at five,an explosive fire broke out in central city this morning landing a firefighter in the hospital with life >>> right now and 5:00 and explosive fire broke out this morning lended one firefighter in the hospital with life- threatening injuries.>>> first we will check out the first weather forecast. >> it could be a lot worse. this time of year you get the so far no signs of that not forecast. we could however see a few light snow showers later tonight. especially north of highway 30 you can see a minor disturbance stretching across central iowa reducing some rain out that way. as we go to the radar you can see it is pretty confined to a narrow area just northwest of des moines. as it goes east tonight it gets into colder air and the northern counties and that's where there could be at least is no shower or two around. nothing more than a dusting expected and that system is if you will be traveling tomorrow morning are getting out for black friday look temperatures to be around 33 to 34 degrees and we will still have mostly cloudy skies. does will be with us for most of the day tom

and realizedeveryone could be in danger.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 18:20)) " we do have a message out to them to turn their heat off .. city and realized many people could be in danger. >> we made everybody stay indoors. >> one firefighter had to be rushed to the hospital for exertion and other sp >> joe drexler's son is a volunteer and says everyone rushes in. fought into the afternoon before the flames at the oil recycling center were under control.chief o'leary calls it an emotional day - when good people left their friends and family to help their community - and he's thankful for them all.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 1:14;09 )) " we were told we were just volunteers (( butted 1:14:18)) a& a bunch for them all. >> we were told we were just volunteers. >> everyone did an awesome job. they did great. >> here in central city more than a half-dozen other departments rushing in to help this morning. the fire chief says air quality is okay here in town. it has been tested. he expects the determine a cause of this fire. covering the corridor in central city

we've got team seven coverage from central city tonight. both kwwl's kristin rogers and taylor bailey are live from the scene tonight. we start with kristin. able to save the main building. he says they had started gathering computers and files from the office--because he thought he may lose that building too-- but firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading. which is just amazing--because check out the size of this fire-- the fire chief tells me they kept water on the main building to keep the fire from spreading over there-- take a look at the rubble left hert one woman tells me--this situation turned out the best that it could have. "i'm glad it really, like it wasn't a holidays. i'm super greatful that it didn't come across the street and it didn't effect just, i'm super thankful that it didn't cause anybody to lose their life." the owner--ecoing that thought process today-- got hurt. he also told me because the majority of the buisness is still standing-- they will still function-- that's obviously great news here tonight--

right now -- fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in central city this morning.it happened at recycling business on iehl street.fox 28 news anchor matt hammilljoins us live from central city. matt? a thanksgiving no one will forget - as explosions rocked the town early this morning.as you can see behind us - - still some hot spots -- smouldering - - ad lib - - but also a feeling this could have been so much worse. nats fire " " witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke ten miles before they got to the scene - with so much oil - to feed the fire - what started in one building - another.nat ((3:24:32)) " the explosions are going off and you can feel the heat. " neighbors say - the flames moved so fast - they didn't know what would happen next. tina vanourney - witnessed iowa gold fire (( 3:24:37 )) " it's crazy, it was very scary, i had major panic attack until i figured out you know for sure what was going on. " nats - fire " " right in the middle of the battle - as crews struggled to bring the raging fire under

and realizedeveryone could be in danger.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 18:20)) " we do have a message out to them to turn their heat off .. shut their windows and make sure they stay indoors."one firefighter had to be rushed to the hospital for exertion - and others stepped up.joe drexler's son is a volunteer - firefighter (( 3:37:40 )) " he's probably carrying air tanks to make sure the firefighters have fresh air tanks and when they come out they need water. " crews fought into the afternoon before the flames at the oil recycling center were under control.chief o'leary calls it an emotional day - when good people left their friends and family to help their community - and he's thankful for them all.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 1:14;09 )) " we were told we were just volunteers (( butted 1:14:18)) a& a bunch of volunteers just put that fire out a& ((1:14:44)) .. everyone of them did an awesome job .. they did great " nats - " " two are dead after a thanksgiving day football game in kentucky. just before two yesterday afternoon - 19 shots rang out at a park.

>>reporter: life at iowa gold and central city. the air smells pungent but we just talk to the firefighter, jim o'leary, he says he wants everyone to know the air earlier today, they had asked people to shut off furnaces, close their windows and stay inside because they were concerned there may be toxic fumes. the air has been checked, everything is fine. they will now have the state investigators come in to try to find the cause of the fire. reporting live in central city, matt hammill cbs 2 news. >>> we would like to thank the viewers who sent us pictures. when you see news, be sure to host tips, pictures and videos to our facebook page. >>> the salvation army's famous red kettles out all across the quarter. the organization trying to raise $805,000 through their annual kettle campaign. how you can get involved. >>reporter: the holidays are an important time for the salvation army. >> during the christmas camping this year is really important to us for next year. to make sure we are meeting the needs of our community. >>reporter:

