in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. now here's a look at some of what you'll see at 5:30 on a-b-c. coming up here, the weather emergency...cars submerged, caving in around the weight of the water, customers screaming. also, the criminal investigation now into a chipotle. and powerball, we have a list of the numbers most- often drawn. let's go back to joe now for a won't be able to get back to his sick mother in the netherlands. and one official says be careful before you join a lottery pool for tonight's 500-million dollar powerball jackpot. tonight at 6. watch for some slick spots and stretches tonight as a wintry mix moves into the area. travel conditions need to be monitored through the morning hours with some slow going climbing into the middle 30s thursday the precipitation falls as rain before a mix/snow transition later friday into saturday. the first cold, arctic blast of the year arrives on schedule sunday, dropping highs into the single digits and wind chill values near -20. tonight: wintry mix; fog late low:

sanders will be back in cedar rapids tonight at seven. he's hostingng town hall at the veterans memorial building on mays island. in total, sanders made four stops in iowa today - and has 8 more planned this weekend. recent polls in iowa show thatat sandnds has fafaen behind clinton as we get closer to the democratic caucus.how do his supporters feel just a few weeks out? out?you'll hear from them coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at 10. sandererisn't the only democratic candidate stumping in iowa this weekend. martin o'malley is continuing a five day swing all across iowa.he's holidng a news conference in cedar rapids at the corner of hawkeye downs road southwest and 6th street iowa city, lena dunham of the h-b-o series "girls" is campaigning on hillary clinton's behalf a ajava house on washington street at 12:30 tomorrow. the university of iowa has settled a lawsuit by a former football player who was among one of 13- hawkeyes hospitalized after a high-intensity 2011 workout. details of the settlement are not being released.willia

the cedar rapids fire department will be back at it training next week where they will focus on technical and challenging open water rescues. continuing coverage... cedar identify two robbery suspects. officers say they held up the kum & go on 1st avenue northeast on december 21st. cedar rapids police posted these clips from surveillance cameras. if you can help police -- call them or linn county crime stoppers. a man now faces charges following an armed robbery at a waterloo store. in november, officers responded to save more foods after a man walked into the business with a gun and exhanged fire with one of the a gun just after that report, officers responded to a shooting. charles jones told them he'd been shot in a different area of the city. now -- officers say jones was lying. he'd been hurt during the shootout at the store. yesterday officers arrested jones. he now faces robbery and other charges -- including filing a report. ames police still have no leads following a deadly hit and run. officers say they've received they're hoping new leads come in during the new semester. justin

cedar rapids a trace to 0.5". the wind remains light at night and wednesday so remains cloudy with highs in the 20s. now just 14 days away from the iowa caucuses -- and things are starting to get more and more heated between the presidential candidates. dianne gallagher has more tonight.. the closer it gets to iowa the more the claws come out... presidential candidate) i think secretary clinton knows that what she says is very disingenuous. the candidates presidential candiate) im not sure whether we times in congress the gloves are off on florida friends, turned foes, duking it out on the airwaves. (rubio campaign ad) "we all see what's happening. jeb bush is desperate and spending millions on false attacks" (right to rise ad) marco rubio: just another washington as candidates clamour for support in iowa where the latest poll shows a dead heat between trump and cruz. cruz today cautioned voters that trump is quote "no ronald reagan"... as the real estate mogul, courting evangelical votes in a speech at liberty un

a cedar rapids dog is going on another a cedar rapids dog is going on another adventure in hopes of winning a top prize. you might remember sissy the schnauzer. she ran away from home one night last february and walked several blocks to mercy medical center. then she walked right into the lobby of the hospital where her owner, nancy franck, was recovering from surgery. now, nancy and sissy are heading to california for the world dog awards that airs on the c-w cable channel. "6:02:47 i was surprised she pulled it off going to the hospital in the first place but it's amazing to me that it's still something on people's minds and she's invited to this also." sissy is competing against a few other dogs in a category called "most amazing journey." but nancy says she needs votes to win. we have a link with this story on kcrg dot com so you can vote for her. the world dog awards airs january 14th on the c-w channel. we have high school wrestling on kcrg 9.2 tonight. the teams from linn-mar and cedar falls will travel to cedar rapids kennedy. matches start at 5:30. again, you can catch it all on kc

involving a cedar rapids police car. car.in your cbs 2 weather here's a look at some of eastern n wa's top stories -- - on thihimorning... iowa city will soon be looking for a new city manager.cbs 2 news has learned tom markus next city manager of lawrence, kansas.he will take over that post in two months. changes are coming to the marion hy-vee.the company is planning a massive makeover for the store that includes a 23-thousand square foot addition where the garden center is usually seseup.the -vee convenience store will also be relocated and expanded -- and the market grille -- the chain's restaurant concept will be added inside.if it's approved by the city council -- construction starts in may. now to north liberty...where a long-time bridal and formal shop is closing its doors. heart to heart will close sometime in march because the owners are retiring.until then, they're staying open until everything is gone..and they promise every bride who ordered a dress will still get their order. the three lucky winners of the

