phil, alliant had to make a deal for this to happen? alliant doesn't own the land. farmers and homeowners occupy them. and they will continue to do that until a business wants to buy their land then they will have to sell it. undisclosed amount of money to agree to the deal. alliant says the industrial park is the biggest in the state. and that it will make iowa an attractive destination for large scale businesses looking to set up shop in iowa the companies will be using alliant's services. and they cal it good business move for them, and their customers. "one of the ways we can control our utility rates is by adding more customers. because as the cost of serving our customers goes up, the more customers we have in our system, the easier it is to maintain utility rates over time." "now to have a cert manufacturing companies are making those decisions, we're ready to go, and we're ready to have them invest and locate in the state of iowa. so it really sets us above other states who are competiting" alliant says they had this deal in place for several months. but sep

alliant issued an apology to customers on its website yesterday. it said the company's using a new billing system that based estimates on a customer's usage last summer. it says people used 2015 because this year was hotter. that means some customers are getting bills that are hundreds of dollars higher than what they expected. and alliant said it did not have enough people on staff to catch the system change or to let customers know they would owe more money. "if you have one of these high bills, we really want to work with you to spread those payments out, to help so it's not one big burden " you'll hear from one alliant customer who says her bill is 400 dollars more than she expected. and find out why alliant says it just can't waive the extra costs. a new survey of business leaders in iowa and eight other midwestern states suggests a sluggish economy that could slow even more. the economic index for the region fell to 45 point 5 in september compared to 47 point 8 the month before. any score below 50 suggests that's according a monthly survey b

alliant energy will not ask for this. also, if you get a phone call like this -- hang up, then contact alliant the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque -- shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. and if this happens to you...you should contact police to report the incident. coming up... the toronto blue jays are fighting for their postseason lives against the cleveland indians and the iowa hawkeyes prepare to host tenth ranked wisconsin with heartland trophy on the line. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in gilbertville, marion, dyersville and all of eastern iowa. it's troubling. congressman blum actually co-sponsored a bill just for being pregnant. and blum tried to defund planned parenthood, even though women depend on it for critical care, like cancer screenings. i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was early detection that made a difference. it's not a political issue. it's about caring about all of our people here in this country. i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. that would be

alliant does think the incident is weather releated. still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, a man hunt crossing state lines - he's accused of murdering family members and police - and also trying to spread a deadly diseas. but get this - he facebook lived. an update on the man on a suspected murder rampage - >>> now an update on the man on the suspected murder rampage wanted by police across the nearly decapitating and killing his uncle and stabbing his aunt to death. he raged on facebook live. steve shaw spoke with experts to analyze the bizarre ramp. >> what's up, y'all, this is rail. see? that the gun. that's the real deal. this ain't a joke and this ain't a prank. dr. howard kurtz/criminologist "in this case it's pretty clear he's up there and he's not coming down. that could suggest that he's taking some drugs some kind of amphetamine. that's what i'm thinking. right and that's pretty dangerous.""sis i love you and thank you for believing in me. everything that was said it was all a set up."kurtz says vance is acting out of rage or

officials from alliant required to actually catch up that money. regardless of whose mistake it is, we are required to make up that difference. " but hanks feels the billing should not be a burden on her, and thinks alliant should come up with a bright idea to fix it. "this is my choice in between food and diapers or my electricity. alliant will put customers on a payment plan for the waive late fees. and they are putting more people in charge of billing review, so more customers can get a warning in the future. thanks, phil. meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, alliant says this past summer was hotter than normal. how did it compare to other years? milder weather continues for the majority of the week with highs staying wednesday. two rounds of rain are expected this week starting wednesday morning and again on thursday. rainfall accumulation s of over an inch are possible in some areas, but at this point it appears the heaviest rainfall should remain in missouri and kansas. cooler and more seasonable air arrives friday with 60s and 40s wi

alliant says instead of buying the land, it struck deals with the property owners. "those landowners continue to own the land at this time. they will continue to farm the land, an p houses that are on those acreages at this time. but under the circumstances that a business will come along and be interested in developing that land for their business, they could purchase that land from the landowners." alliant says it has paid some money to the landowners to get them be part of the program. business leaders and medical professionals in dubuque are teaming up to help the police department. they're raising thousands of dollars so police have enough money to get a new, four-legged officer. and hear why an ohio state knife today. and tomorrow, kcrg t-v nine and the the heritage agency on aging are teaming up again to "fill the plate." this is an annual telethon to raise funding for meals that go to older adults throughout much of eastern iowa. we'll have coverage on all of our newscasts tomorrow, and we encourage you violent crime. those are motivating a group in dubuque

