cedar rapids. the city reopened traffic on all downtown bridges today. that should ease some of the congestion on the intersta this week. public transportatio n around cedar rapids also gets back to normal this morning. city buses haven't taken passengers for a week. and starting today you can get rid of any sandbags you picked up to protect your property. two different sandbag drop off locations are open for the public. one is on the city's northwest side at ellis park. the drop-off site is located by the tennis courts. and on the northeast side, the city has a drop-off businesses and non- profits have four drop-off locations for sandbags. one is on the east side of downtown between the quaker oats and cargill plants. another is next to the former chrome horse building in newbo. a third is the parking lot behind the shops on 16th avenue southwest in czech village. and finally, there one near second avenue and l street southwest in kingston village. tim fall friday nights in iowa are normally reserved for something else that made last night memorable for

low: 45 relocate to the cedar rapids downtown core. hibu, a digital marketing services provider and directory publisher, is moving into 211 third avenue se in cedar rapids. rockwell collins had space in that building for years -- and moved out of that building in the summer. as kcrg tv9's jordee kalk reports, central core businesses felt that loss -- and hope to "get it back" with the influx of workers. were devastated when rockwell collins moved out of this facility earlier this year. that's why they're so excited to get some enthusiasm back in this downtown core, with more than double the amount of employees that used to work here. take vo: cedar rapids metro economic alliance says the downtown core survives off itself. the organization says that's why many smaller and local businesses did suffer when rockwell left the downtown area. many business owners hope hibu's opening will lead to a chain reaction among businesses. the owners hope these new workers will lead to an increase of people stopping in for lunch and there are companies

low:aj o 650 employees will soon relocate to the cedar rapids downtown core. hibu, a digital marketing services provid directory publisher, is moving into 211 third avenue se in cedar rapids. rockwell collins had space in that building for years -- and moved out of that building in the summer. as kcrg tv9's jordee kalk reports, central core businesses felt that loss -- and hope to "get it back" with the influx of workers. jordee: many local businesses were devastated when rockwell collins moved out of this facility earlier this year. that's why they're so excited to get some enthusiasm back in this downtown employees that used to work here. take vo: cedar rapids metro economic alliance says the downtown core survives off itself. the organization says that's why many smaller and local businesses did suffer when rockwell left the downtown area. many business owners hope hibu's opening will lead to a chain reaction among businesses. the owners hope these new workers will lead to an increase of people stopping in for lunch and dinner. sot: bob wagner/ need pizza 50

stay with relocate to the cedar rapids downtown core. into 211 third avenue se in cedar rapids. rockwell collins had space in that building for years -- and moved out of that building in the summer. as kcrg tv9's jordee kalk reports, central core businesses felt that loss -- and hope to "get it back" with the influx of workers. jordee: many local businesses were devastated when rockwell collins moved out of this facility earlier this year. that's why they're so excited to get some core, with more than double the amount of employees that used to work here. take vo: cedar rapids metro economic alliance says the downtown core survives off itself. the organization says that's why many smaller and local businesses did suffer when rockwell left the downtown area. many business owners hope hibu's opening will lead to a chain reaction among businesses. the owners hope these new workers will lead to an increase of people stopping in for lunch and dinner. sot: bob wagner/ need pizza 50:02, "i just love that there are companies that want to come down here and replace somebody that might be

kcrg-tv9's phil reed is live tonight in downtown cedar rapids. phil, the united way is now asking people to log how many hours they put in doing volunteer work during the flood? the united way is asking people to put those hours on their website. that federal money could match any state or local dollars costs if a disaster is declared. you enter your name, email, how you volunteered, the hours you worked, and upload any pictures you took on their website. the non profit says so many people came out to help, that they couldn't help flood prevention, and repair costs. and they hope people will be honest about their hours "there's really no value to anybody personally to call in hours they didn't work. and this is iowa. we trust people to be fair and honest on what they submit " the united way says it wants to be better prepared to log people's hours in future disasters. your hours will be on our website kcrg dot com. live in downtown cedar rapids, phil reed, kcrg tv-9 news this is the last night of high school football's regular season. there are m

this is video of the hesco barriers being removed from around the us live from downtown cedar rapids--kristin? we--just like everyone else here in the core of downtown-- had to be out of our cedar rapids office for a week-- it was great to get back in there today-- many people getting their lives back to normal on this monday. downtown cedar rapids as the river is below flood stage. nats resturaunts are open and people are coming back to work downtown. aside from the sight of remaining hesco barriers-- a sense of normalcy--finally felt again in most places-- but not at the linn county courthouse-- "we are supposed to be open okay at 9:22 the computers went down, we haven't been up "you come in all ready for work and it's like oh." after being out of their "all of the judges if they're having hearings today they can't something as frusterating for those working in the courthouse--as it is for those--needing their services. "i think people are really frusterated today you know last week they understood, but you know everybodys told them things should be back to normal on monday and then

