One business that closed one 2016 may not be reopening at all. And thats even though it was left untouched by flood waters. The city of cedar rapids and the best western Coopers Mill Hotel were talking about a possible buy out long before the flooding threat. City real estate manager rita rasmuseen says theyve been in talks with the Property Owners for about a year. The city had the Property Value assesesed and made a Purchase Agreement for more than 5 Million Dollars. Once they closed for the flooding it was decided to move forward with the sale. We have a signed Purchase Agreement from the Property Owner that will be presented on the City Council Agenda for october 11 recommended for approval and assuming thats approved we anticipate closing having them transfer title to the city hopefully by the end of the month. Month. If final approval is given by the city council the building will be torn down next spring. The citys Flood Control updates tuesday on flood protection near the 16th avenue bridge. These renderings show the levee and flood walls planned to protect areas that were excluded from recent temporary protection. The levee will have a 130foot base and walls 13feet high. Crews are planning to break ground on the new levee october 11th. Cedar rapids leaders have a few alternative suggestions if you have sand left behind from flood protection. Protection. They say it can be used in flower beds yards or even as compost. Sand can also be p i on oil leaks to absorb the liquids. You can reuse those paint cans with some sand by making them into patio candles for cookouts or use some glass jars for indoor use. The city warns against touching any material that came in contact with flood waters or debris. And do not put any of it in yardy carts because they cant handle the weight. Empty sandbags cant be recycled they need to be put in the garbage. If you dont want to deal with them starting monday running for about two weeks. Many Alliant Energy customers were shocked recently when they opened up their utility bill this month. Some seeing figures higher than anything theyve ever paid before. Before. The high costs are due to a new billing system Alliant Energy put in place earlier this year. The system is designed to protect customers from inaccurate bills by putting a review in place when meter readings are drastically different from the previous year. According to alliant spokesperson justin foss the unforeseen weather problems. Justin foss we didnt have enough billing specialists in so we werent able to manually review all the bills. When we cant manually review the bills, the system just kicks out an estimated bill. Bill. According to foss the estimates dont reflect usage which is higher this year due to warmer weather. Alliant didnt anticipate such a drastic temperature difference and admit they were unable to update customers immediately. Vice president ial nominees democrat tim kaine and off in the only vp debate last night in virginia. Right off the bat both nominees accused each other of running negative campaigns. Campaigns. sot kaine donald trump in his campaign has called mexicans rapists and criminals. He has called women slobs, pigs, dogs, disgusting. sot pence this insultdriven campaign thats small potatoes compared to Hillary Clinton calling half of donald Trump Supporters a basket of deplorab deplorables. A new cbs news poll shows the two candidates are largely unknown to te last nights debate was a chance for voters to get a glimpse of the running mates but it was largely about the president ial nominees. Pence was asked about how donald trump used the tax code to avoid paying federal income taxes. gov. Mike pence, r Vice President ial candidate those tax returns that came out publicly this week show that he faced some pretty tough times 20 years ago. But like virtually every other business including the New York Times not too long ago, he used whats called net operating loss. We have a tax code, senator, that actually is so its smart not to pay for our military, veterans, teachers, and i guess all of us who do i guess are stupid . Stupid . Donald trump and Hillary Clinton face off again this weekend in a townhall style president ial debate. You can watch that right here on cbs 2 it starts at 8. Corridor voters got a chance to see one of the most well known names fighting for gun control legislation. Legislation. Former arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords came through cedar rapids tuesday on her 14state bus tour, with americans for responsible solutions. She and her husband started the Political Action committee after giffords was shot during a meet and greet in 2011. She says making the changes she wants to see will take courage. By everyone. Ive seen great courage when my life was on the line. Now is the time to come together, be responsible, democrats, republicans, everyone. Mentioned how gun violence is a growing issue in Cedar Rapidsand can only be solved by a community that is willing to focus on it together. Funeral services for keith lamont scott. Scott. Have been postponed. He was the African American man shot and killed in charlotte, north carolina, scotts service was going to be held today and tomorrow in South Carolina but the funferal home decided to push it back because of the hurricane threat. Scott was killed by a