thick black smoke billowing through the air in central city - where dozens of firecrews worked to put out the fire at iowa gold distributing. the business deals with waste oil - and as crews were working to put it out, one of the barrels of oil inside caused multiple small explosions. more on this big fire coming up in our newscast, but first. many of you will be traveling home for your thanksgiving track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: happy dry for eastern iowa. high pressure tracks to the east enough that there will be very moves close enough to our area the northeast, early morning shoppers on friday may see a in the low to mid 40s. rise into the upper 40s. sunday chance of showers. showers last into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. to normal to close out the month. a thanksgiving day fire --but stormtrack 7 weather team: happy thanksgiving, eastern later today, making way for a moves close enough to our area tonight that we could see some - at most. the res

kcrg-tv nine's phil reed has firefighters putting out a fire central city firefighters worked to put out the remaining flames at iowa gold distributing. "we had some spots yesterday that we knew were burning. we couldn't get to it due to the location of it. they had gone out a little bit, we thought we were ok, but we got a phone call that it had rekind thursday at the plant this aerial camera showing thick black smoke filling the air. central city fire chief james o' leary says a prairieburg firefighter was treated and released at a hospital after battling the blaze for several hours "sometimes you work a little harder, spend a little more time doing it, and forget about the consequences later and that's what he did and we all do it. our adrenaline is pumping so hard " o' leary says this is not their usual house or field fire that they're used to facing. "where you have this type of chemicals and oil and stuff like that it's you can prepare how to fight it, but to the extent of harder to train for." jeff scott lives near the plant and figured a fire would happen there one day "a lot

let's go to kwwl's taylor bailey live in central city taylor? the business behind me is unrecognizable--i am told the building held hundreds of liters of oil. the oil--causing multiple explosions the smoke--visible for miles 12 the fire after eight on thanksgiving morning people in the area say they heard an explosion--then saw flames many people coming to see the fire for themselves. hope they, this is one of the more enjoyable places that i worked at" the fire continued for hours--i am told the fire kept flaring up because of all the oil, the exact cause of t unknown. the central city fire chief telling me he is unsure of what chemicals could be in the smoke--urging people in the area to be cautious - shut their windows, turn off their furnaces and stay inside tonight. live in central city...taylor bailey...news seven...kwwl alright taylor thanks so much let's take a look at storm track highest the smoke from the radar with that in mind let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see t

and we'll keep following this as the roads will get more busy massive fire in central city. it happened at iowa gold - an oil recycling business on aisle street.as cbs 2 news anchor matt hammill explains - the blaze sent one firefighter to the hospital. nats fire " " witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke the scene - with so much oil - to feed the fire - what started in one building - quickly spread to another.nat ((3:24:32)) " the explosions are going off and you can feel the heat. " neighbors say - the flames moved so fast - they didn't know what would happen next. tina vanourney - witnessed iowa gold fire (( 3:24:37 )) " it's crazy, it was very scary, i had major panic attack until i figured out you know for sure what was going on. " nats - fire " " right in the middle of the battle - as crews struggled to bring the raging fire under control - chief jim o'leary - watched the settling over central city and realizedeveryone could be in danger.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 18:20)) " we do have a message out to them to

live in central city, df, kcrg t-v nine news. meteorologist chris havely joins us now with a look at the thanksgiving day forecast. chris, what can we expect tonight? as you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain quiet until later tonight. a v through the upper midwest and will create a few flurries or light snow showers, mainly in our northern counties. travel impacts should not be large, but a few slick spots can't be ruled out. otherwise, mostly cloudy skies will stick with us through black friday. most of the weekend will be dry and a bit on the mild side until rain moves in late on sunday and into sunday night. around 0.50'' to 1'' will be possible. as the system snow will be with us for the first half of next week, as temperatures drop back to more typical late november numbers. tonight: chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. wind: w 5-10. low: 32 alo: 31 dbq: 32 iow: 33 29 to 35 beth... large balloons, high school bands and other performers filled the streets in chicago, new york

in central city, dave franzman, kcrg-tv9 news. meteorologist britley ritz has your first alert forecast, britley... happy thanksgiving everyone! today will look gloomy out there, but as long as you stay indoors and enjoy friends and family, you'll be alright. stay cozy, temperatures are only traveling to a friends or family member's house, there won't be any traffic concerns weather wise here in eastern iowa. late tonight and into friday a weak system will be moving through bringing the chance of seeing a few flurries, especially along highway 20 and north. no accumulation is expected. saturday and sunday temperatures warm into the upper 40s. saturday will be the dry day, sunday rain chances will move back into the forecast late with windy conditions. today: cloudy 36 to 42 tonight: chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. wind: w 5-10. low: 32 alo: 31 dbq: 32 iow: 33 29 to 35 this midday, millions of people are traveling to get to thanksgiving dinner with their families. it was slow-going to start busiest travel days of th