we do the cedar rapids downtown farmers market and the des moines one. we try and do other local, small if you have an idea for a business that we should feature on made in eastern iowa...send me an email at chris.earl@kc rg.com. in a cross country race, it can sometimes be easy to keep your head down and focus on winning. but for 1 runner, he saw an opportunity to help a competitor finish the race. its here is a live look at . stay with kcrg-tv9. meteorologist justin gehrts joins us now with your first alert forec a weak weather system in the plains will slide our way today into tonight. for the most part, we'll just have an increase in clouds, but a few sprinkles are possible as late today. otherwise, highs should be mild, mainly in the lower 70s. a few patches of light rain continue tonight, but those will be out by daybreak tomorrow. 70s return on tuesday. a potent cold front will push across the area wednesday morning, bringing some showers then. during the afternoon. frost is possible wednesday night, but we'll quickly rebound to mild temperatures

this event is set for noon today at the cedar rapids downtown library - it's free and open to the public. covering the corridor in cedar rapids stephanie johnson cbs 2 news. on friday - one of university of iowa's biggest comebacks explore. but today - we're going to give you a sneak peak. at 11 a-m - u-i officials are letting our cameras into the new voxman music building. flooding 8 years ago forced students and faculty out of the former building - but after years of planning and construction - the new space welcomed students this fall. the public music-filled dedication ceremony will begin at 4 on friday. hundreds of rapids will move from the edge of town - to the heart of it. it.digital marketing company hibu is moving from its "c" street southwest location to the town center building on third avenue southeast.the move transfers 650 jobs to the downtown district.the business - formerly known as yellow book - will make the move in may. there are several small operations also eyeing downtown cedar rapids.cbs 2 news reporter connor morgan shows us how the center of the overhaul. with tw

a woman is recovering from significant walked across 1st avenue east in downtown cedar rapids. that's according to police. investigators say she was involved in a hit-and-run around 1:30 a-m sunday in front of the double tree hotel on first avenue. the woman is now at uihc. police expect her to survive. the driver and the woman didn't know each other. and police say alcohol was not a factor. some eastern iowa law enforcement agencies are considering whether to provide their officers with a drug that could save opioid addictswh bettendorf police officers say they are tracking how many overdose calls they go to each year. now, they are looking into training for officers - as well as cost and storage- of the drug, naloxone officials say the city's fire department and e-m-ts already use naloxone to prevent deadly overdoses. but police don't usually go to emergency medical calls unless they know the call involves an overdose. call newsline nine when you see news. here's the number 319- 365-9999. kcrg dot com. a large employer is moving to downtown cedar rapids -- but it's a mystery

but it is for this store in downtown cedar rapids. ower kimberly cowger says people usually wait until the last minute to pick out a halloween costume. 22:40, "so the last 3 days have been really busy for us." the national retail federation predicts americans to spend a record $8.4 billion on halloween this year. and a good percentage of that will be on costumes. 23:00, "every year there's something that surprises us." cowger says this year's shock is that the grinch is the most popular adult costume. in second, is dressing as senior citizens. 23:18, "a lot of people want to be old this year too. a lot of people little older is to suit up as donald trump or hillary clinton. 23:29, "we have sold some, but we do have plenty of trump and hilary masks left." suprisingly, the store says more political costumes were actuallysold lastt the caucuses last year than thes plan to lebrate halloween this . proving you're never too old to dress up in costume... :55, "halloween is just a me fo let's go to meteologis t chrish ws going to be like onha

in downtown cedar rapids has also been sold, this time to united fire group. the two-story building is remembered by many for its history as may's drug store; it was more recently home to legends nightclub, started by hawkeye legend roy marble. it was heavily damaged after the flood of 2008, and has sat vacant since then. about $250,000, and it comes as part of the company's recent buying spree. it has already acquired the american building and the downtown drug building, and announced plans to build a 10-story office tower. cornell college opens brackett house b&b after restoration option in the corridor.cornell college has completed renovations of its historic brackett house bed and breakfast in mount vernon, and will be holding an open house oct. 17the 140-year-old home in has four rooms ranging from double occupancy to a suite that can sleep six people. the house was originally the home of its builder, william brackett, who also completed construction of the college's iconic king chapel. chapel. for more in-depth coverage of these stories and more, be sure

overnight, downtown cedar rapids looked to almost be back to normal. businesses have started to reopen post flood 2016. eight years after the 2008 flood basically destroyed it, a cedar rapids church celebrates avoiding water damage this time around. and while we clean up here in eastern iowa, the caribbean is getting ready for a whollup. the latest on hurricane matthew. you're t from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrg-tv9 saturday morning news. good morning and thanks for joining us. we begin with first alert storm team meteorologis t britley ritz. waking up with temperatures into the 50s skies today will turn partly cloudy at times and this will allow for our high temperatures to be slightly thanks britley. things are definitely starting to get back to flooding in cedar rapids. last weekend, downtown was a ghost town. last night-- not so much. this is what 2nd avenue looked like just outside of the kcrg studios around 1:00 this morning. as of business at the downtown bars and restaurants overnight. more businesses plan to open back up sometime

