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First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a warm and windy day highs will range from 70 degrees over northeast iowa to around 76 from iowa city and points southwest. The wind will be strong today with gusts as high as 30 mph at times out of the southwest. This mild air should roll right into the weekend with highs into the upper 60s and lower 70s going into saturday. Saturday night, a weak cold front arrives from the northwest, and if it does produce a shower, itd be during the overnight hours. Sunday will be cooler into the upper 50s to lower 60s. We are stil...

Creating a bounce for a particular candidate. Cedar rapids closed several streets this morning for Hillary Clintons appearance at new bo. That includes 12th avenue se between 2nd and 4th streets. And 11th avenue se between 3rd and 4th streets. For the donald trump event tonight, the city will block off first street sw between 4th and 6th avenues, right by Cedar Rapids Police headquarters. Congressiona l delegation is trying to keep his job for another 2 years. Congressman Dave Loebsack is seeking his sixth term in the us house. The Cook Political Report rates iowas Second District as solidly d...

This year shows it had 426 full time employees. They say this will not affect the launch of its new pancreatic Cancer Therapy drug. Theres a deal to combine Outdoor Companies bass pro and cabelas. Bass pro would pay cabelas shareholders 65 and a half dollars in a 4 point 4 billion dollar deal. But this deal creates uncertainty about jobs, and its not clear how many jobs might be lost. This week the American Red Cross is opening people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. A center in vinton at Benton County Emergency Management is open from 11 am to 8 pm today. Workers there have cleanup kits....

Case, the River Valleys will probably go first, but all areas do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track with two different rounds of rain. The first round should move into eastern iowa on wednesday morning, with another batch of rain set to arrive on thursday. The timing of these rounds still are not fully set as the impacts of Hurricane Matthew could still shift these slightly. As long as matthew doesnt stall, typical ...

Some are calling it a witch defended his decision to stay home and care for sick wife. Dennis freitag fielded questions from the county supervisors yesterday. Freitag months while he cares for his ailing wife, pam. While going through the final stages of lupus. But the supervisors say freitag is so far behind on his work, its affecting the county governments ability to function. The board asked about freitag being behind in getting the countys fiscal year 2015 books uptodate. They also asked whether freitag has been holding official county documents at his home. Freitag responded several times...