alliant energy is apologizing to its customers. it comes after people saw higher than expected bills in the last week. alliant says the bills are accurate, because this summer was hotter than usual, and customers used more energy than normal. alliant also said a new billing system sent a lot of estimated bills to customers, typically, the company contacts users when that happens, but alliant says it didn't have the enough employees to do so. the company says it will help customers come up with payment plans. it'll also waive late fees for affected users. in black hawk county, dozens of people learned what it takes to manage and produce crops. organizers held a "farm crawl" at beck's orchard. the family has 55 apple trees and about a dozen goats. the owner, louis beck, taught kids how to make apple then placed it in a press. beck says often times people, especially kids, are surprised by the work that goes into prepping food. "i think for them to see you have to take apples and make it into pulp and squeeze them and actually see the

all in alliant energy's parking lot in cedar rapids. when it's all done, the home of course won't say on the alliant campus. instead it will go into a neighborhood in eastern iowa, where a family in need will move in. it was all part of something called a panel build with the cedar valley habitat for humanity and alliant energy. typically, habitat volunteers start building on the actual site of the future helped with the framing on alliant's campus. habitat says building homes this way cuts costs, and allows them to build even more homes. "17:31 we're also saving on costs because typically the walls come panelized to our builds, and by doing it here, we're cutting down on costs that we would pay to have a home panelized. and then, of course, bringing people together to participate in a fun event." once the panels are done, they'll go to the build site for th more volunteers will assemble them. today firefighters in cedar rapids are continuing a 32-year tradition of filling the boot. they're collecting money for the muscular dystrophy as

dave as we immensed alliant cut we're going to have to correct. i just talked to some residents and they told me at 2:00 that hasn't happened yet and the reason is alliant has holding off until the very last minute in case they don't have to. they're basically seeing what the crest of the river in vinton. if they think they can handle it they may not shut the power up. this is lynn drive on the southeast side of about three hours we came through here and the road was perfectly dry. it's about 6 inches. now as we go to some of the video again the utility crews were trying to cut the power to just the homes where the cities had ordered the evacuation earlier. that may be only about 80 to 100 homes in all. mandatory authorities are not going to force anyone to leave. one resident their plan for most of the family to pack up and go and leave one behind to take care of the property. >> earlier today the city of palo break. that appeal worked and the kreis has eased although the sewer line is not fixed yet. now we are coming back live. you can see this

.>>> alliant energy customers are dealing karen - many alliant customers are seeing their electric bills rise - some ten dollars - others in the hundreds.and that's got customers like faye dudley wondering - watt's up with that? that? faye d some a couple of bucks and some a couple of hundred. what is up with that?>>> i thought i was alone in at all. >> reporter: her bill went from $90 and -- two $145 in the last three months. as it turned out, she is part of a surge of customers facing an increase.>>> i see people with bills that were $120 going up to 600 bills that were $120 month.>> reporter: as alliant spokesperson justin explains. >> we were not able to manually review all the bills. when we can't manually review the bills, the system kicks out an estimated help. >> reporter: the estimates do not include usage which is higher this year because of warmer weather. they admit they were unable to update customers immediately.>>> we apologize can to never let it happen again. >> reporter: company is creating a payment plan for customers.>>> we set you up on a payment plan and you still h

the number is 1-800-alliant or 800-255-4268. you can still pick up or fill sandbags at four locations in linn county and cedar rapids. there's one site at the old kmart near 16th avenue and williams boulevard southwest... another at hawkeye downs. and the city has re-opened a sandbagging location at the ellis park pavilion. linn county is also secondary roads building. that's off of highway 13 and county home road. the city is urging people to not take empty sandbags. fill them before you take them. the sandbagging sites are there for people who'll need them for homes and businesses in the flood zone. "it's been very organically organized people have just found themselves at a pile of sand and then people would just short conversations would say okay i can tie bags, i can fill bags, i'll grab a shovel, we'll move truck-loads of dirt are trying to protect the czech village in cedar rapids from any major flooding. overnight, dump trucks were building berms along the river. the walls there will be about 7 or eight feet high. crews

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it looks like alliant just got here and is working to restore power now..... live in cedar rapids, samantha myers, kcrg- tv9. cedar rapids is stressing of water in a home can be dangerous. it's asking anyone who might have water damage to an electrical system, furnace, or water heater to call alliant or midamerican. turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, what are the current river levels? skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 40s. sunshine is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter hover close to 70 into the weekend, although more clouds return on saturday. dry weather should continue until wednesday. have a good night! tonight: turning mostly clear. wind: n 5-10. low: 48 tomorrow: mostly sunny. not quite as windy. wind: n 10-20. high: 70 back to you. cedar rapids police chief wayne jerman says he's that's a day after an accidental shooting killed a girl who was 13 years old. today, police identified the girl as ireshia parks. she was shot yesterday morning in the 800 block of 15th street southeast. police say a boy,