kwwl's elizabeth amanieh back from central city --she joins us now live in the studio. amanda-the fire starting earlier this morning at the oil recycling business. sending multiple fire crews working against the clock to contain it, relentless fire at iowa gold distributing. brenda "the smoke was just billowing, i mean it was unreal" julie machacek "the smoke got darker and darker and all of a sudden there was an explosion." thick black smoke engulfing the area. creating a safety concern for those who live nearby. one grandma of three keeping her grandchildren inside. brenda "no, because i didn't want them to run out in the street or inhale that black stuff...no" s for the majority of the day. laura mally "they came knockin on the doors saying kinda keep your windows shut, shut stuff down, kind of just keeping an eye." but those flames not letting down julie machacek "and the flames were so high they were burning into the high wires. leaving neighbors wondering if that fire would spread out into their backyard. hours after the fire started, area so that the fire doesn't

live in central city--kristin rogers--news 7 kwwl. the owner says right now he is going through the typical processes you go through after a fire-- such as being in contact with tweleve fire departments and hundreds of firefighters--battli ng the blaze thursday it took hours to get the fire under control causing many fire fighters to use a lot of energy--sending one to the hospital the fire--also causing multiple explosions throwing firefighters to the ground. "they had used oil stored in fifty five gallon drums and as the firefighter who was sent to the hospital is back home tonight -- the chief tells us he simply over exerted himself... and is doing just fine now. meteorologist kyle kiel now for the first look at your weather from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the clouds have hung on tight today, but we have remained dry. the clouds will clear as we head into the overnight hours, and temperatures will drop to the upper 20s and lower 30s. nothing widespread. the w

a firefighter is in the hospital with serious injures after a fire in central city. it happened at iowa gold distributing yesterday morning. a kayaker says he found human remains in a des moines treating the investigation like a crime scene. florence henderson has passed away. the 82-year-old played carol brady on the abc sitcom 'the brady bunch' from 1969 to 1974. it's black friday. the national retail federation expects 137 million people to be out to day in search of a good deal. and it's the annual heroes game in iowa city as the hawkeyes take on nebraska. kickoff is 2:30 this afternoon right here on kcrg-tv9. this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads eastern iowa. any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. high pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. this will giving us a southerly wind and on top of

small town fire departments like the one in central city are made up of volunteers and when the face fires like this one at iowa gold distributing they depend on other departments for help.mutual aid agreements allow other area departments to respond when the need arises.the fire at iowa gold distributing brought 14 aid. mutual aid agreements allow other departments to respond agencies together with 10 of those being other area fire departments. it ensures they have enough manpower, equipment and backup to take on the big fires and even major traffic crashes. the volunteers have other jobs and that means not everyone can always answer the call.>> as a volunteer for the fire department, we are on call 24 seven. if you if you are available, you go. if you are not available, that's the downside. you hope that you have enough crews and members to help you out.>> reporter: right now the linn county emergency management is actually in the process of reviewing and modernizing its initial passage mutual aid agreements. covering the corridor or and cbs 2 news live at 5 the death toll is up to

in central city, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. a change in command is coming to the benton county sheriff's office. sheriff randy forsyth confirmed to t-v nine he's retiring. he's worked with the office since 1973, starting off his careea year and will finish his term through the rest of the year. in the election earlier this month, deputy ronald tippett won the election to be the next sheriff in benton county. with no one claiming a winning powerball ticket, it's up to 403 million dollars. the drawing is saturday night. no one has won since september 17th. the odds are one in 292 point 2 million to win the jackpot. the record is 1 point billion dollars back in january. the f-d-a approved a new device from the university of iowa that's changed how one man is experiencing this thanksgiving. what a hybrid cochlear implant means for people who have a particular type of hearing loss. and it's senior day tomorrow for coach and dad, kirk ferentz. it's been all in the family with his sons on the team... and he's saying good bye to the yo

a firefighter is in the hospital with serious injures after a fire in central city. it happened at iowa gold distributing yesterday morning. a kayaker says he found human remains in a des moines treating the investigation like a crime scene. florence henderson has passed away. the 82-year-old played carol brady on the abc sitcom 'the brady bunch' from 1969 to 1974. it's black friday. the national retail federation expects 137 million people to be out to day in search of a good deal. and it's the annual heroes game in iowa city as the hawkeyes take on nebraska. kickoff is 2:30 this afternoon right here on kcrg-tv9.

central city firefighters went back to the plant that rekindled. the fire chief, james o'leary, says it's hard to prepare for the dangers explosions and that type of fire can present. a prairieburg firefighter went to the hospital for overexertion while battling the fire. "you're carrying probably an extra 50-60 pounds of weight on you. and he's in shape, he's not an older guy at all. even someone in shape, it wears you out. a good few hours of o'leary says the firefighter is back home and recovering. a state fire marshall says they will have to get somebody to move things out of the area before they can determine a cause for the fire. turning to weather.. chris, the clouds are leaving and we should be looking at some sun tomorrow? after several days of thick cloud cover, skies will tonight. with relatively light winds, our temperatures will drop into the 20s which is normal for late november. on saturday, high pressure will enable us to enjoy some sunshine in most areas. some high clouds are likely, but skies will be mostly sunny at times. we stay