Police Officer last month after an altercation outside an apartment complex. After his death violent protests and riots investigators combing a heavily damaged new jersey train station were able to find a data recorder that should shed more light on the commuter train crash that killed one woman and injured more than 100 people. The recorder should have Vital Information about how fast the train was going and if the brakes worked. Federal investigators also say theyre looking at the train engineers cellphone which was found in a backpack in the trains cab. Paisely park the home and will be open to the public this week. Week. Tours have now been scheduled to begin tomorrow but the site will be welcoming guests for a very limited time. The tours will only be held on three days the city council tabled a vote to rezone the property to allow it to run as a musuem. Now they can only hold tours on three scheduled days. Many fans already booked tickets to attend a tour some are now able to get a refund. A golf legend was remembered on tuesday as some of the biggest names in the golf world gathered to the life of arnold palmer. He died last month at the age of 87. His private funeral was last week but his family wanted a Public Service to be held after the ryder cup. Most of team usa showed up to the memorial along with the ryder cup trophy. Another golfing legend Jack Nicklaus spoke at the service. Today i hurt just like you. You dont lose a friend of almost 60 years and not feel often says, the memories are the cushions of life. Life. Palmer won sixtytwo titles on the pga tour and helped grow golf to worldwide recognition. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. One hikers awful luck and the pictures he has to prove it. It. 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 a montana man survived two attacks from a grizzley bear in one unfortunate day. Day. He even posted a gruesome selfie video on facebook right after the attack. Attack. Jeanne moos has his story but we do want to warn viewers some of the video is. Graphic. De caprio got attacked by a bear in the revenant . Well todd orr got attacked twice. todd orr, attacked by bear she got my head good. I dont know whats under my hat. We know his brains intact because he had the presence of mind to tell his story right after what happened in the movie. nats bear picks him up by his back. Happened to him. Todd was scouting places to hunt elk in montana when a grizzly protecting her cubs charged him. todd orr, attacked by bear i sprayed the bleep out of her with bear spray. But she kept coming and started biting. Bite was like a sledge hammer with teeth todd wrote on his facebook page. And then the bear, a grizzly like this, left. And todd started hiking three miles back to his truck. 10 minutes or so later, the same bear attacked him again. One bite on my forearm went through to the bone and i heard a crunch. nats todd played dead, he could feel the bears breath on his neck. I could smell the terrible pungent odor she emitted. For thirty seconds she stood there crushing me. And then she was gone. todd orr, attacked by organs are good. Todd recorded this video for facebook when he got back to his truck. jeanne moos, cnn National Correspondent but who. Who videos themself, bleeding and battered, before going to the hospital . To the before going battered, bleeding and themself, videos who. Who t but correspondencnn national jeanne moos, truck. Back to his when he got facebook video for recorded this video for facebook when he got back to his truck. jeanne moos, cnn National Correspondent but who. Who videos themself, bleeding and battered, before going to the hospital . This is a guy whose business is selling knives. He drove about 20 miles to the closest hospital, calling his girlfriend and 911 on the way. And got arm surgery tuesday. Now hes become a legend in montana. Todd orr for president. Making more sense after a bear attack than trump and hillary can in a temperature controlled room. nat jeanne moos cnn todd orr, attacked by bear yeah life sucks in bear country. New its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next. The new routine for iowa football to get over their last two loss. Losses. A doin . Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. 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. Taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. A 26yearold mother from dubuque, raven harris, has pleaded guilty to two charges of child endangerment. This is after her toddler son, jeremiah horsley, shot himself in the face with a gun in january. Harris is scheduled to jeremiahs father will be going to trial on october thirtyfirst on child endangerment charges as well. Marion city leaders will hold a public reception on friday to introduce four candidates trying to be the citys next police chief. Chief. The onehour reception is scheduled to get underway at 5 30 on friday at the marion public library. Library. Longtime police chief Harry Daugherty announced his retirement back in april. Daugherty was a 40year veteran of the department. The Johnson CountyAffordable Housing coalition is re nonprofit organization. The coalition works to increase access to Affordable Housing for those with lowincome. According to the Federal Reserve over the last 36 years, rent has increased 35percent in