cedar rapids firefighters practice ice rescues... procedures they hope they'll never have to put into use. but the johnson county sheriff warns of dangerous conditions after a man falls through see these stories and more recapping today's top stories, president obama announced his new measures for gun control that include more f-b-i workers for background checks, more funding for mental health care, licensing of all gun sellers, and background checks on all potential buyers. but a number of republicans are pushing back against the executive order. let's go back to joe now for a final look at tonight's forecast. sunshine helped push today's highs near 30 across eastern iowa and is a start of milder trend lasting through the end of the week. clouds build tonight associated with a storm system edging eastward. as the system gets closer more moisture moves in bringing a better chance for rain and snow showers. isolated activity possible late wednesday, but more likely thursday and friday. as this draws to a close the coldest air of the s

democratic nomination were in cedar rapids over the weekend. vermont senator bernie sanders -- currently second to clinton in iowa and national polls - made 4 visits to eastern iowa on friday, including this rally at the veterans memorial building. former maryland gogoernor martin o'malley stopped outside the cedar rapids gun show on saturday to support the president's executive order on stricter background checks for firearm purchases at gun shows. president obama will not endorse a candidate during the presidential primary race. his chief of staff, denis mcdonough, said on "meet the press" today the president will wait until a nominee from the democratic side is set. the presididt will then formally endorse the nominee. this is not unusual as most sitting presidents hold off an endorsement until a clear candidate emerges. both cedar rapids libraries could see some noteworthy changes within a few months. last week, the library board than $450,000 from next year's budget that means the downtown library would close on sundays, and the ladd libra

ben carson will make stops in cedar rapids stop in sigourney. and bill clinton will stump for his wife hillary in cedar rapids and dubuque. the powerball jackpot for saturday's drawing will be the largest in any lototry game in u-s history. no one matched all the numbers in last night's drawing. saturday's jackpot will be an estimated 675 million dollars. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on areas of fog and drizzle in the area this morning, with a steady rain developing in the afternoon hours. rainfall amounts will generally be in the quarter to half inch range with temperatures holding steady in the mid-30s in many areas. we'll be seeing more rain on friday with a transition to light snow later friday night into at least the first half of saturday. at this time, accumulation s continue to look minor for saturday, though the wind will be picking up and the temperatures will be dropping. the coldest air of the season is still set to arrive on schedule on sunday morning with wind chill values as low as -20 in some location

cedar rapids police have made an arrest in a recent counterfeit bill case. cedar rapids police arrested 42-year ololmendel holmes after they say he tried to use a fake 100 dollar bill at a gas station. holmes faces one count wa city police say they've also found several counterfeit bills in recece days. iowa city police showed us examples of the fake money. authorities have not said if the two counterfeit cases are connected. one person is in custody after cedar rapids police say he fired a gun on the city's southeast side this morning. officers responded to the 1509 7th avenue se around 7:30 this morning r a report of shots s red. callers into newsline 9 say several police cars and crime scene tape were at the scene. police say no one was injured, but the shooter fired off about 6 rounds. investigators arrested the suspect only about 10 minutes after the first report. police have not released that person's name. in paris, one person is dead after authorities say someone tried to attack a police station. the french interior ministry says the attacker was arm

live in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg-tv9. tonight has been a pretty mild january night, will it stay quiet overnight, joe? scattered flurries remain in the forecast into tonit as a series of weak after a quiet end to the week the next one approaches from the west on saturday. this will lead to some light rain and snow late saturday into sunday. we continue to monitor a much larger system poised to invade the plains and upper midwest tuesday and wednesday. this storm has the potential to bring significant travel delays. we will keep watching. have a great night. tonight: scattered flurries low: 23-29 winds: w 10-15 tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 31-37 winds: nw 10-20 back to you. this dubuque man faces multiple weapons charges in connection to a report of shots fired last april. the u-s marshals arrested 30-year-old cowan godfrey yesterday. authorities had been searching for him since july. they thought he'd left the state. law officers recently learned that he was in took him into custody at his home on white street

we are going to deal specifically here with gun violence in cedar rapids, iowa. we have my three distinguished panelists today. to my immediate left we have stacey walker, community activist. good karl cassell: to his immediate left we have cedar rapids' chief of police, wayne jerman. good morning. chief jerman: good morning karl. karl cassell: on the end we have susie weinacht, city council member. good morning. susie weinacht: good morning karl. karl cassell: thank you for joining us today. first question, mainly probably for you, chief jerman, since you've been in law enforcement for a good number of years, has there been a change in gun violence in the last twenty years and is it more pervasive or not, and if so why would you say it has? chief jerman: well, certainly in the last twenty years there has been an increase but specifically the last two years we've seen a marked increase all across the country. a number of factors are driving this issue and not only myself but the other police chiefs about it. the gun related homicides in major cities; milwaukee, w