firefighters spent most of the day in central city -- at an oil recycling business. one firefighter was sent to the hospital with what was called a serious medical condition - a dangerous scene in central city. kwwl's elizabeth amanieh spoke with morning into dusk to contain a relentless fire at iowa gold distributing. "the smoke was just billowing, i mean it was unreal" "the smoke got darker and darker and all of a sudden there was an explosion." thick black smoke engulfing the area. creating a safety concern for those who live nearby. one grandma of three keeping her grandchildren inside. "no, because i didn't want them to run out in the street or inhale that black stuff...no" crews urging residents to stay indoors with their furnaces off for the majority of the day. "they came knockin on the doors saying kinda keep your windows shut, shut stuff down, kind of just keeping an eye." but those flames not letting down "and the flames were so high they were burning into the high wires. leaving neighbors wondering if that backyard. firefighters eventually containing the

>> from the central city senior dining site. down here this morning? >> i just arrived. >> so you're fresh. >> waiting for your phone calls as well. so far, we've had pretty good numbers from the response. so far from donations. we still have a long way to go for tonight. if you have some time and you want to give a little, feel free to call the number or go online to kcrg.com. weather-wise, we're looking pretty good across much of tv9 viewing area. temperatures in the 30s and 40s for most areas. we're going to be topping later today in the 50s for some spots across eastern iowa. you can see where the clouds are more prevalent in northern counties. 37 in charles city. 37 in decor right now. clouds trying to make their way in very gradually. parts of areas south of 20 and i-80 south as well, lots of sunshine. those clouds are on the way in. pressure. going to bring in blue stuff you see here. that's actually snow. snow showers will be coming into our area for tomorrow. not expecting big accumulations. could be keeping a close eye, but not expecting a bi

we've got team seven coverage from central city tonight. both kwwl's kristin rogers and taylor bailey are live from the scene tonight. we start with kristin.

that's just off highway 13 in central city. this is an aerial view of the fire as it burned around 11 this morning. kcrg tv nine's dave franzman is live at the fire scene. dave, what's the latest? beth, the fire is still smoldering but firefighters left the scene earlier today. they monitored the air quality and didn't find anything alarming, so the earlier advice to minimize exposure to outside air has expired, and theri as the smoke billowed and crews rushed to contain the flames, several residents of a nearby retirement home watched what was happening right across the street. one he heard it before he saw it. "i was sitting in the chair watching tu and it just exploded looked out and it was just

ya know-central city, palo, prairieburg. and i think people in those towns would really suffer if they didn't have their voices heard through a representative." we reached out to kevin kula for a comment today supporting the change, but he did not respond. if the ballot issue passes, the terms for all five supervisors would be up by the end of 2018. iowa republicans showed support the group included first district congressman rod blum and also former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. it was a final effort to get people to the polls tomorrow. blum, who's seeking his second term, thanked voters for supporting republicans in past elections, and he encouraged them to continue tomorrow. "14:21i don't think we ever stop and think about that. we're in the process of turning iowa red, and it doesn't happen overnight. and it's not because of us. we're just doing what you pay us to do. its because of you. grassroots are doing this." the group also stopped in waterloo and will be trying to win last minute support in mason city tonigh

fifty-nine central city 59 cedar rapids. i was city in the 60s. in the north 57 and a quarter. fifty-eight located elk leader in manchester and dubuque. when the south and west by ten and in the south mostly sunny and calm. sixty in fifty-nine monticello. i was city in the 60s and upper 50s around benton. extended forecast more 60s tuesday and wednesday. maybe you are leery about putting the christmas decorations up. maybe want to wait until tuesday where it's warmer. you still have wednesday. you can pushed off till thursday. 60 degrees and sunshine. than 53 thursday night. mid to lower 40s and the trend does cool as we look for the next ten days here. lower 40s for sunday and monday that's the upper 40s and upper 40s to lower 50s much more normal temperature patterns as we head toward the middle and toward the end of next week. >>> in eastern iowa this monday morning a long time restaurant here is now destroyed after a kitchen fire. look at waterloo cedar falls core door says we do the restaurant lounge was completely destroyed over the weekend. that fire started just after 3

firefighters spent most of the day in central city -- at an oil recycling business. one firefighter was sent to the hospital with what was called a serus kwwl's elizabeth amanieh spoke with people who live nearby. fire crews working from morning into dusk to contain a relentless fire at iowa gold distributing. "the smoke was just billowing, i mean it was unreal" "the smoke got darker and darker and all of a sudden there was an explosion." thick black smoke engulfing the area. creating a safety concern for those who live nearby. grandchildren inside. "no, because i didn't want them to run out in the street or inhale that black stuff...no" crews urging residents to stay indoors with their furnaces off for the majority of the day. "they came knockin on the doors saying kinda keep your windows shut, shut stuff down, kind of just keeping an eye." but those flames not letting down "and the flames were so high they were burning into the high wires. leaving neighbors wondering if that backyard. firefighters eventually containing the fire. "and more than twelve hours after th