so people are clear- alliant energy is not pre-emptively cutting power in the flood zone... only if it actually mckinley middle school will experience power outages for about an hour and a half. linn county and cedar rapids now have four sandbagging locations. there's one at the old kmart near 16th avenue and williams boulevard southwest... another at hawkeye downs. and the city has re-opened a sandbagging location at the ellis park pavilion. linn county is also sandbagging at the county's secondary roads building. no hectic at these sites, but the city is urging people to not take empty sandbags. either fill them or have them filled first. the sandbagging sites are there for people who'll need them for their homes and businesses in the flood zone. we just got word that waterloo will be closing its sandbagging site at the department of transportatio n facility at seven o'clock tonight. but there may still be sand bags remain open. the cedar is expected to crest in waterloo tonight. if you need help with flood preparations, you call the united way of east central iowa. from a

alliant energy hopes to bring businesses to a new industrial park to cedar rapids. it will be the largest one in from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day!today: mostly sunny. wind: seniors. that means every penny raised today goes to the heritage area agency on aging and its senior meals program. last year, with your help, we raised 115- thousand dollars. the program p

so people are clear- alliant energy is not preemptively cutting power in the flood zone... only if it actually floods. a s company is evaluating the evacuation zone on a block by block basis. and he wants people to remember if the power in their home does get cut, it's only because alliant is trying to keep the people in the area safe. "we realize it's going to be unavoidable to shut off some people who aren't affected. but we really feel like we are going to be able to be able to minimize that. " but anyone who would like to voluntarily have the power cut from their home can call alliant. the number is 1- cedar rapids today to discuss flood preparations. 03:29:08;26 "and we're hopeful that they just recently reduced projected crest and we hope if the weather continues to hold that we don't get more rain hopefully it won't be as bad as we had earlier thought but we want to do everything we can i think the community is planning to do some voluntary evacuations" he says he has activated the national guard and enforcement. just up the river from cedar rapids is the benton coun

low: customers about their alliant energy electricity bills. alliant is charging customers for energy they used during the summer months that they have not paid for. the company says its new billing system based estimates for those months on what a customer used in the summer of 2015. but the est weather caused people to use more electricity. alliant says it couldn't notify customers about the higher prices because it is short staffed. some people feel they should not have to pay the higher amount. sot "something needs to be done. i mean these are hundreds, if not thousands of people being affected by alliant energy's mistake. how can they make the customers be so affected by this? " alliant says the charges are late fees, and it'll help customers set up payment plans. tonight you can see high school volleyball on kcrg 9.2 independence plays at marion. our coverage starts at 7:30. you can also see it live on kcrg.com. one jasper county farmer is just 3 weeks into harvest, and already has 40% of his crops in. what he planted this year to get ahe

billing system that alliant energy put in place earlier this year. the system is designed to protect customers from inaccurate bills by putting a review in place when meter readings are different from the previous year. according to the alliant spokesperson, unpredictable weather caused unforeseen problems. >> we were able to manually review when we can to manually review, the system picks out and estimated bill. >> according to him, the estimates do not reflect usage which is higher this year because of warmer weather. and alliant did not anticipate such a drastic difference and admit they were not able to update customers immediately. >>> commuters -- communities in eastern iowa have reported clowns. it might be a growing social media prank but police are taking it very seriously. the sightings have been reported in about every part of the country. had multiple reports this week. in cedar rapids, someone reported seeing clowns follow them on a city street. police tracked down the students scene in this photograph. they told police they thought it w

alliant says it couldn't notify customers about the higher prices because it's short staffed. some people feel they should not have to pay the higher amount. sot "something needs to be done. i mean these are hundreds, if not thousands of people being affected by alliant energy's mistake. how can they make the customers be so affected by this? " alliat but it is offering to waive any late fees, and it'll help customers set up payment plans. republican donald trump says he's legally used tax benefits to his advantage. he made those comments after a report said he might have avoided paying federal taxes for up to 18 years. first here's a look at the most viewed stories today on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24 hour turning to the presidential race tonight, republican donald trump was defending his taxes today in the key battleground state of colorado. and on the democratic side, hillary clinton celebrated a big endorsement in ohio. a-b-c's lana zak reports. hillary clinton is hoping that by lebron james will help her with ohio voters-- nats - "i am truly honored to have his suppor

alliant says customers used more energy this summer -- compared to last summer. alliant has a new billing system -- but didn't have enough people to review those bills... so many customers were sent estimated bills instead. but now, they're getting larger bills coming as a big suprise. we understand that this is a burden but we want customers to alliant says it's waiving late payment fees for those customers who've been affected. the company also says it's recruiting more employees to beef up its staff. this is not the kind of thing you expect to see rolling down the highway. someone pulled over on the side of the road spotted this: a big wheel. this video is on a major highway in philadelphia. whatever that is -- it doesn't have any handlebars. of it. police say they're now looking into it. ever wonder what you should do with all that spare change you find in your car? one man from north carolina has an idea. he covered his chevy blazer with nothing but copper. it's turning heads. and maybe tails. more than 51- thousand pennies. "the hood is so heavy that i have