casey prince accepted a position as the downtown district executive director in cedar rapids. prince helped t-c-r through an the 2008 flood. he's also been very connected to the revitalization of downtown cedar rapids. and he says while he has fond memories of the theatre, this was something that will help him be more involved with downtown development. "14:10 one of the greatest things about my job at the theatre was seeing the impact our organization had on downtown and it really helped me fall in love with the downtown of my hometown in a very unique way. 14:25" it's moving day for the eastern iowa health center in cedar rapids. the health center serves 40-thousand low income patients a year.. and is closed today and tomorrow for the big move. the center at 1201 3rd avenue southeast underwent an almost two million dollar renovation. the center's c-e-o says it needed the renovations because it is serving more patients. the chief medical officer says the center location to this location. "there's going to be some confusion of who's supposed to be where, we'll facilitate that a

live in downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. cedar rapids says picking up the thousands of sandbags across the city will take about 3 weeks. crews will start going around today to remove those sandbags after a delay earlier this week. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break. it's ---. first alert storm team plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. off in the 60s, it won't last, and readings will settle back into the 50-55 range for much of the day. while moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. tonight, wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern sections of the state. temperatures will be in the upper 50s thursday afternoon, with a big rebound in temperature likely for the weekend.today: light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. wind: nw 10-20. high: 55 tonight: mostly clea

overnight, downtown cedar rapids looked to almost be back to normal. businesses have started to reopen post flood 2016. eight years after the 2008 flood basically destroyed it, a cedar rapids church celebrates avoidin and while we clean up here in eastern iowa, the caribbean is getting ready for a whollup. the latest on hurricane matthew. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrg-tv9 sunday morning news. good morning and thanks for joining us. we begin with first alert storm waking up with temperatures into the 50s once again, but this time around we might see a peek of sunshine! mostly cloudy skies today will turn partly cloudy at times and this will allow for our high temperatures to be slightly warmer than what they were yesterday. expect highs to reach near 70 degrees. partly cloudy skies will be our weather for the evening, but now the winds will be out of the southeast instead of the north. this will change things up significantly in the way of temperatures. monday highs will warm into the middle 70s and tuesd

live in downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. cedar rapids has taken a first step in building city broke ground on the levee that will protect the newbo district from most flooding yesterday. that levee will stretch from south of the sinclair site to the african american museum of iowa. it will eliminate the need for many of the hesco barriers that helped protect the area from last month's flood. cedar rapids mayor ron corbett says this project is just the start. " it's a great starting point, move over and protect czech village " the city says the levee will hold back water of a cedar river level of up to 20 feet -- the flooding last month reached 22 feet. it expects it to be completed by the end of next year. but the city is still short millions of dollars to complete the full flood protection plan. less than four weeks away from the presidential election, the nominees are campaigning in key battleground states o for democrat hillary clinton from her husband and former president bill clinton. he'll be in waterloo at the cattle c

live in downtown cedar rapids. plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. continue to watch this going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: os wind: se 5-10. low: 46 tomorrow: partly cloudy. breezy and milder. wind: sw 15-25 high: 74 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. shooting first hand, a pastor wants to end violence among teens. he reached out to a group of young people in the most impactful way he knew how. stay with yo

downtown each day. and that has businesses in the area excited. today, the city announced hibu - the company that made yellow pages - is moving its cedar rapids operations. " 6:32, "the central location the convenience and the amenities as well as the excitement and energy you can feel downtown makes this the right fit for our tem and for our organization . " the company is moving from c street southwest... to the town centre building on about 650 employees to downtown. hibu plans to move by may. kcrg-tv9's jordee kalk is live near the town centre building in cedar rapids. jordee, local businesses say they'll benefit from the employees working there. yes. this building used to house rockwell collins. but earlier this year the company moved locations, and took about 300 employees out of the downtown core. with today say they're ready to get some new customers in and out of the doors. nat 42:02, "your total is $2.94." tucked just behind 2nd street southeast in cedar rapids, the blue strawberry says it fills a niche in this community. 40:34, "the turkey provolone has been our signature since day one.. the restaurant caters to daytime business people. 39:52