today take a look west at 5-10 sunny, calm, comfortable upper 50s around central city 58 center point 58, 59 cedar rapids mount vernon the same, iowa city at 60, 59 in north liberty. north viewing area 56 around new hampton, 58 waterloo, dubuque and 57. southern part of the viewing area now looking at 59 in vinton, monticello 61 in washington notice the west breeze at 5-10. extended forecast for you upper 30s tonight mid 60s tomorrow, we're down to 40 tomorrow night lower 50s for veterans day down to 29 overnight it will be a chilly night out there saturday/sunday ranging from the low to upper 50s sunshine upper 50s monday and 60s for the day tuesday, one final time this morning, show you that 10 day trend and no changes, every one of those next 10 days is at or a of the year. >> nothing to complain about there. >>> well social media of course people love it as a platform and they always got a lot to say and with this election, there is a lot to say, so now we head over to cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson whose live at our breaking news desk monitoring social media all morning an

the recycling plant in central city caught fire after multiple explosions thursday morning. people nearby couldn't leave their homes or use their furnace, for possible contaminates in the air. central city firefighters went back to the plant thursday night to put out any rekindled flames. the fire chief, james o'leary, says it's hard to prepare for dangerous explosions that this type of fire can present. a prairieburg firefighter even went to the hospital for overexertion while battling the fire. extra 50-60 pounds of weight on you. and he's in shape, he's not an older guy at all. even someone in shape, it wears you out. a good few hours of that, is takes a toll on your body " o'leary says the firefighter is back home and recovering. a state fire marshall says they will have to get somebody to move things out of the area before they can determine a is apologizing after a crash killed six children in chattanooga, tennessee monday. "i can't fathom the anguish of the families whose children were involved in this horrific accident and that it involved one of my company's buses.

iowa city, 40. 38 in central city. into the forecast to the north. charles city, 35. dubuque, 38. breezy today. we will lose the moisture tonight. we stay cloudy and breezy. northwest wind at 5-15, gusting up to 20. the three day forecast. upper 30s tomorrow and friday. overnight lows, upper 20s to the lower-30s. saturday we do sneak in some sunshine. the highest 37. 29 saturday night. clouds billed as we go into sunday. light snow possible. 29 on sunday night. partly sunny monday. we are watching tuesday. watching for the possibility of moisture -- to early to tell at this point. stay with us. we will keep you updated as we get closer. we do get cooler wednesday, thursday and friday. the full forecast, road details and much more online on cbs2iowa.com. >>> still ahead on the cbs2 news at noon, stick with us. for christmas in the corridor. to look a lot like christmas at the herbert hoover presidential library-museum. cbs 2 news reporter >>> welcome back. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas at the herbert museum. stephanie johnson gives us a peek at the latest exhibit. >>

numbers like 51 in central city. 52 in center point, cedar rapids and fairfax. 53 in iowa city and north liberty. we will find low 50s decorah. 51 in oelwein, elkader. 54 in washington. 53 over in tama. your extended forecast features the upper 20s tonight. we'll have frost overnight into tomorrow. 56 for sunday. monday, upper 50s remain with a mostly sunny sky. upper 50s tuesday, wednesday and upper 50s for thursday. staying at or above normal all the way through next sunday, the weekend before thanksgiving. >> and we'll have frost in the night. >> yeah. >> but thanksgiving soon. that is exciting. >> we got that going for us, which is nice. >> we have to have something to look forward to soon. christmas is so far away. >> 3 da can't wait. >>> tgif. happy veterans day. thank you so much to every welcome back -- it's now we're taking a look at your??????? your??????? >>> welcome back on this veterans day. let's take a look at this veterans day forecast. 50 in decorah, oelwein, 56 in washington p we'll have winds out of the northwest five to 0 miles per hour. a supe day though. >>> many of

live in central city, dave franzman, kcrg t-v nine news. u-i-h-c after a truck hit him while he crossed the street. that's according to our coverage partners k-d- t-h. dubuque police say jeremy maus of new hampshire had the right of way when he crossed the road at 17th and white streets in dubuque on tuesday night. his condition is not known. police cited the driver, uriah ostrand, who is 22 and from dubuque. the citation is for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also send us pictures, videos or news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. we have pretty calm weather right now, but for anyone traveling home from thanksgiving or going out black friday shopping, you might see a flurry or two of snow. meteorologist chris havely joins us now. more like winter. as you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain quiet until later tonight. a very weak system will be moving through the upper midwest and will create a few flurries or light snow showers, mainly in our nort

explosion, explosion explosions ripped through the rubble of storage buildings at a central city business. investigators this morning are still trying to determine what sparked a smoky fire at a recycling facility. the reports of the fire came in at eight yesterday morning. numerous departments responded to the business, just off of highway 13. the flammable materials inside triggered several explosions. authorities say they took one firefighter to the hospital with what was described as a "life- threatening" medical issue. the stay inside and turn off their furnaces. they say they were concerned about possible contaminates in the smoke. officials say the fire spread quickly. " basically spread from that building the oil burst out of the poly tank. it ran on the ground and the oil was on fire and ran down and started the building behind it on fire " o'leary says he doesn't know what started the fire. the st investigation. charges could be announced today for the deadly shooting of a university police officer in detroit. authorities are currently are holding a suspect. wayne state officer