" alliant says the charges are accurate. but it is offering to waive any late fees, and it'll help customers set up payment plans. hurricane matthew could reach pats of the eastern united states within the next few days. winds and heavy rain. highs will be into the 70s for all areas with a nice mix of sunshine and clouds. our slow moving front is making progress eastward today and should br the area late tonight into tomorrow morning. once we get past about 9am wednesday, the rain chance should be out of here as high pressure builds back in for the rest of the day. by tomorrow night and especially thursday, the front buckles back into the area in response to hurricane matthew lifting north for plentiful moisture to run up and down this front, and rain totals over 1" look likely on thursday alone. due to recent dry weather, flooding should not be a problem. get the jackets out for friday and saturday as temperatures and mild. wind: se 10-20 high: 76 tonight: chance of rain late. wind: se 10-15 low: 61 tomorrow: showers possib

alliant says it'll help customers come up with payment plans. it'll also be waiving late fees for affected users. josh is here, it's still early in the season, but iowa has to figure things out quickly if they want to make it to the big ten championship. minnesota, wisconsin and defense. right now after five games, the hawkeyes are ranked 11th in that category. ... iowa surrendered 198 yards rushing to northwestern in their 38-31 loss on saturday. four teams have rushed for 150 yards or more against the hawkeyes already. we've heard the team say for weeks the problems are small and fixable, but there's just a lot of confusion right now. to do a lot better job of filling gaps, helping the d- line out a lot. it's i think goes more on the linebackers than anything for stopping the run. hopefully we get better at that throughout the week." "i really don't know what it is. i really can't sit here and say to you because i don't know. there's just a lot of things going on that we really really need to just fix. i can't really sit here and tell you what

alliant energy announcing plans hammillis live in cedar rapids to explain what this all means, matt? matt ham mel is live to explain what all this -- hammel is live to explain what all this means. >> reporter: alliant thinks big and it is talking about the largest industrial park anywhere in the state of iowa. it could mean jobs for the future, as well as opportunities that we haven't seen in the corridor for a long time. footballs all make this an ideal location. 1,300 ache -- automobiles, all make this an ideal location where factories and distribution centers could build and according to city leaders quickly move their products all over the country. >> it really puts us in a different situation. its a tracts companies that would make -- attracts companies that would think they could get rail line brings it to a whole different direction. >> that could mean land for massive warehousing or manufacturing the size of an auto plant. alliant has done this successfully before where international paper and others are located on c street. this would be at least twice the size and all the p

and as she mentioned she knew...alliant energy just doesn't cut off services like that. they will send a past due notice in the mail, before shutting off the power. we've got you covered live from the telegraph herald newsroom in they say beware of calls asking you to buy prepaid credit cards. or asking for payment through making.... and they're right here in eastern iowa and.... a popular candy is getting a new, unique twist that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has you f forecast next. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. --------- --------- 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we the cooler days will have highs weekend outlook: a nice fall weekend is ahead with a mostly sunny sky and highs in the 60s. storm track 7 chief 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecas

alliant energy is citing a hotter than usual summer for this. the bills are considered to be estimated bills sent out by a new system...but according to the electric provider, they are we understand that this is important but we want customers to know that the bill more energy. foss says alliant will work with you on a payment arrangement if you need it. republican presidential nominee donald trump's foundation has been ordered to stop fundraising the new york attorney general's office ordering this after today foundation had not submitted to routine annual audits required by the state. the attorney general says the charity raised more than 25-thousand dollars in outside donations, without filing proper paperwork meaning...he broke the law trump's tax returns raising some questions the new york times posted a story over the weekend showing trump's previous tax returns from 1995, the big loss could have been used to offset federal taxes. senator chuck grassley backing out of a big debate he was set to debate patty judge on october 20th on the iow

alliant energy announced plans for the big cedar industrial center yesterday. it's an area near edgewood road and 76th avenue sw, north of the eastern iowa airport. alliant says the 1,300 acres the eventual plan is to help iowa compete with other states for large scale businesses. alliant says instead of buying the land, it reached deals with the property owners. "those landowners continue to own the land at this time. they will continue to farm the land, and people will continue to live in some of the houses that are on those acreages at this time. but under the circumstances that a business will come along and be interested in developing that land for their business, they could purchase that land from the landowners." alliant says it has paid some money to the landowners to get them be part of the program. the linn county board of supervisors now has 485 acres of land to expand squaw creek park. the county bought it in early november for more than seven million dollars. it plans to extend its public park and trails as well as create a wetland. the county purc

