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Here in parkersburg. They say this afternoons storms brought back flashbacks of the historic 2008 tornado that killed seven people and injured dozens more people. Thankfully, they say that wasnt the case today. The city says at this time theres no reported injuries. Officials say most of the storm damage was limited to northeast part of town, where the tornado lifted a few buildings of their foundations. In one case, the foundation. The city says this home along orchid drive was hit the hardest in the storm. I spoke to the homeowners and they tell me shingles are missing but overall the damage...

Season for tornadoes as cold air returns to the midwest and we had eight touch down in iowa today and from what weve been able to tell so far that is the largest outbreak for the state of iowa. Weve got some video of the actual storms tonight and here you can see one in Grundy County. This was taken by a friend of mine, storm chaser Kevin Walters and you can see the storm system as it moved county, now youre looking at parkersburg. Theres two funnels there. The one on the left produced a tornado. Most of the activity regarding tornadoes was in butler and grundy counties where there were at lea...

The cbs affiliate in wichita reports the shooter 38 yearold cedric ford opened fire at the turf manufacturing plant just before 530 this evening. Officers did shoot and kill ford in a confrontation they arent releasing any other information about him. Right now, authorities are investigating four to five different crime scenes. We will keep following this story and bring you the latest on fox 28 iowa dot com and coming up on cbs 2 news ten at 10. Also tonight a cedar rapids popeyes restaurant is gaining attention on social media. Not for how the food tastes, but for how its handled. Handled. S...

Will be warmer with clearing skies the current winds around our viewing area will be calm our planner features clearing weather today today new this morning, several eastern iowa firefighters firefightersresponded to a fire overnight in rural iowa county. Take a look. Our crew on the scene overnight said an entire barn was burned to the ground. Ground. The fire was on y avenue just south of homestead. On scene and well bring any updates throughout the show and be sure to watch the cbs 2 news at noon for the latest details. Breaking news overnight in South Carolina. Carolina. A female deputy wa...

Four critical areas workforce, Economic Development, the simplification of taxes and infrastructure. The biggest challenge for cedar rapids, she says, is workforce. How do we continue to attract more people here, how do we help those that are here that want opportunities, get opportunities and have the skillslsnd thenenow do we work with our schools to make sure that the pipeline of potential workers is in alignment ith what employers need. Baird says there e eds to be more dialogue on immigration to help with the workforce shortage. She wants to make sure the corridor is a welcoming community...