stories.slick roads are being reaction crash in cedar rapids. rapids.it started on edgewood road near the eastern n wa airport at about six this morning.cedar rapids police tell cbs 2 news, one officer responding to the crash collided with another vehicle. the officer was injured, but is expected to be ok.no one else was hurt. a young mother and her son are dead following a firey crash iowa county. county.sheriff rob rotter tells cbs 2 news, it happened west of marengo just after seven-n-is morning.tonight, investigators say 18-year-old bethany clark and her two year old son roran, were traveling on highway 2-12 when they hit a patch of frost.the car went off ththroad, crashed into a creek and burst into flames. now a follow up to a story cbs 2 news has been following for months.a waterloo woman is now charged in the death of a toddler at her in-home dadacare. care.18-month-old brody harrelson was accidentally suffocated by a car seat strap in june. police say nine other children were in the daycare yesterday, police arrested 41- year-old amy ha

president bill cedar rapids and dubuque. he two opponents for the nomination wererein cedar rapids ver the weekend. vermont senator bernie sanders made four visits to eastern iowa on friday, including this rally at the veterans memorial building. he is currently second to clinton in iowa and national polls. former maryland governor martin o'malley stopped outside the cedar rapids gun show on saturday. there, he supported the president's executive actions on stricter background checksksor firearm purchases at gun shows. just as these candidates come to town, we're getting a look at the trends in different polls. and as we get closer to the caucuses we can see where each candidate stands with voters. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins us at the desk this morning. forrest, who are the frontrunners in both parties? well its simple for the democrats, hillary clinton has been at the top and remains the most popular in these final but on the side texas senator ted cruz has surpassed donald trump according to the pollster dot com. no

luke's hospital in cedar rapids. posposil wanted to thank them for treating a serious colon problem he had last june. he says he only had about a 20 percent chance of making it out of the hospital alive. but thanks to everyone's hard work, he's healthy again, and he's officially "left the building." "one more day and i would have with them doing the operation, doing it a couple times, got it out and prayers from all my family and friends and everyone brought me where i'm here today. " posposil says he has been an elvis fan since he was in the fourth grade. another elvis related note... today would have been elvis's 81st birthday. the iowa wrestling team hit the road to take on the illini. and scott will hit the high school hardwood for action from all over eastern iowa. stay with your 24 hour news lets start off with the ladies.. the top ranked orioles hosted 10-1 north linn. josh has more. north linn has won the last 12 meetings against springville. but the orioles jumped out to the early lead led by rylee menster w

you can see cedar rapids firefighters here jumping into the icy water. they practice both saving themselves as well as playing the victim, and having others come to their rescue. the suits they are wearing are insulated so they don't get it's an annual training that's very timely this week -- following the tragic loss of a hits home pretty well we had quite a few guys that went down and assisted with the drowning in johnson county so the importance is definetely there." fire crews cycled in to get their training throughout the day. cedar rapids firefighters will continue their training next week back at that same location, manhattan lake in ellis park. funeral services are set for a local teen who drowned after his canoe capsized. 17-year-old tanner wymer was in a canoe with his girlfriend's dad in the coralville resevoir at the time of the incident. services are set for january 9th at 10 a-m at st. mary's catholic church in his hometown of solon. visitation will be from three to seven p-m on friday at the coming up on kwwl... mexican grill chipotle now

today, republican presidential candidate ben carson also stopped in cedar rapids. he held a town hall at isaac newton christian academy. some people have questioned carson's qualifications s r president because of his limited experience with foreign policy. today, carson told tv-9 he feels he is qualified in that realm. "fortunantly for me, i have a brain. i have the ability to read, to go to lots of sources, to cross-reference to check things, much in the same way that i did in my medical career." carson was a neurosurgeo n for most of his career. today, he took a jab at the governors and congressmen in the presidential race, saying they don't necessarily have superior foreign policy experience. to see the extended interview with carson, head to kcrg-tv9's facebook page. students at prairie high school in cedar rapids got an early start on the caucus with a "mock" caucus vote today. all the students took part in the event with different students giving speeches and supporters of individual candidates breaking into smaller groups. one organizer says the final tally

covering the corridor in cedar rapids, mellaney moore, fox 28 news. because this danger affects every corner of iowa, the state has set up a radon hotline at the number on your screen.1-800-383-5992. next on the fox 28 news at nine. nine.bernie's big day in the corridor.a live report on the democratic candidate's busy friday as the countdown to the caucus enters the final weeks. weeks.and one of the greatest cyclones on the gridiron finally gets the call from the hall.a look bacat the career of troy davis - when the fox you've upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new with ford new is ecoboost technology. new is a foot-activated liftgate. new is tougher, stronger and lighghr. new is ford. america's best-selling brand. now get into a new focus, fusion, or escape with 0% financing for 60 months plus $2,000 dollars trade-assist cash. only at your local ford dealer. are beginning to givway to a little bititf snow across parts of iowa tonight.you are looking at a live picture of system.you can see all those circl