the iowa utilities board says it's received complaints from dozens of customers about their alliant alliant is charging customers for energy they used during the summer months that they have not paid for yet. the company says its new billing system based estimates for those months on what a customer used in the summer of 2015. but the estimates came up short because this year's hotter weather caused people to use more electricity. alliant says it couldn't notify customers about the higher prices because it is short staffed. some people feel they should not have to pay the higher amount. sot done. i mean these are hundreds, if not thousands of people being affected by alliant energy's mistake. how can they make the customers be so affected by this? " alliant says the charges are accurate. but it is offering to waive any late fees, and it'll help customers set up payment plans. the mother of a dubuque boy who accidently shot himself in the face will be sentenced next month. yesterday raven harris, who is to child endangerme years in prison. in august, she also pleaded guilty to a federal char

but alliant officials say that short-term outage will provide some long- term benefitit and both the cyclones and the panthers were in action on the hardwood today. stay with your 24-hour news source kcrg tv9. always has utility crews scrambling to make everything right. but in the city of urba this morning, the power was shut off throughout much of the city - on shows us why crews took most of the town offline. a cavalcade of alliant energy trucks -- dozens of them -- filled the fewer than dozens of streets that make up urbana, a town of about 1,500 people. with the cold - but not extreme cold - this saturday morning of trucks and cherry pickers haha been planned for months.s. "33:30 we've been telling the city a lot about what we've been doing for a while. we've converted part of the town months ago and, now, we're doing the majority of the portion today." this whole process meant taking most of urbana "offline" from power for partrtf the morning. how long did it last? we talked off camera to a hair stylist who said about 45 minutes in her salon. not a major inconvenience -- but on

many alliant energy customers >> many alliant energy customers were shocked recently when they opened their utility bill. >> some saw charges higher than anything they ever paid before. connor morgan has the explanation and the impact >> reporter: alone. phase electric bill went from 92 145. she is a surge of customers facing an increase. >> i've seen 04 stories about their building hundred dollars and going up to $600 a month. this year alliant energy lamented a new system. as alliant spokesperson justin >> we do not have enough building specialist in so we could not review all the bills. we cannot manually review the bills the system kicks ou estimated bill. >> these estimates do not reflect usage which is higher because of warmer weather. >> we apologize for everything to not let that happen again. >> the company is ea >> you still have to pay that's not enough. all the customers know they did not use that much electricity. summer and my bills were still $145, $142 and normally they'd be maybe $70, $80, $90, at the most."while dudley is on a fixed income due to a disability - she s

it's because alliant energy somehow didn't bill dubuque for all of the city-owned street lights. the city of dubuque owns about two thousand street lights and alliant energy owns slighty confusion. "they own some lights, we own some lights, they own some poles and lights -- it's a very their information." an audit shows alliant energy discovered it failed to bill dubuque for all the city owned lights. and now -- the city must the year we're in right now, we found that we're falling behind 13-thousand dollars a month in our street lights billing." so now, the public works department is asking for a significantly higher budget for next year. "and that's an increase of over 285-thousand dollars. the city manager wouldn't come out and call it a billing snafu." "you can call it whatever you want...no, i wouldn't call it that." but city manager mike van millgen says there's cushion in the budget to pay for the lights without affecting other areas. so once again -- the mix-up means the city will have to pay 13-thousand dollars more per month starting july. so once again -- the mix-up me

why alliant energy customers are saying distancing hefty "after a few dry days, wet weather is making its return to eastern iowa, i'll time out the chances for rain in your hour by hour weatherfirst forec" done to keep corridor kids in c. class.now, the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first ten minutes. this is cbs 2 news 10 at 10. right now, the spin room is buzzing after the first and only vice preidential debate. debate.democrat tim kaine and republican mike pence spent 90 minutes highlighting the key differences between their runnings mates. mates.right now, the race for president remains tight.an clinton with a small advantage over republican nominee donald trump.but the battleground states, including iowa will determine this race. race.and although clinton currently leads in most battleground states, trump is now well ahead here in iowa.he has pulled ahead with a five point advantage in the hawkeye state. so does the undercard debate tonight have an impact on any of those numbers? cbs 2 news political reporter and host of 'iowa in focus' kevin

sot: justin foss- spokesperson for alliant energy01;03;53 the problem specifically with space heaters is that they use a lot of juice. according to alliant people sometimes use extension cords to heat there home and that causes problemsthey use a lot of electricity and most extension cords aren't built to handle that amount of energy and so that extension cord could get warm and could start on fire or could cause an issue for you.if you want to keep your energy bill low and your house warm alliant energy recommendssot: 01;08;32 those insulated curtains sure can help you bet there one of the tools another way to seal off that window cause really what you're doing has nothing to do with light what you're doing is preventing air from coming through that window so sunny day and you want to get some of that sunshine in open that up. rabe hardware recommends for home owners to annually get their furnaces checked. most furnaces last for fifteen to eighteen years. both rabe hardware and alliant energy also stressed for homeowners to invest in a carbon monixide detector.stephanie johnson...cbs