. >> the i-380 ramp in cedar rapids, now back open, meaning just 2 exits remain closed. all of the downtown bridges are expected to reopen to all traffic by tomorrow morning. with downtown cedar rapids before the flood, thousands of workers were sent home. >> for many, that's a costly shows us how some tried to get by before the all clear. >> here in the -- district business came to a screeching halt due to the flooding. however some places have been able to keep their salaried employees on the books. and other places like parlor city have even hired on helping hands in hopes of opening sooner. for many workers they can only paycheck. employees impacted by the flooding can actually file unemployment. the iowa work force center has already received about 100 questions about the issue. employees can apply for unemployment. however, many business owners, including steve shriver said he didn't anticipate this becoming a big issue. >> you look 2008, there were 3 to 4 months of down time and we lost flood. business was closed down. so i would say that has the barrier failed and we were looking at

raised in cedar rapids on saturday for alzheimer's research. more than one thousand people met in downtown cedar rapids for the annual 'walk to end alzheimers'. families, friends, and teams donned their purple and met at the mcgrath ampitheatre yesterday morning. plenty wore shirts showing names of loved ones and carrying flowers in their honor. the aim of the two mile walk is to support alzeheimer's disease research. more than 5 million people face the disease each year in the united states. that's why organizers say it's imprt 53:54 "we host these events so we can help raise awareness and raise funds for alzheimer's research and advocacy efforts. again, it's really important for people to come out here and support each other to raise awareness so that we feel comfortable having conversations about the disease if we've been affected by alzheimer's." each year, walks across the country raise millions of dollars for alzheimer's research. overseas, the u-s navy is trying to figure out this comes just days after another exchange of fire off the coast of yemen. stay with tv9. it's ---. meteoro

theatre cedar rapids' longtime executive director is moving on. casey prince accepted a position as the downtown district executive director in cedar rapids. prince helped t-c-r through an $8 million dollar renovation to come back after the 2008 flood. he's also been very connected to the revitalization of downtown cedar rapids. and he says while he has fond memories of the theatre, this was something that will help him be more involved with downtown development. things about my job at the theatre was seeing the impact our organization had on downtown and it really helped me fall in love with the downtown of my hometown in a very unique way. 14:25" prince was with t-c-r for 10 years. chicago cubs' fans have earned the last two nights of no stress... hope you rested up because, tomorrow, it's coming back... last night, the cubs - and the world - got to see who chicago will play in the n-l championship night at wrigley. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. starting off in the upper 30s to lower 40s and should be able to climb easily into the 60s today. there will be some c

rescource centers to help those affected by flooding over the past few weeks and bridges in downtown cedar rapids are back open this morning -- following a week of closures due to flooding. a live look at i-380 now. however -- it appears some interstate exits to downtown are still blocked. ditching out before the job's done. a des moines family spent their sunday picking up -- what a tree trimmer left behind. e trim the trees and then he left. when they tried calling him -- it went right to voicemail and he cashed their check before they could cancel it. the family says they paid him 600 dollars to cut down seven dead i don't want this to happen to people. i don't want other people have to be stuck with mom giving her last $600 bucks to this guy - that's just not right. that's a really crappy thing to do." the family hopes other people gas prices are going up. according to gas buddy -- prices in iowa are up three and a half cents in the past week to two twenty-one a gallon. that's a cent below the national average. nationally -- prices went up abotu one and a half cents. according to analysts, th

kwwl's kristin rogers joins us live from downtown cedar rapids--kristin? this is actually our first day back into our cedar rapids bureau office--in a week--for this vvery reason-- we spent the week working from our newscar--or our homes--providing some of that flood coverage-- it's great to be back in our office-- many people-- getting that same opportunity on this monday-- as downtown appeared to be back in action-- streets are open--and people were out and about during the lunch hour-- but it was not the normal their computers--crashed . "i think people are really frusterated today you know last week they understood, but you monday and then to have the computers go down, it's tough." she says they are already behind from being closed a week--and this is another day behind. we checked back late this afternoon and comuputers were back up as of three this afternoon. the courthouse of course-- hoping tomorrow things are finally back to normal. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids--kristin rogers...kwwl news. with the courthouse computers down-- judges

cedar rapids. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, kevin barry, fox 28 news. a fox 28 viewer alerted us to a racial slur etched on a street surface in downtown cedar rapids. rapids.fox 28 news took that concern to the city and after we shared the photos, the city removed it immediately. the viewer tells us the vandalism was there for more than a year. tomorrow on fox 28 morning live, we take a closer look at the city's history with issues like this.that's tomorrow city's history with issues like >> developing now a former teacher turned stripper now faces a felony charge of sexual exportation. fox28 news dora miller breaks down the elevated accusations. >> reporter: mary beth haglin will enter a plea again for a serious felony she is charts with. a process familiar to the former substitute teacher. according to court documents bustier sent new evidence that impact her charge. all of this comes after change of on dr. phil show. on the show she claimed the relationship with the student lasted for nine months. she gave intimate details about their encounters. she also appeared on to other national shows or she shared similar details. >> although class the is

this event is set for noon today at the cedar rapids downtown library - it's free and open to the public. covering the corridor in cedar rapids stephanie johnson cbs 2 on friday - one of university of iowa's biggest comebacks after the flood of 2008 will go on display for all to explore. but today - we're going to give you a sneak peak. at 11 a-m - u-i officials are letting our cameras into the new voxman music building. flooding 8 years ago forced students and faculty out of the former building - but after years of planning and construction - the new space welcomed students this fall. dedication ceremony will begin at 4 on friday. hundreds of workers in cedar rapids will move from the edge of town - to the heart of it. it.digital marketing company hibu is moving from its "c" street southwest location to the town center building on third avenue southeast.the move transfers 650 jobs to the downtown district.the business - formerly known as yellow book - will make the move in there are several small operations also eyeing downtown cedar rapids.cbs 2 news reporter connor morgan shows us how