here is a corridor forecast. 43 today in central city in cedar rapids and mount vernon. north iowa city 45 and take a look at what else is happening. upper 30s low 40s in the north and mid 40s and the south tonight's forecast clouds and a dry turkey day temperatures upper 30s and the north and mainly cloudy, calm, dry in near-normal . 44 is the height down to 29 in part lease -- partly sunny. upper 40s low 50s with showers sunday and monday and 40s for 40s for tuesday. it is 1211 and let's take a look at the drive. a lot of folks estimated 45 -- and as we look and eastern iowa things are looking good. there is that as curved to cedar rapids coralville i-380 880 and interchange is moving and grieving and way of the waterloo, no big tieups. same story for east dubuque heading toward dubuque and the tri-state area. no word on anything delaying and traffic always at cbs2iowa.com. >> while many of us are getting ready for thanksgiving, businesses are getting ready for black friday and some starts tomorrow night. stephanie johnson is live with glendale mall. stephanie tell me y

mostly sunny to start your sunday, cold with light wind out of the northwest, centerpoint and central city, done to 18 degrees, 19 in cedar rapids and 22 start in iowa city, bundle up if you are heading out early tomorrow morning, it will be very cold and chilly and less windy tomorrow, and here is our protector going high pressure builds into the midwest. here we are at 6:00, tomorrow , tomorrow morning, clear skies, sunshine tomorrow around 2:00 and then we keep that sunshine around as we start monday and into the afternoon before the clouds begin to build on late monday and tuesday and here it is again, clear skies, sunshine and here at at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and monday morning, around 9:00, clear skies and as begin to build and that will linger into wednesday as well, to the north, clear, cold, 16 below in waterloo and 21 is the warm spot if you would like to call that warm in dubuque. and 19 in cedar rapids. . 20 in iowa city and washington. in your forecast tomorrow, if you degrees warmer, wind will switch to the southeast at five up 37 - - 37 up to 39 in the north and the south,

the state fire marshall says we might never know the cause of a thanksgiving day fire in central city. authorities say the fire started about eight thursday morning at the iowa gold distributing recycling business. smoke and flames from the fire could be seen for 10 miles. the fire destroyed two of the business's buildings and caused an air quality concern for marshal's office says the fire started in a west building. but because of the destruction, investigators say they are unable to determine the cause. cedar rapids police have identified the two people who died saturday when their vehicle crashed into a police s-u-v on i-380. they were martell watson and kaitlyn hall- stougard. watson, who was the driver, was 21, and hall- stougard was 22. both were from cedar rapids. crash on i-380 southbound near first avenue early saturday morning. that's when watson lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the passenger side and rear of the police cruiser. he and his passenger died at the scene. two officers in the care were also injured, but not seriously. the cedar rapids christmas tree

central city, 71. centerpoint, cedar rapids, 72. north liberty, iowa city, 73. the north part of the viewing area, mainly sunny and mild. the wind changing. waterloo, manchester and dubuque along highway 20, all at 71 degrees. the southern part of the state today, same forecast. cedar rapids, low 70s. washington, 74. monticello, the same. tipton, 73. the extended picture. rain late tonight and through the day tomorrow. a high of 64. thirty-five and clearing tomorrow night. low 60s thursday. sunshine and back to the mild weather we go. mid to upper 60s for friday, saturday and sunday. looking good monday too with lower-60s on the board. don't forget to set the clock back one hour as you go to bed saturday night. the ten-day trend stays above normal except for one day wednesday when we go one degree below normal. baseball fans come our sister station tonight, fox28, game should be a gorgeous night in cleveland. the game starts at 7:05 p.m. coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. first pitch, 67. wind is calm. a nice night. >> if the cubs win tonight, game seven. cleveland we

ya know-central city, palo, prairieburg. and i think people in those towns would really suffer if they didn't have their voices heard through a representative." we reached out to kevin kula he did not respond. if the ballot issue passes, the terms for all 5 supervisors would be up by the end of 2018. people in marion will vote on a referendum today on how to elect their city council members. right now, the city has 3 at large council members and 4 ward council members. but the entire city is allowed to vote for all 7 counl people elect 1 member from their own ward, plus the 3 at-large spots. voters in iowa city can decide on a measure that could lower the number of signatures needed to bring future initiatives and referendums in front of the city council. current code says at least 25% of the number of people who vote in the last city election has to sign the document. if this measure passes today, it would lower that number to 10%. today, we hope you'll stay with t-v 9 for election share your voting experience with the hash