alliant energy's downtown tower got hit hard in the flood of 2008. this time, there's no trusting to luck. contractors installed a 4- foot-tall flood wall covered with a rubberized material to hold back any water. but even expensive preparations took place at shaver road. if these 1-million dollar plus substation transformers get wet, they get ruined. so a crane will lift everyone onto trucks to a move to higher ground. "you've got to start now so you're ready by the crest and if the crest happens you're ready for it and if it doesn't you're right there as well" other companies weren't using protection methods as alliant. but the work of getting ready was no less intense. at the cedar valley montessori school in downtown cedar rapids, school leaders, parents and about a hundred volunteers from area high schools joined efforts to move all the school equipment above the first floor. many school supporters went through the flood of 2008 that did a lot of damage so there was no taking chances this time. " we had phenomenal at that point in time they gave

the unpleasant surprise for some alliant customers -- and how long it will take to fix. barry.and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio. let's get a we had showers moving eastward. waterloo you guys are dry but around cedar rapids iowa city -- iowa city there are a few showers. here's a live look what's going on on my 80 around the a man exit. it 63 and cloudy skies but they too are dry.

sot: justin foss- spokesperson for alliant energy01;03;53 the problem specifically with space heaters is that they use a lot of juice. according to alliant people sometimes use extension cords to heat there home and that causes problemsthey upe a lot of electricity and most extension cords aren't built to handle that amount of energy and so that extension cord could get warm and could start on fire or could cause an issue for you. if you want to keep your energy bill low and your house warm alliant energy recommends sot: 01;08;32 those insulated curtains sure can help you bet thererene of the tools another wawato seal off that window cause really what you're doing has nothing to do with light what you're doing is preventing air from coming through that window so we say open if its a bright sunny day and you want to get some of that sunshine in open that up. rabe hardware recommends for home owners to annually get their furnacac checked. most rnaces last for fifteen to eighteen years. both rabe hardware and alliant energy also stressed for homeowners to invest in carbon monixide detect

alliant says customers used more energy this summer -- compared to last summer. alliant has a new billing system -- but didn't have enough people to review those bills... so many customers were sent estimated bills bills coming as a big burden but we want customers to know that the bill is accurate. alliant says it's waiving late payment fees for those customers who've been affected. the company also says it's recruiting more employees to beef up its staff. stealing debit card and pin numbers. police are warning people about a-t-m skimmers. it's being seen across eastern iowa -- from dubuque to cedar rapids. police say the devices steal your information -- then use it to take money from your account. they placed the skimmer and then had about 60 people who were accounts." experts say if a card reader looks worn, wiggles or feels sticky...walk away. thay also say monitor account statements... and report iowa -- summer pests are dropping in numbers -- now they're being considered driving down a highway. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry galla

we've got you covered in alta vista, --------- --------- --------- alliant energy tells us 43-hundred customers lost power for a bit in the first half of the day. kwwl's kristin rogers has been working the phones today to keep up with any interuptions thee storm may have caused. she joins us live from cedar rapids. as you mtioned, i'm told thousands of residents here did lose power for a t, alliant tells me some of it was caused by stong wind or snow, they are also investigating a possible lightning strike to blame, school was also cancelled in cedar rapids those days off course for safety reasons with the weather, we often think about students caught up with a teacher doing time with the ones she loves school but beccuse of the snow rather frown in. (cg: jamie sebring/ teacher) "we do, i mean living in iowa four seasons i mean you enjoy each season." "goal!" her boys colten and gavin were loving it, and she was loving the company doing chores "nats of shoveling" even taking breaks to join in on the fun. this faaily remindinggs all that ssmetimes, an interuption in a schedule

alliant energy is announcing plans for a mega industrial park it says will be a game changer for the corridor economy. the big cedar industrial center will be located near the eastern iowa airport. cbs 2 news reporter matt hammill explains what all this means. nats - plane v trainsnat edgewood cars " varooom "and automobiles all make this an ideal location.13 - hundred acres at edgewood road and 76th avenue where mega sized factories or distribution factories or mega sized avenue where road and 76th edgewood acres at 13 - hundred acres at edgewood road and 76th avenue where mega sized factories or distribution centers could build - - and according to city leaders - quickly move their products all over the country.lydia brown - cr metro economic alliance (( 2:52:01 )) " which really puts us in a different situation it attracts companies that maybe they could get that space and being on a rail line brings it to a whole different dimension. "nat varoomthat could mean land for massive warehousing or manufacturing - the size of an auto plant. alliant has done this successfully before - wh