patrick kelly lets one rip to make it 1-0 cedar rapids... the comets came back and led 2-1 after the first quarter ... the rampage get the equalizer in the 2nd... chile farias to cedar rapids washington grad jacob johnson who heads it in... nice play... it's 2-2 ... but it was all comets after that... john sosa with a nice fake, botts it in with the left foot... rampage fall 11-4 now here's a look at today's top web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour was in 1993. that's why some iowa national guard soldiers are headed there to help. and, hawkeye player riley mccarron from dubuque talks about his excitement for tomorrow's big game. that's tonight at ten. team meteorologis t justin gehrts for your final forecast. seasonably chilly weather is here to begin 2016. temperatures will be in the teens at midnight with wind chills in the single digits. we'll start new year's day with lows around 10, then climb to the lower 20s under a mostly sunny sky. the weekend is looking just fine with a partly to mostly sunny sky and highs in the upp

covering the corridor in cedar rapids, kevin barry fox 28 news. today's event wasn't the first time president clinton has visited the national czech and slovak museum and library. coming up in our next half hour, we'll take you back more than 20 years, to one of the most historic events in the history of cedar rapids. on the republican side, doctor stops in the corridor. corridor.including the motorcycle museum in anamosa. anamosa.doctor carson touched on a number of topics in his talks, including immigration. he says he draws inspiration from one of the nation's most memorable presidents. "teedy roosevelt said we are a nation of immigrants and we welcome anyone from any country, any race, any religion. if they want to be americans, if they accept our laws. if they don't stay where they are. carson recently shook up his campaign team after weeks of declining poll numbers.he's now fallen behind a number of candidates including front runners donald trump and texas senator ted cruz. a group of voters who will take part in their very first presidentia

a national initiative making a move in cedar rapids. (sot) "do you guys have any like, part time jobs or anything?" (sot) "i work on campus." it's an effort to build relationships between police officers and "do you like, frequent hyvee and that?" (sot) "yeah." (sot) "do you?" cedar rapids police say they have coffee with a cop events every few months to show people police officers are nothing to be afraid of. and they say it's working. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "police tell me participants togethers." the most recent coffee with a cop was at brewed awakenings in cedar rapids. owner larry janda (yawn-da) says the cedar rapids police department contacted him about the event... and he was happy to host. (sot. cg: larry janda/brewed awakenings owner) "the police really don't pose a threat to us. the police are really here to help us in time of need." janda says he hopes to host more in the future. as for the cops... they tell me any time the community comes together for discussion... it's a good thing. (nats) [cop laughing] we've got you c

hillary clinton will be in cedar rapids tonight. she stopped in ames this afternoon with arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. the two talked about gun control on the iowa state university campus. giffords was shot in the in arizona in 20- 11. giffords formally endorsed clinton earlier this month. republican front-runner donald trump landed for a campaign stop in dubuque today. trump made headlines this week, for refusing to appear at the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses. today he addressed that decision. " i think the debate turned out to be good that i didn't do it. it was a lousy debate anyway. boring, boring. that was a hard thing to watch, wasn't it? but it wouldn't have been hard--if i was there you would've lilid it, right? " trump is currently neck-and-neck with texas senator ted cruz in most recent iowa polls. also in dubuque, voters gathered to hear r at carly fiorina had to say in one of her last stops ahead of monday night. " hillary clinton wants to go to the white house, she's more qualified for the big

this morning, chris christie will make stops in cedar rapids, iowa city, and waterloo. senator chuck grassley will campaign with jeb bush in cedar falls this afternoon. and carly fiorina has several stops today in dubuque, waterloo, and manchester. tomorrow, the g-o-p candidates will release their campaign financial reports. those will show who had the biggest war chest of cash at the beginning of 2016. super pacs will also have to report their finances on sunday. make sure you stay with kcrg t-v nine monday night for complete caucus coverage. we'll have reporters live in des moines and across eastern iowa, plus expert analysis. p-m on kcrg nine point two. then our ten p-m news, we'll be live right here on our main channel, t-v nine. new this morning. marion police are looking marsh. they say he might know something about a missing person investigation. contact them at 319- on january 16th in marion. cedar falls police are looking for three suspects after an armed robbery. it happened last night on the 1100 block of west 20th street. police say two victims showed a hand

more than a dozen contestants showed off their r lents, fitness, and intervieieng skills at the cedar rapids public library. participants could win the titles of miss cedar valley's outstanding teen, miss cedar valley, and miss palisades. for one e ganizer, the programam is a way for women to get involved with their communities. 23:59:35 "tons of volunteer hours go into this from the girls who are competing as well as the ones who hold the title, it's a very important part of the miss america program they choose platforms that are important and have a special meaning to them." today's winners will go on t compete in the miss iowa pageant hy-vee workers in des moines found something interesting in a recent seafood shipment. employees at the distribution center in iowa found is orange lobster. experts say these are some of the rarest lobsters in the world. believe it or not, lobsters can come in all sorts of colors like orange, blue, calico, and yellow. the rarest lf them all is a white lobster, which only has a 1-in-a-million chance of turning up in a lobster trap. a hy-vee spokeswoman says t