it happened in 'central city'. plume of smoke... ten miles away from the fire. crews had to stop using water for awhile... over fears of spreading the flammable material around. a witness described the moments when he heard the violent blast. one firefighter was taken from the scene... with what was described as a "life threatening medical issue". president-elect donald trump is spending thanksgiving in florida... remaining cabinet slots. that includes an expected appointment of 78-year-old billionaire and investor wilbur- ross as secretary of commerce. the president- elect tweeted, today... that he's "working hard, even on thanksgiving." he says he wants to keep the carrier a-c company in the u.s. carrier says they "look forward to working" with trump. president obama wished the nation a happy thanksgiving. here's what he had to say in his and the first family spent the day yesterday... pardoning turkeys.. and serving thanksgiving dinner. they served food to retired 'veterans' at the armed forces 'retirement' home in washington. in touch with more than 134-thou

central city, cedar rapids, fairfax and north liberty, 64. 66 iowa city. north part of the viewing area, 60 today decora, post industrial, oelwein, 63 manchester, mainly cloudy, scattered showers there, about 50% chance. in the southern part of the viewing area, a little better chance of scattered showers and storms this afternoon, north breeze at 5 to 10, monticello washington, 66 iowa city. we will find 40s overnight tonight, back to the 60s tomorrow. down to 41 for thursday night. friday, upper 60s. we'll keep that trend saturday and sunday, mid-to-upper 60s. don't forget to set that clock back saturday night before you go to bed, plenty of sunshine to enjoy sunshine, low 60s monday, and itty bitty chance of a raindrop as we head to election day on tuesday. >> news at noon, the cedar rapids mayor challenge the corridor community to band together and buy local. was the challenge a success? vernon: they're like a lot of iowans -- they get up early, get the kids to school, and get to work. but too often, washington that works for the middle class. instead

cities. highs today range from the mid to upper 60s to the lower 60s in central iowa. upper 50s and lower 60s in western iowa. satellite radar showing you cloud cover on the move now and some light rain developing and western parts of the state. this cold front will continue to move through and as it does, it brings some of those scattered showers to our forecast later this evening into the overnight. not a huge chance of rain. anything we get of the light and short-lived. clouds are out count high pressure ms. back in. here is our predictor. we will watch those clouds move into the forecast here and any rain we see is very light. i would say a quarter inch or less, even -- if even that. it's gone by 6:00, the clouds will do the same and we will have nice, sunny but breezy conditions as we head through election day tuesday. a clear, cool night for tuesday here is your corridor forecast for the rest of the day. those clouds are building with a south breeze at five to 10 miles per hour. 56 degrees around center point. central city, rather. cedar rapids 67 degrees. fairfa

low 60s around charles city -- central city and centerpoint. cedar rapids, 62. north part of the viewing area this afternoon, upper 50s around decorah. manchester, 65. tipton, 63. as is iowa city washington, 64. the future is upper 30s. overnight here is a good day thursday. 71 degrees for friday, upper 50s, low 60s. scattered showers saturday and sunday, we are cooler with highs in the 40s. >>> still ahead on the cbs2 news at noon, despite hillary clinton's loss of becoming the first female president, women are still working to break that apart from the presidential race - women did make strides in politics this year - securing >>> apart from the presidential race, victories in the house and senate. we explore how women are still taking the steps and continue to push the glass ceiling right here in iowa. >> a record number of women ran for state legislatures nationwide including here in pop hillary clinton "to all the little girls who are watching this: never doubt that you are valuable, and powerful, and deserving of achieve your own dreams."words of encouragem

it started thursday morning in central city. it crushes oil filters and recovers waste oil in order to recycle it. it's burning off sending smoke into the air. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> such a great story after an accidental text 2 virtual strangers in arizona, a grandma an a thanksgiving dinner together earlier this month the grandma somehow added him to a text message thread inviting their family to dinner. they figured out it was a mix-up and her invitation remained the story went viral and spread far enough to get stove top's attention. the company tweet it was giving the pair a year's supply of stuffing for their party >> very cool. >> are. laboratories of our little scientists. >> there are a bunch of toys on the market to encourage children. what's popular this year? >> well, as you probably know stem toys are all about interactive play and i found out what the best buys are and here's the good news: none of them will break your budget. this christmas robots rule they give children of with ro

th morning at a recycling plant in central city. fire officials say the blaze continued for hours, kept flaring up because of all of that oil. the cause remains under investigation. >>> try making your thanksgiving dinner without one very important ingredient. talking about water. that was the challenge for folks living up in newton, new jersey. a water main break cut off water for the entire town. to the rescue, two local fire houses that are distributing a new water main line was installed last night. they'll slowly turn the water back on throughout the morning. >>> the shooting death of a west virginia teenager could be prosecuted as a hate crime. william pulliam allegedly admitted he killed 15-year-old james nease. he said he felt threatened by him. he felt no remorse. he felt, the street. >> we want justice in this matter. we're not going to put it in our hands, we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> pulliam is charged with first degree murder. >>> right now we're standing by to learn the name of a driver killed i