the attorney general's office will be at the downtown cedar rapids library monday. representatives will be answering questions and contractor, avoiding fraud, and price-gouging. that's from 10 to three on monday. the city has also set up a phone line for people to verify contractors are licensed here in iowa. that number is 319-286-5929. businesses are getting back to work in downtown. at red's public house, employees and volunteers brought back alcohol, tables and chairs. some businesses say they'll need while others are already open. one employee at reds says they got a lot of help along the way. "everyone pulled together, did our sandbags, got all of our food and every thing and we'll be pen back up by monday." restaurant employees say they hope people will rally and spend a lot of time and money in downtown to help make up for lost business. one cedar rapids organization has seen this flood event inspire a lot of positive act started moving things from the first floor to the second floor last thursday. the non-profit supports more than 800people with intellectua

live in downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. after about 30 years of planning city officials promise all the waiting and planning plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. while some spots are starting into the 50-55 range for much of the day. while moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern the state. temperatures will be in the upper 50s thursday afternoon, with a big rebound in temperature likely for the weekend. today: light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. slowly falling temperatures. wind: nw 10-20. high: 55 tonight: mostly clear. patchy frost possible late. wind: nw 5-10. low: 35 high: 58 tom. night: clear. wind: se 5-10. low: 41 thanks kaj. plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. while some spots are starting off in the

downtown cedar rapids it is 59 degrees south east winds at six miles per hour. humidity at 93%. low 50s in charles city 54 -- 59 and cedar rapids. rapid city is at 47. we show you this because that is heading our way for friday night. highs today made 50s even lower 50s back to the west. here today for us 76 and cedar rapids 70 in kansas city and 80 in wichita. we always look west to see what's happening in the forecast. >> an area of low pressure and you can see it passes to the north and east over the next few hours. that low continues to make tracks overnight tonight. there is the heavy line along the cold front full of rain. that will bring us the cooler air for the end of the week. cloudy skies and rain built-in for the last -- later afternoon. heavy showers late night tonight to early tomorrow. probably by 6 am tomorrow most of the rain will be gone. clouds will do the same in dry for friday night football but chilly with upper 30s the lower 40s. >> today will be mild. 78 mostly cloudy scattered showers this afternoon southeast winds five miles per hour to 10 miles per hour

a large employer is moving to downtown cedar rapids -- but it's an economic riddle that's clouded in mystery for now. the city will make the announcement late this morning -- but is not revealing the company involved. the employer will be moving into this building, 211 3rd a the building in august. it's unclear whether the new business will take over rockwell's old space. cedar rapids mayor ron corbett and city manager jeff pomeranz will hold that news conference at 11:30 a.m. after some relatively peaceful protesting in iowa of late, the f-b-i is investigating a fire at a bakken pipeline construction site in jasper county. investigators say something or someone set fire to these machines in reasnor on saturday night. the fire destroyed one backhoe and 2 owns the land where the fire burned said it's the second fire in 3 months. the town's assistant fire chief suspects arson and points to pipeline protesters. "<"pretty senseless. they're not getting back at the pipeline, they're just hurting the guys trying to make a living and put it in." " the landowner says this fire won't affect t

cedar rapids will start fully enforcing on-street parking today. the city says it has re- installed all parking meters the especially for you race brought more than 15,000 to downtown cedar rapids in the morning, runners met at the hall perine cancer center and made their way to newbo in a 5k. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, even though the race is over, the fight is still going on? chris, there's 21 more days in this month. the people i spoke with say that's plenty of time to continue raising awareness. especially for you takes a full year to plan. and the 15 thousand who came out yesterday morning make all of that possible. this is event is based around early detection, the money raised goes straight to help services. that's something you can continue to promote and donate to for the rest of the month and year. 53:19 what's truly amazing is the money that people raise is kept here locally it helps people right here in the community. it helps family members, friends, neighbors, co workers. so everyday its important to remind people to have early detection how important it is." there are volunteer groups, committees, and much more you can get involved

kcrg's phil reed joins us live in downtown cedar rapids. phil, how can these volunteers hours translate into money? officials from linn county emergency management say a volunteer's hard work can pay up to 24 dollars an hour and those hours not only helped saved linn can also help the rebuild ,. from filling up sandbags to now filling out applications, linn county is asking volunteers who helped fight flood waters to now submit how many hours they worked. "if the city or the area receives a presidential declaration of a disaster, then those hours could be used as match if there was federal dollars available to the city or the county. " the form can be found on the united way of east central iowa website. you put in your name, email, the any pictures you may have taken. the united way says so many people came out to help, that they couldn't keep track of everybody "at the beginning, it was all hands on deck, everyone was just out because of the urgency of sandbagging, so everyone put their efforts forward " michael goldberg from linn county