there's one in cedar rapids this weekend. officials says crowds at gun shows have grown since president obama has been in office. those hoping to take over the president's office next year are in eastern iowa campaigning today. republican presidential candidate ted cruz will be in northern iowa today. he starts his day in mason city and ends in decorah, tonight. he has been ranking in the top three in recent polls of g-o-p candidates. another g-o-p presidential candidate is starting in the opposite side of the state. senator rand paul is starting in southeast iowa today. then he will be in marion at 4 o'clock this afternoon and north liberty at 5:30. paul's recent poll numbers are below 5 percent support. on the other side of party line, senator bernie sanders will be in waverly, toledo, and cedar rapids today. the democratic candidate will hold town meetings in each place, ending with one in cedar rapids at 7 o'clock tonight. that will be at the veterans memorial building. bill clinton is trying to drum up support for his wi

park cedar rapids accepted donations in return for forgiveness of parking tickets. the donations went toward area homeless shelters and family services. only mons after debating scscol start dates, the cedar rapids district is now proposing another big change for families. the district has posted a proposed school calendar ich shows a late start @very wednesday of the year. the district tells cbs 2 news, a committee studied professional learning time and found teachers needed more. under will start class at 10:25 and middle and high school students at 9:20. some parents have expressed frustration over the late start, saying it will have a major impact on their work schedules.district leaders say supervision n will be provided before school for elementary students on those days. the district is accepting feedback on this plan until monday. monday.we've put a link to their email address on our bsite, cbs 2 iowa d d com. it was a rough end of the year for the ben carson campaign. campaign.today, two of the republican presidential candidate's top paid advisers left the

what made this cedar rapids ceremony special for so many. many.and...turning rays of felt that this was the right thing to do."the extra distance one local company is the sun. sun.now, the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather forecast in the first ten minutes. this is cbs 2 news 10 at 10. happening right now, eastern iowa is bracing for another blast of artic air.cbs 2 chief meteorologist terry swails has been tracking the system all week and he joins us now with cbs 2 news ten at ten corridor's top stories. stories.it's a new beginning for dozens of immigrants here in the corridor.the national czech and slovak museum and library today hosted its first naturalization ceremony in more than 20 years. years.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller was on hand for the event... event...and she's live right now in cedar rapids where the group of new citizens say the american dream is still alive, dora? there's so much history already in this building... earlier more history was made as 80 men and women raised their hand to say 'yes, i want to be a

we have an update on a shooting yesterday in cedar rapids. cedar rapids police say the shooting at 385 15th street southeast happened as part of an attempted robbery. police say they found a man at the home there with a gunshot wound and took him to the hospital with non-life threatening injures. officers secured the home and blocked off the shooter yesterday. police took took two men in handcuffs from the home. however, police haven't said whether they've made any arrests. leaders from the republic of kosovo opened a diplomatic office in des moines today. it's iowa's first and only foreign consulate. it's in the saddlery building in downtown des moines. kosovo's deputy prime minister said the european country chose iowa because of the state's hospitality. iowa's relationship with kosovo started in 2011 when the iowa national guard worked with the kosovo security force through the country's state partnership program. a university of iowa researcher is studying the zika virus as it spreads through central and south america. the world health or

the city of cedar rapids wants a new distinction for a historic building downtown. and it could help a developer make some up next... this morning's weather wise question. first alert storm team meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now. plan on another mostly cloudy more breaks may occur than yesterday, the sky will fill right back in with more clouds as a weak system approaches from the northwest during the afternoon. at this time, it still appears this won't be much more than passing brief light snow showers with little to no impact. highs will generally range from 30-35 degrees north to south. more clouds are likely on thursday and friday with highs again into the 30s. systems look to keep the clouds around at minimum, and possibly generate some rain or snow saturday night into sunday. looking ahead to next week, a substantial storm system is still on track to impact parts of iowa in the tuesday/wednesday time period. stay tuned!today: m/cloudy, sct flurries high: 30-36 winds: sw 10-20 alo: 33 dbq: 32 iow: 33tonight: scattered flurries low: 23-29 winds: w 10-15 alo:

a cedar rapids church is collecting bottles of michigan. the water crisis there started in 2014, when the state switched the water source from lake huron to the flint river to save money. experts said the water was highly corrosive and collected lead from the pipes. as a result, thousands of people reported feeling sick and tests showed their blood had high levels of lead. now there's a shortage of drinking water. mount zion missionary baptist church in cedar rapids started collecting church leaders say they wanted to help out, especially after so many helped cedar rapids after the 2008 flood. they want to personally deliver all of the water they collect in a couple of weeks. " 13:52:56 i want to bring in at least 100,000 bottles of water- 10000 bottles of water and bring it to several sites that are passing out water - churches, barber shops, we can find." the grouousays once it gets toto out what else they can do. if you want to donate water or money for the collection, contact the church at 319-364-6592. wal-mart and several beverage mak