people in central city say thick black smoke filled the air take a look. one firefighter was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. the fire chief asked people living nearby to stay inside and turn off their furnaces yesterday to avoid contaminants that may be in the smoke. this morning residents have been given the all clear. >> new this morning, a police officer attacked with a skateboard. this happened in san francisco. the officer was rushed to the hospital. police say he was writing a traffic ticket and the suspect ran off. when the officer caught up, the man hit him in the heawi this morning that suspect is in custody and the officer is expected to recover. >> wisn 12 news time now is 4:41. >> the politician who wants to double-check the election results here in wisconsin. why people are pitching in millions to make it happen. >> plus, a very trump christmas. the latest thing trump is selling to help you and your family celebrate the holidays and how much it will set you jeremy: good friday morning. i hope you had your fill of the turkey

firefighters spent most of the day in central city -- at an oil recycling business. kwwl's elizabeth amanieh spoke with people who live nearby. fire crews working from morning into dusk to contain a relentless fire at iowa gold distributing. "the smoke was just billowing, i mean it was unreal" "the smoke got darker and darker and all of a sudden there was an explosion." area. creating a safety concern for those who live nearby. one grandma of three keeping her grandchildren inside. "no, because i didn't want them to run out in the street or inhale that black stuff...no" crews urging residents to stay indoors with their furnaces off for the majority of the day. "they came knockin on the doors saying kinda keep your windows shut, shut stuff down, kind of just keeping an eye." but those flames not letting down "and the flames were so high backyard. firefighters eventually containing the fire. "and more than twelve hours after the fire started, the debris still that the fire doesn't spark back up again." neighbors near-by grateful for all twelve fire departments who pour

smoldering all day the fire chief saying they kept fire from spreading at iowa gold distributing in central city on thanksgiving day. take a look at the rubble left there today the building that burned--was mostly storage for used oil recyclables. one woman saying this situation turned out the best that it could have. "i'm glad it really, like it lose everything right before the holidays. i'm super greatful that it didn't come across the street and it didn't effect anybody in the residence home.i'm glad we didn't have to evacuate. i'm didn't cause anybody to lose their life." the owner--ecoing that thought process today-- saying he is thankful nobody got hurt. at that fire...tweleve fire departments and and their volunteer firefighters under control causing many fire fighters to use a lot of energy--sending one to explosions throwing firefighters to the ground. "they had used oil stored in fifty five gallon drums and as the oil heats up and expands with all the flames around it it's gotta go somewhere and that's where it goes, up in the air" the hospital is back home tonight -- the chief tells u

leonard hopes there's a focus on mental health in the central city...noting it's easier to shoot, rob, or loot...if you've been exposed to violence at an early age. what about the young people who hear gunshots every single night? who go to sleep to sirens? the medical college of wisconsin is paying about 90-thousand dollars to cover this planning process. it's brought in the prevention institute in oakland, which has consulted in cities like minneapolis and boston. the goal is to have a list of actions set by the spring. live in the newsroom, a.j. bayatpour, fox 6 news. we posted a stream of the entire barrett news conference on fox6 now dot com device-- you'll get alerts when events like this happen in the future. it's time for your news and weather together. a former u-w-m employee pleads not guilty to child pornography charges. 58-year-old jack hay junior is accused of looking at inappropriate images of pre-teen girls while on the job. a u-w-m spokesman says hay was a book keeper for the transportation services office --and it was one of his authorities of the alleged illegal acti

tax system and to encourage capital investment, not only in our country in general but in our central cities, and what we're trying to do is make sure as i told you before personnel is policy. we're trying to make sure the personnel that's coming together is consistent with what it would take to implement his agenda. it's a very aggressive agenda. you have folks on talking obamacare and the reality is, neil, pre-existing conditions, folks being able to stay home until 26, breaking down, this is one of the major changes, breaking down these false walls of competition where folks can go outside their states. >> a lot of people think he pivoted. he talked about those features. but 20 million get health insurance now who would lose it under a get rid of it thing. is there a proviso or special thing to keep up or keep going so they still have health insurance and move into whatever you guys come up with? >> at the end of the day, again, told you before, this is going to be donald trump's agenda. he just had a major merger of his political leadership with the existing transition team and now we're

the water rushing past rocks on the wapsipinicon river in central city stops for no one. linn county supervisor brent oleson says neither do the increasing problems with iowa's water ways.water quality can't continue to go the way the most impaired rivers. that's why oleson says about three years ago -- he started to push for a sigficant investment in the water that runs through linn county. oleson says initially -- he wanted 60 million -- but research showed 40 million dollars would still start the process and stood a better chance of being approved.it will cost taxpayers about 27 dollars a year -- or a little more than two dollars a month. the payoff is expected to be much greater than that.my goal and the goal of take that 40 million and to make it 200-250 million.the county will grow the pot through partnerships -- using the 40 million dollars to provide matching funds to grants over the next 20 years. hillary hughes is the vice president of the linn county conservation board.for some projects its easy to gain partner dollars and in others its' much more challenging,