. >> alliant energy customers were shocked when they opened up the utility bill. some seeing higher figures than any they have seen before. the high cost do 28 new billing system. the system is designed to protect customers from inaccurate bills by putting a review in place when meter readings are different from the previous year. caused some unforeseen problems. justin foss: "we didn't have enough billing specialists in so we weren't able to manually review all the bills. when we can't manually review the bills, the system just kicks out an estimated bill." bill."according to foss - the estimates don't reflect usage - which is higher this year due to warmer weather.alliant didn't anticipate such a - and admit they were unable to update customers immediately. vice presidential nominees - democrat tim kaine and republican mike pence faced off in the only v-p debate last night in virginia.right off the bat -- both nominees accused each other of running negative campaigns. campaigns.((sot kaine)) "donald trump in his campaign has called mexicans rapists and criminals

right now the biggest road block is ownershipthe cici owns the land but alliant energy owns the lake. alliant has been very cooprative in terms of talking with the city friends of cedar lake the county has also been at the table just exploring what do diligence would be needed to allow the city to take the lake back. back.that publiliownership of the lake is important to getting grant funding for the project. nonoten at ten continueuewith a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in johnson county,t 0. >> thanks, joe. >>> the corridor is delayed due to design change. the company says the gas station near the site will open sometime next month. crews will begin work on the grocery store next year. >>> development in cedar rapids is booming. more than 8300 jobs in construction came to cedar rapids last december. that growth ranked cedar rapids 97th in the nation in terms of job growth. >>> a brewery is setting its sights on cedar rapids. it's opening in downtown cedar rapids later this year. it will open near 4th avenue and third street southeast. it will serve as a new tes

but inside the new, smaller zone, alliant will inspect each home before turning the power back on. and midamerican energy company says it has approval from the city now to begin restoring gas service to properties outside the new zone. of nearly 6,000 , 2,500 hundred homes and businesses people living on a avenue nw say they were happy to be able to go home, but were not able to stay overnight because they did not have the power on. "i have to move everything back in but right now i'm just really focused on getting the power back and getting gas back it's getting cold out so you know we're going to need our heat soon." those still inside the flood zone, need to have their homes inspected before power can be turned back on. law enforcement and the national guard will continue to from 8 p-m to 7 a-m. at mr. b's bar on 2nd avenue sw, owners and employees started moving back in first thing yesterday morning. they say they found a little bit of water in the basement, but it wasn'ta big deal. they reopened the bar as quickly as they could and immediately, they were able to 'set 'em up' f

after customers saw higher than expected bills from alliant energy, the company took to social media yesterday to apologize for the surprise. it said the bills are accurate, because this summer was hotter than usual and customers used more energy than norm. system sent a lot of estimated bills to customers, which caught them off guard. typically, the company contacts users when that happens, but alliant says it didn't have the enough employees to do so. the company says it will help customers come up with payment plans. it'll also be waiving late fees for affected users. two former democratic presidential candidates are stumping for their party's martin o'malley made a stop at the clinton office in ankeny yesterday afternoon. and bernie sanders will campaign in des moines on wednesday morning. the vermont senator's stop starts at 10:30 on drake university's campus. he was supposed to campaign in des moines and iowa city tomorrow but those stops have been canceled. tomorrow, the two vice presidential nominees will meet for their debate. democrat tim kaine and republican mike pence wil

alliant enerr later came o ot to repair the problem. fortunately, in those accidents this winter storm affecting much more than just road conditions in the tri-state area. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in dubuque with the latest. shirley...how's it going out there? well, it's actually not too bad now. the moment -- the snow has here's video shot earlier today. the snow...sleet mixture covering the roads -- and sticking to it...causing some of those accidents mentioned. city of dubuque has had plow trucks out since 5 this morning -- at first just salting them. they hit the primary, then secondary streets. take it easy o ot there. "well i was out in dyersville earlier this morning and it's worse out there than it is here. weather?" "just drive slow...and keep myt& fingerscrossed." that man driving through dubuque couuy -- to galenana illinois. he mentioned, he came across some of those accidents while driving here in dubuque. now so far -- police say, there's been about tweleve accidents. and again -- no serious injuries. now so far -

in a statement, alliant energy says quote -- we let many of you down. here's the problem. alliant says customers used more energy this summer -- compared to last summer. -- but didn't have enough people to review those bills... so many customers were sent estimated bills instead. but now, they're getting larger bills coming as a big suprise. alliant says the bill is accurate -- but is waiving late payment fees for those customers who've been affected. the company also says it's recruiting more employees to beef up its staff. this is not the kind of thing you expect to see rolling down the highway. someone pulled over on the side of the road spotted this: a big wheel. in philadelphia. whatever that is -- it doesn't have any handlebars. traffic had to slow down because of it. police say they're now looking into it. ever wonder what you should do with all that spare change you find in your car? one man from north carolina has an idea. he covered his chevy blazer with nothing but copper. more than 51- thousand pennies. "the hood is so heavy that i have to prop it open. watch i