months ago, the cedar rapids city council approved funding for 4 new officers. that allowed 4 veveran officers to move to the new task force. the officers have between 3 and 10 years of experience and backgrounds in gang identification and narcotics investigations . police chief wayne jerman says p-cat will be deployed to what he calls "at-risk" neighborhoods, and areas of the city dealing with specific crime problems. he says the commander of the patrol division will review thesesissues and look at complaints from citizens. jerman told tv-9 he'll be measuring the team's effectiveness in a number of ways. that includes a reduction in calls for service and an overall decrease in violent crime. "when they're deployed into a neighborhood that may have an identified crime trend, ideally, we'd want to eliminate that trend so those reports of whatever incidents or crimes chief jerman says in the near future, he plans on sending the officers on the team totokansas city to see how its similar anti- crime team does things. he says the overall goal behind p-cat is to addr

a cedar rapids man is in jail tonight accused of trying to kill someone in his home. just after 7 this morning, police received multiple calls from people in the 15-hundred block of 7th avenue southeast who say they heard several gunshots in the area. area.officers say 31-year old derek bekeris shot at another man but the targeted victim wasn't hurt. bekeris is being held in the linn county jail on multiple charges, the most serious being attempted murder. an update to a story cbs 2 yesterdayc-r-p-d has arrested counterfeit money. money.mendel holmes is accused of giving a fake 100-dollar bill to a clerk at the kum and go station on mount vernon road south-east yesterday morning.holmes' vehicle was reported to police, and he was later arrested during a traffic stop.he now faces a felony forgery charge.police tell cbs 2 news that they've collected more than 3 thousand weeks. it's been a day of mixed emotions for the women's resource and action center in iowa city.they've spent today packing up everything at their old house and moving it into a new one on campus. campus

cbs 2 news reporter joy howe shows us cedar rapids' "noon" year's eve. ((nats, singing "let them go")) if you're ready to let 2015 go...and you don't want to stay up until midnight to do it the cedar rapids public library is the best place to limbo your way into 2016. we have red carpet interviews interviewer nick b browed our mic and officially took over, asking the serious questions. clip 0006go "are you having a good day? are you excited for the new year? 03.20.02.17 perfect. lady of few words i like it. to get goooogrades. that's a good goal, you know where that starts? at the library right here with the books 03.18.021 start right at the library. like that plug? that's a pretty good plug, right? 03.18.08.13 his resolution this year? me personally, i just like to party, boogie have a good time 03.16.05.19 4-year-old tabrie knows how to do that. she's got extra pep in her step today, celebrating her birthday and new years. momma helped me make my headband, and got this 03031.17.21 052ub so much fun, for so many people. 03.13.52.28 and free, like all t

live in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg-tv9. today, several law enforcement agencies $& searched a therapeutic boarding school in keokuk as part of sexual abuse investigation. the midwest academy enrolls troubled boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18. the search stems from an investigation of alleged sexual abuse involving a staff member and a former student. authorities also searched another location affiliated with the school in montrose. closed off a busy street for some time this morning. the fire department says the small fire started shortly before 10 o'clock at 819 south first avenue. that's acacss from the hyvee. it caused some damage inside the building. no one was injured and firefighters are still working to find a cause. we want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999. you cacaalso send us picturere and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. the cedar rapids public library has a new way to make learning fun and interactivivfor kids. launchpadsdsre hand-held tablets wi

areas south of cedar rapids could see 0.5" to 2" while areas snow will not an issue. wednesday and thursday remains cloudy with highs in the 20s. one more very cold night with temperatures falling below zero. some locations in northern iowa will drop to about 10-13 below zero. clouds increase early tuesday morning and it remains cloudy for the rest of after being punched while disturbance call on sunday afternoon. it happened at soapy waters of cedar rapids. 33-year-old nathan b bcks was arrested and is being charged for kwwl's kristin rogers has spent the day trying to make since of it all, turns out the suspect has quite the criminal history, kristin? that's rightti read through multiple court documents online and he has an extensive criminal history including multiple assault charges and jail time. an officer is seriously injured after responding to a domestic disturbance call here "i'm at soapy waters." scanner traffic, narrates some of the scene (man screams) "215 can y start to soapy waters?" "code 2 ambulance for an police say an officer was talking to nathan b

she will be in cedar rapids at the newbo city market. republican presidential candidate mike huckabee is spending his first weekend of the new year in iowa. starting tomorrow, the former arkansas governor is campaigning in many cities across iowa over four days. most of his stops are in central and northern iowa. this is video from huckabee's stop in swisher last week. a major shake-up in republican presidential candidate ben carson's campaign. campaign manager berry bennett and communications director doug campaign. bennett says he left because carson was listening more to his longtime business manager than to his paid campaign staff. and he says it raises questions in his mind about the kind of president carson would be if elected. carson has struggled in the polls since october. he's been a distant 4th in iowa polling for weeks. many people are probably sleeping in this morning after last night's new year's eve celebrations. 3!! 2!!! 1!! cheers about a million people crowded into new york city's times square to watch the famous ball d

