good. I mean now were going to do some House Cleaning so theres furniture in there and clean carpets and do that sort of thing. Even though we went through all that work and the flood didnt come, hey thats what we wanted wanted. Now if you used sandbags to protect your home you can leave them on your property and the city will pick them up for free. Free. And for the thousands who are not back at home, the city patient. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids Stephan