respect. >> even though it is a different plan, both sides are trying to do the same thing for downtown cedar rapids. they are trying to bring the jobs and economic growth to downtown area. >>> right now by spring of next year a "five guys" is opening near the lindale mall. this is the first chain in the area. they serve handmade burgers and fresh-cut fries. the "five guys" will open near the gallery of jewelry. >>> iowa city is in the middle of a project tearing up a road. joins us from washington street.>>> workers are about halfway done. this gives you an idea of what this will look like once both blocks are completed. the $5 million construction project is replacing old infrastructure and making it more pedestrian friendly. some residents have been concerned about getting around the intersection. engineer say most of the sidewalk is done and it will be a lot easier. crews are working on the block on the street. >> we are wrapping up the water main construction in the underground utilities. as we finish up the utilities we are working on street paving and sidewalk paving. to get ahead of the wint

shop in the heart of cedar rapids.mayor ron corbett says the company's downtown commitment is a crucial victory for the city. city."they actually looked at space not just in cedar rapids, but outside of cedar rapids. so to keep these jobs in cedar rapids was critical." large companies aren't alone in choosing downtown. ironically - the flood of '08 is aiding aspiring downtown entrepreneurs.economic development manager jasmine almoayed says some of the money left over from the disaster's relief fund is kickstarting small businesses as part of the city's micro loan program. program."there's actually a lot more interest than what we had originally anticipated. we didn't think it would be this high of a demand."modteets dollar micro loan from the city.a chicago native - williams plans to open a market at the roosevelt and says the downtown is a prime location for business. business."coming from a bigger city, i can see what needs to be fulfilled in downtown cedar rapids and i just felt like it was an opportunity, and i'm happy that i was the first one to take advantage of that opportunity." williams says he plans to have his convenience store - called mod's market - opene

a car hit an elderly woman who was crossing the road in downtown cedar rapids this afternoon. it hp first avenue and second street. an ambulance took the woman to a local hospital. she's expected to be ok. the driver received a citation. a homeless man in cedar rapids is set to go to trial for his second murder charge. travis standlee will face first-degree murder tomorrow in scott county. a judge moved the trial there because of too much local publicity. authorities believe standlee killed sharon found mead's body near the coe college campus in september of 2015. prosecutors claim standlee killed mead the day after he was released from jail, under suspicion of another murder. authorities said, at the time, they didn't have enough evidence to hold standlee. they later charged him for murdering both mead... ... and raymond ursino, who was also homeless. earlier this year, a jury found standlee guilty of second- degree murder in the death of ursino. a judge sentenced standlee to 50 years in one town in northwest iowa says it's seeing a boost in business. they're connecting it to

cedar rapids skycam. the river -- dropping below flood stage since it's second-highest crest last week. here's an overhead view on downtown and the swollen river with the kwwl drone at the height of the flooding. cedar rapids--conting protection plan--something that's been in the works since the flood of 2008-- but the plan--not satisfying everyone-- kwwl's kristin rogers joining us live from downtown cedar rapids with more--kristin? well the city's plan requires green space along certain parts of the river-- which means buyouts. the city--already removing many of the homes we are talking about-- since 2008-- but they say--there will along ellis boulavard-- people still enjoy riverfront property-- while some in cedar rapids--were a part of buyouts after the 2008 flood-- the city--turning their homes along the river into greenspace--driveways can be found--leading to nowhere. some current homeowners--worried--t elling us off camera--they don't intend to leave their homes-- several of them hanging pirate flags last week-- to symbolize being on barriers- "we're not going to be probably approaching them for a better part of a

new fatherhood and lifelong cubs fandom are colliding this week for one cedar rapids man. downtown cedar rapids. rapids.and it couldn't be better timing for him, mitch... jordan caviness and his wife kiyla are here at st. luke's expecting their first child sometime tonight or early tomorrow morning...and after jordan becomes a dad...he's heading to wrigley... wrigley...his wife gave weekend. here's the deal he's been trying to get to a playoff game at some point and made adele with his wife if the baby is here is the cubs are still in the world series can i go? best wife ever she said yes. he got tickets for sunday where if things play out he becomes a father and the end of a 108- year drive. >> the priority is with the wife and baby and making sure obviously if she wanted me to stay back i would stay back she understands the situation. >> reporter: and they're going to be having a little boy. they have a name picked out but they aren't telling anybody. i did ask, is it cubs related in any way, jordan wouldn't answer that so we just got to way for the little guy to show up. coverin