a cedar rapids dog has reached a new height. sissy the schnauzer impressed people across the u-s enough to win an award. good friday morning! its 5 o'clock on january 15th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... falling temperatures are likely today with a few scatttted flurries likely as well. plan on lower 20s in many areas by 5pm with upper teens also possible north of highway 20. the falling temperature trend continues right into the weekend with temperatures into the sing digits on saturday. some snow is still possible saturday night, mainly over the southern half of the area. amounts will be very minor, and generally under 1". the big story continues to be on the colder weather for sunday with subzero highs likely in all locations. wind chill numbers on sunday morning will very likely be in the -30 to -40 range with isolated colder values. carry jumper cables with you and ensure you have plenty of gas in your vehicle if you'll be out on sunday. layer up, and don't fo

cedar rapids is now accepting applications for vendors at weekend farmer's markets. they're also looking for vendors who want to set up shop during the second "market after dark."last year's event pulled in big crowds and live music. in cedar rapids, van meter is buying bright electrical supply in chicago.this is video of van meter's cedar rapids location.the company announced the plans to buy the lighting distributor last month.van meter says bright will keep its name and stay in illinois.the acquisition will expend the company's presence in the midwest to 15 locations. the presidential election is right around the corner -- and this year -- iowa residents will have a new way they can register to vote.the secretary of state's office rolled out the new online voter registration system on the first of the year.it's only available to people with a driver's license or department of transportation i-d.the another option to same day voter registration. the consumer electronics show starts tomorrow in las vegas. vegas.it's the biggest electronics show all year and with it

we'll have the metro theatre in cedar rapids. performances start at eight o'clock. [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cellular now plus get $300 back. let's not overthink this. door on your friday. workers with both the democratic and republican parties want to make sure you know where to go on caucus night. for the democrats, you can type in your address on iowa democrats dot org. for the g-o-p, you'll need to know your precinct location to find your organizers also suggest showing up early on the big night. and a heads up if you are planning to travel anywhere on the east coast this weekend... areas from the carolinas to new york city are preparing for a massive snow storm that could cause blizzard conditions and drop more than t

anyone with information should call cedar rapids police or linn county crimestoppers. newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. joe, our cold, january weather seems to be sticking around. president barack obama released executive order to tighten criminal background checks for people purchasing guns this morning. the president's executive order would require more people to register as federally licensed gun dealers, including those who sell firearms at gun shows or online. president obama also said his administration will provide more funding for mental health treatment. republicans say if voters elect someone from their party, that person will most likely overturn this action. "contrary to the claims of some presidential candidates apparently before this meeting, this is not a plot to take away everybody's guns. you pass a background check, you purchase a firearm." the president says he knows this won't stop all acts of violence

from the comfort of their bar tops, cedar rapids doesn't seem *so bad to watch the game. in cali, it's a little bit warmer and the view might be better out there, but fans here are making the best out of this.we've learned that a matter where they are.we know it's been a long time coming for fans to see their team at the rose bowl so we're going to enjoy watching this game with them. them. this assignment is hard karen, but we're up for the challenge. we'll be here at the fieldhouse throughout the game, catching up with fans. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, dora miller cbs 2 news live at 5 lots of hawkeye fans - along with students and alumni are in pasadena today at the rose bowl game going on right now. cbs 2 news reporter kevin barry explains how a national game like this one can help future generations of hawkeyes too. bowl games help out the schools who play in them in a lot of ways. players and coaches get seen on a national level and the schools get millions of dollars just for coming to the game. vobut it's admissions departments. the university of iowa hel

that's 701 10th street se in cedar rapids. nicole? drivers are getting some relief as they fill their gas tanks. gas prices in iowa are down 10 cents a gallon from last month and may be headed lower. this is helping the budgets for businesses that operate a fleet of vehicles. the city of cedar rapids is saving hundreds of thousands of dollars because of low fuel prices. the city says from july through december last year it cost about eight hundred thousand dollars to fuel its fleet of more than five hundred vehicles. during the same time the previous year, the city paid more than one point four million dollars. that's a savings of more than six hundred thousand dollars. low gas prices are making it easier for all travelers' wallets. but you might want to keep an eye on your flights if you are hitting the skies this weekend thanks to a big winter storm headed straight for the northeast. a war veteran in nebraska is plan on a few flurries in the region to start your friday, however, the impact of these flurries should be very minor. not

we'll show you what made today's cedar rapids ceremony so special for so many. many. but we begin tonight with eastern iowa's plunge back into the deep freeze.there's already advisories out for parts of the viewing area.for the latest... latest...we turn to chief meteorologist terry swails for police in cedada rapids tonight say a dispute over a man left one woman with a gunst wound and another behind bars. bars. all happened around 7:30 thursday morning in the 3800 block of 20th avenue southwest.officers say the victim suffered injuries but they are not life-threatening. later, witnesses told police they saw someone throwing an object into the pond at jones park.investigators later recovered a gun from the pond that they belieue was used in the shooting. shooting.tonight, 30-year-old jill sodahl of cedar rapids is in custody, charged with attempted murder.sodahl is being held in the linn county jail. and there's a developihg story tonight about another violent crime in cedar rapaps. rapids.police arrested three men after a home invasion ended in a stabbing.this all h