alliant also said a new billing system sent a lot of estimated bills to customers, which caught them off guard. typically, the company contacts users when that happens, but alliant says it didn't have the enough employees to do s. customers come up with payment plans. it'll also be waiving late fees for affected users. the red cross is opening resource centers this week for people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. a center in vinton at benton county emergency management is open from 11 a-m to 8 p-m today. workers there have clean-up kits. inside it includes, shovels, rakes and mops and more. officials are also on hand to help with paperwork needed for flood recovery. the red cross will the linn county sheriff's office and county courthouse will re-open today. that's after workers spent several days last week taking down barriers around the building. the correctional center opened saturday. members of st. patrick's catholic church are breathing a sigh of relief now that flood waters have disappeared. as kcrg tv9's phil reed reports, the congregation is thankful for all the efforts

alliant says the big "to be a big impact for the even a new industry for the now to be able to compete with that the states never had before." landowners will continue to farm the land-- until it is bought. coming up on kwwl -- a plane carrying a soccer team and a group of journalists crashes into the side of a mountain. once again showing some action tonight. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking "this is kwwl news at ten. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: for your complete weather stormtrack 7 weather team: scattered light rain/snow showers are expected wednes

alliant energy had 35 trucks and about 50 employees updating transformers throughout the city. it's a procedure that's necessary to upgrade the city's power grid. the company said it shut because it disruption to the town of about 15- hundred. biggest customers in town so that we know we're not doing it sunday morning during church, we're not doing it to cause school to cancel. we're really trying to find the best time to do it and saturday morning, for our customers, seems to be the best time. alliant energy has triggered similar power outages in nearby palo and shellsburg in recent years to work on transformers. it's a big night for ragbrai riders. the overnight stops for ragbrai 2016 were announced just within the last hour in des moines. this year's route starts in glenwood... then it's a stop in shenandoah... over to creston... then the small town of leon. after that, riders will head to centerville... then ottumwa... and rounding out the last two stops are washington... and muscatine. the des moines register says cyclists will pedal a total of about 420 miles from start t

energy operating center where alliant habitat for humanity home. volunteers worked at the it the first of its kind in the area. it's a panel build, where the walls are assembled off site. these are headed for a parcel on 20th street. >> the corridor's top stories in the first 10 minutes. >>> a storm is threatening florida. what residents are trying to go to prepare. >>> that storm is going cause problems over the eastern united states. vernon: a lot of childish bickering stopping you from getting things done. sounds like washington, but it was my house as i raised three daughters while starting a small business. i'm monica vernon. we've got to help hardworking families r equal work. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message because it's time to get something done for the middle class. animals of all kinds can be used to bring comfort and help to humans. follow one horse farm in new jersey -- that's an oasis for sick children.that's tomorrow fifty-one counties in florida are now under a state of emergency declaration from florida's governor. >>>

alliant energy is apologizing to iowa customers for their billing process during the hot summer.they say more automated bills were sent that weren't double checked by alliant representativesalliant stresses that the bills are accurate, but want to help customers pay their bills by re the next 12 months. they are also waiving late layment fees for affected customers. iowa's senior senator cost out over the next 12 months. they are also waiving late payment fees effective for customers. >>> in iowa senator backing out of the debate hosted by public television. they are canceling the debate scheduled for october 20. the six term senator agreed to debate patty judge back in the decision due to a scheduling conflict with another debate.>>> the latest quinnipiac university poll gives grassley a 12 point lead over judge. >>> hillary clinton is getting a boost after the first presidential debate. right now the latest cnn/orc poll has the secretary of state leading by five points. both candidates will face each other in the second presidential debate scheduled for sunday. their running mates

alliant energy is announcing plans for a mega industrial park it says will be a game changer for the corridor economy. the big cedar industrial center will be located near the eastern iowa airport. cbs 2 news reporter matt hammill explains what all this ooooooooooooom "planes - trainsnat edgewood cars " varooom "and automobiles all make this an ideal location.13 - hundred acres at edgewood road and 76th avenue where mega sized factories or distribution centers could build - - and according to city leaders - quickly move their products all over the country.lydia brown - cr metro economic alliance (( 2:52:01 )) " which really puts us in a different situation it attracts companies that maybe wouldn't have come to the region if th they could get that space and being on a rail line brings it to a whole different dimension. "nat varoomthat could mean land for massive warehousing or manufacturing - the size of an auto plant. alliant has done this successfully before - where international paper and others are located on c - stret. this wiould be at least twice the size and all the prep work