today, she met with local politicians and community leaders at greene square in downtown cedar rapids. courage. the courage to do what's right, the courage of new ideas. i've seen great courage when my life was on the line. now is the time to come together. be responsible. " giffords' appearance was part of a national bus tour that's focusing on reducing gun violence. the tour continues until candidates are just a few hours away from their only debate during this campaign. with the presidential election just a little more than a month away, polls in some swing states are still tight. and a-b-c's lana zak reports the stakes are high. in this election- which is unlike any other in american history-the vice presidential debate tonight may have a greater impact than ever. cokie: ...especially undecided voters might be taking a look and saying "maybe i can make up my mind based on vp candidate." farmville tonight- republican mike pence, gov of indiana-and democrat, tim kaine, a virigina senator -are surrogates for their presidential candidates, they are relative unknowns to much of america

rent was so expensive, organizers decided to move the haunted house from a warehouse near downtown cedar rapids to the linn county fairgrounds for this season. teams across eastern iowa are getting ready for high scott will feature the undefeated xavier high school football team as they get ready to face waverly-shell rock. a slow moving storm system pulls the cooler and drier remains with us through sunday. highs will be in the 60s with lows dipping into the upper 30s and lower 40s. the wind stays just strong enoug concerns. a slight rain chance returns on monday, with milder weather building through next week. have a great night and a safe weekend! tonight: mostly clear and seasonably cool. wind: w 5-10. low: 40 high: 65 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 sunday: mostly sunny. high: 69 low: 45 monday: slight chance of showers. high: 70 low: 50 tuesday: partly cloudy. high: 73 low: 53 wednesday: partly cloudy. high: 70 low: 48 thursday: partly cloudy. high: 70 low: 46 friday: chance of storms. high: 73 low: 53 saur just three weeks remain in the regular season for high school foo

cbs2iowa.com >>> right now you cannot tell but there were racial slurs etched into his street in downtown cedar rapids. these images. the city immediately removed them. the viewer who asked to remain anonymous says the graffiti has been there for about a year tomorrow and "cbs2 news" this morning we are going to review the city history and people will weigh in on their thoughts. >>> the university of iowa has filed a lawsuit blaming a contractor for damaging an old capitol building. you will lighthearted -- hired newsom construction to improve the capital that was damaged. they received $1.6 billion for their work on the gold dome amongst other things back in 2004 picked the lawsuit on this month says you will by officials found problems with the construction, including water leaks and would deterioration and that they have refused to fix the problems. they should be finished by december >>> iowa national guard members will not have to pay back enlistment bonuses. thousands of troops in california were being ordered by the gone to give bonuses back with interest. now "cbs2 news" has learned that the s

workers say people usually come to the store in downtown cedar rapids with an idea in mind. but possible. the shop says the stream of customers in the final weeks before halloween has been steady, this year. "22:39, "most people seem to tend to not know what they want to do until the last minute so the last 3 days have been really busy for us." " tonight at 10, find out which costumes are fan-favorites. and if politician- themed getups are among them. while we're on the topic of halloween--- are ghosts real? pretty divisive question. this evening, we talk with cedar rapids investigations about some of the strangest sights and sounds members have seen. tv nine's brea love will have that story on the kcrg-tv nine news at 10. one church in cedar rapids did more than hand out candy today. lo lovely lane united methodist church went to cedarwood hills apartments on the northeast side to help people living there. members of the church handed out socks, mittens, hats and books for children and their families. the congregation donated all the items. the church says they appreciate "

taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> recently a cedar rapids resident notified us here at etched into the middle of a street in downtown cedar rapids. cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson is there now live. and, stephanie, you talked to some of our community about this. >>reporter: i did, jenee. and those racial slurs that the viewer found were found right here in the middle of this street as well as right here in two spots. now, these spots are located right behind the paramount theater and right next to the playground. and many people i spoke with were surprised that this is happening here in cedar rapids. kind of problem here."these words were etched in the middle of fourth avenue and second street. a viewer--who asked to remain annoymous --- says they noticed it within the last year, but nothing was done about it.sara 19;28;26 "i've never seen anything like that downtown."19;32;24 "personally i think it's disgusting." grady daniels junior is the co-founder for stop the violence and a representative for united in "whoever did this is a person who lacks intelligence probably not just about themselves but about thems

she was crossing the road in downtown cedar rapids yesterday afternoon at 1st avenue and 2nd street east. an ambulance took the woman to a local hospital. she's expected to be ok. the driver received a citation. alcohol, drugs or fatigue played a role in crash that killed 13 people in california. authorities say a tour bus slammed into the back of a semi-truck early sunday. in addition to those killed, 31 were hurt. the bus riders were returning from a trip to a casino. the california highway patrol says the bus was moving much faster than the truck. "i will tell you that the speed of the bus was so significant that when it hit the back of the big-rig trailer- the trailer into the bus. " state police say the bus had passed its three most recent inspections. the driver, who was also the bus's owner, died in the crash. multiple fire crews worked on a massive fire in what cheer -- in keokuk county. the fire broke out sunday afternoon on barnes street. no word on what sparked those large flames. we're working to get more info from the sheriff's office. could be even tighter today on linn str

in downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. some bu the process of opening from the flood. coming up tonight at 6 we'll look at one business who will apply toward the fund. turning now to the forecast and meteorologis t joe winters. we have a chance of seeing some frost tonight? the iowa attorney general's office closed its investigation into a cedar rapids officer involved shooting, deeming it justified. calling the actions of officers ashley steil and jeremiah white reasonable 12th, they responded to a domestic disturbance at 1735 edgewood drive northwest. when officers arrived, police say markell bivins was stabbing a woman in the face and neck. documents show bivins did not comply with commands to stop, and officers shot and killed him. we talked to his victim, raelynn finn. she said officers had to shoot bivins, to stop him from hurting her. she described their relationship as violent and she was trying to whenever you see news, let us know by calling our newsline 9. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also email us pictu

the streets of downtown cedar rapids turned into a sea of teal sunday morning. more than 15 thousand came out to make sure anyone in need has access to breast cancer mammograms all the way up to actual diagnosis, what's so special about that is we're actually eliminating financial barriers that might prevent someone from trying to reach those services." early detection is key, that's one thing breast cancer survivor suzanne staab wants to stress. 58:57 "i didn't know i had anything wrong with me, i had felt no lump. it was in a spot where i couldn't feel, it was not very big but they found it on a routine mammogram, so i'll tell anyone who will listen get those mammograms ladies." she was diagnosed just a few days after the 2015 especiallf you race. and at this year's those steps had a new meaning for her. 56:40 "it was from the end of decemeber to the middle of july, i was in treatment this year. i feel like i'm finally getting back to my old self." staab has finished chemo and radiation and walked across the finish line with her team carrying a smile on her fa

storm track seven's kristin rogers joining us live from downtown cedar rapids with more--kristin? since the flood of 2008 the city has been working on coming up with a permanent flood protection system-- the temporary protectiot more than 10- million dollars--by the time it's all taken down. this video taken during the recent flooding-- the city--still waiting on around 73-million dollars from the federal governement--that was promised and approved since 2008-- but the money was never given-- mayor corbett--hoping this recent flood-- helps cedar rapids get that federal money-- in order to build a more "earlier this year flooding in louisianna, earlier before that flooding in west virginia, fires is a way for us to elevate and get to the top of the list again." the permanent flood protection plan includes 13 foot tall levees and permanent walls-- as seen here-- there would also be some removable walls. in the meantime cedar rapids is relying on city and state dollars to do what they can. there have been a number of are too excited about it-- i'll have more on that in the story i am

recovering from significant injuries this evening after getting hit while walking across a downtown cedar rapids street. that's according to police cedar rapids police say she was involved in a hit-and- run around 1:30 this morning in front of the double tree hotel on first avenue. the woman is now at university of iowa hospitals and clinics. police expect her to survive. the driver and the factor. call newsline nine when you see news. here's the number 319- 365-9999. also, take a picture or some video. email it to newsroom at kcrg dot com. meteorologist chris havely joins us now. chris, a mild start to the work week? and somewhat a large employer is moving to the city is set to make an announcement tomorrow. the employer will be moving into this building, 211 3rd avenue southeast. rockwell collins moved out of the building in august. it's unclear whether the new business will take over rockwell's old space. cedar rapids mayor ron corbett and city manager jeff pomeranz will hold that the fbi is investigating an overnight fire at a bakken pipeline construction site in jasper county. the pipeline

. >>> even though the flood did not do major damage to downtown cedar rapids, the event may be drowning local businesses. connor morgan is live to explain the long road to recovery for two downtown restaurants. connor.>> reporter: yes scott. are not sinking. i spoke to several businesses downtown today that recovery from an event like this is easier said than done. places like the dublin city pub did not get water on their first floor and both prepared as if they did. both are worried about long- term survival as they have repairs.>> the amount of time we've had to be closed, we are looking at about $25,000 that we the game plan to make up for that loss? >>> there is no way to do that unless everybody from cedar rapids comes here to eat. it's one of those things where i don't know how we will make it up.>> reporter: coming up on the cbs evening news at 6:00, i will tell you how they plan to reopen. i am connor morgan, cbs news, live at 5:00.>>> why they are breathing a sigh of relief. >> reporter: devastated in 2008, they were forced to tear down 16 buildings. this time, only 4 were imp

. >>> racial slurs in downtown cedar rapids. stephanie reached out to the community for their reactions. >> behind the paramount theater these racial slurs were originally on the ground near the ground transportation sector in the playground is 50 yards from this area and who knows how many people who have spoke to were very surprised this is happening. >> i would not expect that in cedar rapids. we don't have that problem here. >> these words were etched in the middle of fourth avenue and second street southeast. a viewer who asked to remain anonymous said they noticed it within the last year but nothing was done about it. >> i've never seen anything about it. >> randy is a cofounder for stop the violence and representative for united piece of iowa. >> this person lacks intelligence probably not only about himself but people around him. and how many people who were hurt by that and doesn't care. >> cbs2 new -- news notify the city. with the 24 hours they were removed. in a statement the city said vandalism of this nature is a c