anyone with information should call cedar rapids police or linn county crimestoppers. when any disaster strikes, volunteers jump into action. and two from eastern iowa are no exception. so they are heading to the area near st. louis after floods destroyed many homes. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. forrest, these two from iowa make a habit of helping out? that's how they've decided to spend their retirement. a lot of times you find two friends or acquaintances heading out together. these two or more than that. years. the two joined the american red cross after the nonprofit helped clean ann's mom's waverly house during flooding in '08. since then they've traveled to the nation helping after fires and storms. tuesday, they left to help the st. louis area after major flooding from the mississippi destroyed homes. while some relax in their golden years, these two break their backs to help. " my whole life i've been trying to do something for other people. this was just perfect for retirement. i didn't want to sit home and get old. " ken a

in cedar rapids, a major way. more than 27-hundred dollars was donated during the month-long forget the fine supply drive.e.park cedar rapids accepted donations in return for forgiveness of parking tickets. the donations went toward area homeless shelters and family services. skies will become partly cloudy friday but it will be cold. temperatures will rise from 9 at 6am to 26 at 3pm thanks for watching your fox 28 news at nine.have a great night. i had a great dream last night. really? yeah.

a family of seven is homeless tonight, after an early morning fire in cedar rapids. it happened around 3 a-m on the 33 hundred block of westwood drive northwest.fire crews found the fire in a bedroom upstairs and were able to knock it out quickly.the home is unlivable right now because of water damage - and a lack of heat. no word yet on what caused the fire. the good news is nobody was hurt because working smoke alarms alerted the family - and they got out safely. the red cross - is helping them to recover - - but it also - hit the streets today to help others. cbs 2 news reporter - marissa scott - is in the news room - - with the story.marissa. matt and joy, you only have two minutes to escape when a home is one fire so it's very important to check and install smoke alarms every year. year.in the past year, volunteers with the american red cross have installed smoke detectors in homes around cedar rapids area. today, they walked in the cold around the southwest neighborhood. volunteers talked about fire safety, checked the batteries in smoke alarms and installed ne

and bernie sanders will stop in cedar rapids, waverly and toledo. people have a week to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act if they want coverage in february. the some kind of health insurance before you face a penalty is january 31st. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on more fog in the area along with drizzle and shower activity. temperatures should range from 34-38 degrees in most areas, with slightly cooler air arriving by mid-afternoon. this would place areas from waterloo and west in a position to see mixed precipitation this afternoon, with the remainder of the area staying above freezing through mid- evening. additional rainfall amounts will generally be around one to two tenths of an inch, with any winter precip accumulations under 1". our warmest time period of the weekend will be saturday morning with falling temperature from there on out through sunday. plan on wind chills nearing -20 by sunday morning! today: rain likely, fog high: 34-40 winds: e 5-10 alo: 37 dbq: 36 iow: 38tonight: rain/sn

back in cedar rapids.... rapids....police are investigating gun-fire in the 15-hundred block of 7th avenue south-east. east.just afr 7 this morning, the department received multiple calls from people who say they heard several l ots in that area. nobody was hurt.one person was arrested at the scene.right now - we don't know the in the process of executing a search warrant at a residence. a waterloo man now faces 30-years in prison. prison.yesterday a jury found marchello rembert guilty on gun and drug charges.he was arrested in june for r having a loaded pistol and 15 baggies of cocaine.because of prior convictions, rembert was not allowed to have a fire-arm.in addition to jailtime, he also faces a one-point-two-million dollar fine. a a n who allegedly passed out counterfiet money has been arrested by cedar rapids police. police.mendel holmes is accused of giving a fake 100-dollar bill to a clerk at the kum and go station on mount vernon road south-east yesterday morning.holmes' vehicle was reported to police

. >> what did you think when you first saw cedar rapids iowa? >> i couldn't believe all the corn. it was all corn corn corn. and it just took forever. >> born in lebanon's baca valley, her parents brought her to detroit when she was just 9. but she found her true american home as an 18-year-old bride in eastern iowa in the community that built the very first mosque in the americas. the nadi as it's known, the mother mosque. >> it's not where most people in other parts of the country think they're going to find the mother mosque. >> well, it was the first mosque in the western hemisphere and five families built that mosque because they had the drive and the determination to raise their children as muslims . >> local lower says it was the lebanese christians who encouraged the muslims to come in the late 18s. 1800s. over the century they integrated cedar rapids faith community but never abandoned their own. >> you're a good muslim who sends out christmas cards. >> yes, why not? >> in her holiday greetings, aziza i. grimmer, reminds christians the difference between islam and christi