Johnson County. The average income for renters has declined 13percent. Johnson county renters are paying more than 30percent of their annual income on rent. Quite frankly the fun in football is playing well. You never play as well as you want, thats never happened but playing more to what we want to be. Thats the fun in football. And as of right now the hawks arent having fun. Because lately they are playing well but all that can change with a win on the road saturday against minnesota and to get last weeks bad taste out of their mouths the hawkeyes hit the practice field monday instead of tuesday to prepare for the gophers and a road trip might be just what kirk get out of their funk. Funk. I think it brings the Team Together a little bit more because you have to rely on one another. We dont have a crowd to fall back on so any time you can do that. You know i think its a good time for us to you know go up there and come away with a win. Win. We definately know we all we got. The guys thats in the meetings every day the guys thats on the field. We just got to have each others back and block out the outside noise and stick to what weve been doing wich is grinding each day. Hard to believe, but basketball season is right around the corner the panthers are coming off back to back Missouri Valley tournament titles and back to back trips to the big dancethe theme this year at uni youth 11 of the 16 players on coach jakes roster are new to the program but that doesnt mean the new panthers havent quickly learned that in cedar falls its about the heart, not the numbers. Numbers. A bunch of new guys, right . A bunch of guys that are different. And maybe not as much game experience, there are guys there therelast year we had a lot of ups and downs,a nd during that down. We all learned a lot about ourselves and about each other. We know now that if we believe in one another and come together as a team, anything is possible the sky is the limithigh School Volleyball marion hosting independence in a wamac west winner take all first set stangs on the attack Holly Cooksley sets up kaitlin kneedert and she hammers it home for the pointbut it was home cooking for the indians tonight Caitlyn Smith with the quick slams it home marion wins their 3 straight wamac west crown with a 3 set sweep over independencein the mvc linnmar taking on prairie on pink out nightfirst set megan renner serving and megan renner with perfect placement for the ace but prairie would get the last laugh because Megan Oldenburger was playing possessed thats a 100 mile an hour spike and the phawks get the win in 4 sets 3 to 1. To the links boys districts at Pheasant Ridge in qualify for a trip to state nile happel doing his best to try and get jefferson there on 11 he drops his approach on the green and cap it off by rolling in a birdie puttbut like most meets washingtons fank lindwall had it going on he shot a 71 and was the individual medalist the warriors won the team title theyre heading to state cedar falls and dubuque senior also qualified cbs2 news connects with the corridor. Call us with your story tips at 1800222kganor email us at news at cbs2iowa. Comor connect with us vernon im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message. Congressman blums Smear Campaign misleading and false. The truth Monica Vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter for women and children, only half his salary. Then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. Now he wants to cut Social Security and raise the retirement age. Actor, ben stiller is now opening up about a Serious Health issue he went through. Through. The 50yearold actor told howard stern this week, that he was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer two years ago. Ago. Stiller says Early Detection helped his doctor treat the disease. Now hes appearing in a psa to remind more men to schedule prostate exams. Stiller says he had no history of Prostate Cancer in his family, and found out he had the disease through a test recommended by his doctor. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in after the break. The dramatic first night of playoff baseball. Baseball. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the is that credit karma again . Just wanna see if my score changed. You wanna check yours . Scores dont change that much. I havent changed. Oh really . Its girlsnight. Ah huh. They said business casual. I love summer weddings oh no. Yeah, maybe it is time. Maybe i should check my credit score. Try credit karma. Its free. Out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Right now on cbs 2 this morning. The National Trend that a few pranksters brought to the corridor. The new way cedar rapids schools are making sure kids get to class. The powerful display showing the scope of a serious problem on college campuses. Welcome to cbs two this barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 right now co eastern iowa have joined a growing list of towns and cities that have reported unusual sightings of people imitating clowns. Clowns. It might be a growing social media prank but police are taking it very serio. Seriously. The sightinigs have been reported in just about every part of the country. University of iowa police took multiple reports this week. In cedar rapids someone reported seeing clo